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Phoenix, Az, Us

Fort Atkinson, Wi

Fort Atkinson, Wi

Fort Atkinson, Wi

Hired to manage as well as identify and implement process improvement opportunities within the operations teams responsible for ad sales support and customer services, order fulfillment, manufacturing specifications, graphic design and production of print and digital media. I provide operations leadership and direction to support business unit profitability. Responsibility includes cost management of print media manufacturing and distribution, paper purchasing, contract negotiation and vendor relations. Direct four managers supervising 35 employees. Identify appropriate organizational structure to meet key performance and service objectives. Steer cross-department workgroups to execute on process improvement initiatives.Contract Negotiation: Renegotiated printing service contract in 2012 for 9% price reduction valued at $950K over three years.Strategic Sourcing: Expanded paper sourcing to generate more competitive pricing.Restructuring: Reduced overhead within one group by 33% by re-engineering processes and centralizing operations.Process Efficiency: Reduced overhead expenses by 15% in first twelve months by installing technology solutions to replace repetitive, labor-intense processes and rebalanced workloads..

Directed the operations group responsible for servicing $90M of annual client advertising programs and the production of print publications and online media. Managed five supervisors and over 40 indirect reports in a customer-facing, deadline critical environment. Department functions included order processing, trafficking customer material, project scheduling and management, product development, manufacturing specifications, purchasing and logistics. Actively guided day-to department functions while simultaneously fulfilling administrative requirements and project management of process improvement and other strategic initiatives. Fostered and maintained a positive, collaborative partnership with a diverse group of internal resources, external vendors and customers. • Implemented new content management system for 40+ industry-specific online buyers guides; consolidated disparate data repositories, created new customer interface and established new revenue channels.• Consolidated purchase order functions into core production group and achieved $120K expense savings. • Improved page layout production process from two days to two hours by developing an automated file preparation, tracking and online proofing workflow. Recovered time in monthly sales cycle which yielded over $500K in additional annual revenue. • Reduced annual prepress department expenses by $1M by designing and implementing digital workflow and shifting from a multiple vendor-dependency to a centralized in-house process.• Administered the centralization of five regional production offices into Overland Park which reduced annual operating overhead expenses by $750K. • Re-engineered the production schedule process by developing an online master scheduling tool to create, revise and dynamically communicate schedule information internally and externally.

Overland Park, Ks

Monitored the production activity for eight publications. Ensured critical deadlines were met through continuous assessment and proactive communication with internal staff as well as in-plant customer service representatives. Prepared internal cost estimates, evaluated vendor proposals, reviewed and approved invoices. Examined print publication manufacturing instructions to make certain that the product was being produced with maximum cost efficiency.

Edgemont, Pa