Dave Blais Email & Phone Number

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Trusted advisor to clients with a focus on strategy and operations.

Sussex, Wisconsin, Us

Sussex, Wisconsin, Us

Reported to Board Chairman as a member of senior executive team responsible for development and execution of company strategy, leadership of the overall organization and building upon a values-based culture.■ Responsibility for P&L of $1B Quad/Paper Services business.■ Led team procurement team in sourcing for more than 60 printing plants.■ Responsible for asset utilization and capacity planning for $1.4 billion in plant and equipment.■ Led cross-functional teams (Manufacturing, Operations, Finance, Sales) responsible for major capital projects, such as expansion or closure of plants, equipment, systems and people.■ Executive sponsor for targeted strategic sales resulting in long-term contracts.■ Led Corporate Trainee program, a highly individualized leadership development program with 70+ active college graduate participants.■ Key executive team member in planning and execution of major acquisition of Brown Printing.■ Company representative appearing before the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, DC for three major acquisitions.

Sussex, Wisconsin, Us

Senior executive leadership of seven client facing functions including Sales, Client Services, Product Planning, Estimating, Contracts, Scheduling, Paper Services.■ Executive sponsor and sales liaison for strategic accounts billing more than $1 billion a year.■ Responsible for corporate pricing decisions and setting terms and conditions.■ Oversaw client service based functions for more than 70 print facilities■ Reviewed and improved account profitability and managed plant and equipment capacity utilization.■ Recruited and appointed national/regional Sales executive management and individual representatives.■ Redesigned and implemented new sales compensation plan, changing metrics, total target comp levels, pay mix and incentives for more than 200 sales professionals.■ Oversaw forecasting of sales, volume, plant and equipment utilization.■ Key Executive and Steering Committee Member for highly successful evaluation, planning and executing of acquisition/integration of Vertis Communications.

Sussex, Wisconsin, Us

■ Responsible for developing and executing the strategic plan with P&L responsibility for $2B (largest) business unit.■ Key leader in highly successful evaluation, planning and integration of major acquisition of World Color Press and transition from closely held private company to publicly traded NYSE company.■ Developed organizational structure, oversaw policy and process changes, merged management groups, restructured sales organization, transformed culture, drove plant and equipment rationalization strategy, streamlined processes and systems and conducted major workforce reductions; exceeded synergy and cost-to-achieve targets ahead of schedule.

Sussex, Wisconsin, Us

Responsible for all client-facing functions of the company, including Sales, Market Development, Customer Service, Plant Managers, Capacity and Production Planning, Paper Services. Maintained and grew key client relationships, negotiated strategic account contracts, planned plant and equipment rationalization. Led team to launch Special Interest Publications business unit.

Sussex, Wisconsin, Us

Sussex, Wisconsin, Us

Sussex, Wisconsin, Us

Sussex, Wisconsin, Us

Sussex, Wisconsin, Us

Sussex, Wisconsin, Us

Sussex, Wisconsin, Us

Brainerd, Minnesota, Us

Pmd Executive Curriculum

B.S., Printing Management