Chuck Cairatti Email & Phone Number

Nashville Tn

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

We offer digital printing, mailing, fulfillment, and marketing & US postal service consulting services. We have a dedicated staff to focus on your job, no matter how large or small. Please contact us to discuss your next project.Accomplishments• Averaging 4 new customers per month and 35% YTD sales increase from last year.• Developed a new market, financial services, with 4 new customers.• Provide sales and customer service support for a digital printing and direct mail marketing company.• Focused upon building customer base by developing relationships through networking, social media, and cold calling.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Built a mail operation within an offset printing organization with no previous mail experience. 2008 – 900,000 pieces mailed 2009 – 1,700,000 pieces mailed 2010 – 5,000,000 pieces mailed• Increased offset and digital print sales due to in-house mailing operation.• P/L responsibility.• Implemented destination drop shipping and in-plant USPS verification resulting in significant postage savings and production cost reduction.• Led a 5 person team responsible for mail data preparation, digital printing, mail operations, warehousing, and on-line fulfillment.• Implemented an on-line fulfillment system including customer portals, production and inventory control, and shipping management.• Represented the Specialized Information Publishers Association on the United States Postal Service Mailer’s Technical Advisory Committee at quarterly meetings in Washington DC (2004 – 2009).

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Educated new organization about the requirements and capabilities of offering mailing services.• Managed the transitional relationship with largest customer.• Improved on-time mailing performance by eliminating process bottlenecks.• Developed and implemented a postage accounting system to assure proper billing of all postage charges.• Worked with several customers to implement mail piece design changes to reduce postage costs.• Lead the mail services and warehousing operations with 4 direct reports and 16 associates including daily schedule control, process improvement, and frequent interaction with customers.

Brentwood, Tn

• Improved on-time delivery performance from 60% to over 95% by implementing visual scheduling boards and cross-training operators.• Improved productivity by 12% in two years by reducing rework and improving labor productivity.• Published two articles in the Specialized Information Publishers Association’s newsletter regarding the pending postal rate increase.• Industry Co-Chair of Middle Tennessee Postal Customer Council in 2003.• Led the printing, bindery, mail services, warehouse, and trucking operations with annual sales of $6,500,000.• Provided leadership and coaching to 8 direct reports and 40 associates.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Led a flexible packaging operation with 4 direct reports, 120 associates, and an annual budget of over $5 million. Responsibilities included: daily schedule control, productivity and quality improvement, and frequent interaction with customers. Improved productivity by 24% and reduced waste by 15%. Implemented statistical process control to significantly reduce the most frequent customer complaint. Awarded highest quality supplier in 1997 by Ralston Purina.

Rochester, New York Area

• Flow Team Manager (August ’89 – May ’93)Managed a 60-person film assembly operation and a 40-person metal stamping operation. Implemented a KANBAN scheduling & delivery system and self-directed work teams.• Packaging Project Engineer (February ’86 – August ’89)Developed materials and equipment on the EKTAR product launch team and the Professional Film label team. Performed supplier accreditations and selection.• Manufacturing Engineer (June ’81 – February ’86) Assignments included maintenance engineer, quality manager, production scheduling manager, and production manager.