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Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States

MC Group/Icon was rebranded as Stratus in September 2020.

Rolling Meadows, IL

Sales & Marketing support for RFP's & RFI's (Requests For Proposals and Information). Take the lead in answering all RFI questions for signage, construction and maintenance divisions. Excellent organizational and written skills. Consistently meets (and even exceeds) RFP deadlines; we have never missed a bid submission due to our customer. Generate new lead.

Hoffman Estates, IL

• Earned promotion to current position by taking on additional reporting responsibilities for Green Leadership / Sustainability Teams as well as overseeing strategic initiatives for Packaging Area, freeing up valuable.
• Saved $10M by contributing as Project Manager on “Transit Packaging Strategic Initiative”, reducing outer carton dimensions of inbound freight and increasing container utilization.
• Created initial SOW (Scope of Work) and awarded business, negotiating contract… Show more Earned promotion to current position by taking on additional reporting responsibilities for Green Leadership / Sustainability.
• Created initial SOW (Scope of Work) and awarded business, negotiating contract terms and conditions and executing final contract with Legal department’s guidance.
• Worked with internal graphic designers, developing packaging templates for business units and with packaging agencies to produce individual artwork.
• Produced monthly energy reports, validating rebates for energy company partners.

Hoffman Estates, IL

• Created tracking report to monitor development and due dates of team’s packaging jobs. Tracker was also used to produce monthly billing to internal clients for services rendered. Streamlined billing by using Microsoft.
• Generated savings of $1.8M by managing Glue-less Shoe Box initiative and handling bidding, contract… Show more Created tracking report to monitor development and due dates of team’s packaging jobs. Tracker was also.
• Generated savings of $1.8M by managing Glue-less Shoe Box initiative and handling bidding, contract negotiations, and contract execution. Eliminate middle man and work directly with Hong Kong factories.
• Facilitated identification of priorities and meeting of deadlines by implementing and designing internal project-tracking tool to manage and measure on-time deliveries of all team graphic design projects. Show less

Hoffman Estates, IL

Purchased store fixtures for Sears Holdings (SHC) for new and remodel stores. Our team was responsible for 180MM in company expense for these projects. In our prime we managed as many as 50+ new and remodel projects. Initiated numerous competitive bid auctions for projects I managed. Best cost is not always the solution! Competitive cost, on-time delivery.

Hoffman Estates, IL

I assisted the Purchasing Manager in procuring 11 product lines of merchandise, primarily office supplies, equipment and background music.