Jerry Sledge Email & Phone Number

Greensboro, Nc, Us

• Project coordination from pre-staging initiatives to final invoicing, ensuring satisfaction of the client.• Build new relationships with potential customers and maintain customer loyalty and client retention.• Multiple coordination processes including art markups, estimating, 3rd party negotiation, production and install scheduling.• Organize scheduled timelines with contractors and local government to monitor costs, obtain all required legal and conforming documentation, create work orders, and negotiate cost with vendors and issue purchase orders.• Maintain corporate and customer database along with meeting monthly defined projections.• Collection of client funds, balancing project cost and final invoicing to end user.. Keep active Smartsheet documentation on all projects and stages.

Greensboro, North Carolina, Us

• Collaborate with multiple product development team members and Marketing teams focused on Premium Cigar tobacco packaging development, plus focused on retail brands Structural and Flexible Packaging development & detail design, with color proofing to make sure FDA packaging requirements to meet FDA legal regulatory standards. • Experience in using CAD "I-Cut" equipment for marketing testing on structural carton development, preferably ArtiosCAD equipment.• Ensure that the items deployed contain complete and accurate art proofs and dieline specifications.• Coordinate timely and consistent availability of printed original samples, PDF proofs, dieline formats, data integrity testing, and ink draw swatches for manufacturing and marketing approvals. • Work directly with Consumer Marketing team, on Product Development packaging and Display production, and with multiple business units and regional regulatory colleagues using cross-cultural communications for press proof approvals at offsite Packaging vendors for Color & Copy approvals before becoming an acceptable Marketing product.• Facilitate the Flexible Packaging development, along with structural Permanent Display production, and packaging carton pack boat production process; utilizing CAD engineering dieline drawings, with structural materials and a basic understanding of Print and Packaging manufacturing to manage the day to day aspects of projects daily. • Travel consistently to visit print vendors (US Base) to review colors press proofs (PMS & Special Match colors) for approval, before Packaging & Display development would become a live product for manufacturing to use within the retail market.

London, England, Gb

• Labeling Specialist of Medical Device around Ostomy medical information for new art development or New Ostomy Marketing programs with global product changes received from the sales team, and or the manufacturing site. • Project Manage all new art proofs development, samples, Material Packaging Testing with Board Stock, and Adhesive substrates.• Contribute to the development of Structure Packaging development & design, with color proofing and variable data formats with bar code logic placement set up• Provide quality and consistency for items that are developed and sent to customers for approval• Ensure that the items deployed contain complete and accurate art proofs and specifications• Coordinate timely and consistent availability of samples, proofs, formats, date integrity tests, and ink draw swatches for manufacturing units. • Project Manage Label Print components for the Ostomy and Wound Care Packaging.• Solid understanding of corrugated materials.• Drove projects to completion with consistent information flow for new item components, and global product changes. Changes were from sales and customers to process owners in global manufacturing units.• Oversaw Ostomy labeling process from initiation to closing aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects for ConvaTec. Worked with management team to translate strategic objectives into executable projects, and to develop plans for achieving stated objectives.• Knowledge of Regulatory requirements on a worldwide scale to ensure that all labeling meets guidelines set forth prior to production to reduce risk of Non-compliance issues• Able to identify varying information required to create a packaging material specification for cartons, shippers, pre-formed pouches, roll stock films, gas paper, inserts and labels.

Mentor, Ohio, Us

•Packaging Analyst and development corrdinator of structural & flexible packaging for Retail Brand Apparel for new packaging items or program changes from the sales team, as a client needs updated solution. •Material Testing with Board Stock tensile testing, along with Adhesive substrates testing, to identify the best required substrate needed for marketing the required project. •Experience in Customer Service and Account Management.•Lead Development as Project Manager for major Retail Apparel Accounts, as VF Wrangler, Nike, and Walmart.•Experience in Job Estimating and Job Planning within Offset & Flexo-graphic Product to ensure timely delivery of Global pricing, providing samples, proofs and formats to internal and external sales and/or customers directly.•Contribute to the development of “Structure Packaging” design plus color proofing and variable data formats with bar code logic placement set up•Provide quality and consistency for items that are developed and sent to customers for approval•Ensure that the items deployed contain complete and accurate art proofs and specifications•Coordinate timely and consistent availability of samples, proofs, formats, date integrity tests, and ink draw swatches for manufacturing units•Coordinate with worldwide ticket center divisions outside of the United States creating a product that is consistent using many different printing methods•Serve as a liaison with sales, Customer Product Development, global business units and regional colleagues using cross-cultural communications•Assist with development of high profile accounts and growth.•Experience in Sales and Brand Management of printed paper packaging, folding cartons, pressure sensitive labels, die-cut tags and printed fabric items.•Manage outside Print Vendor, in Sourcing, and Purchasing printing components to be re-sold for special substrates. **I have achieved my "SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT" certification, and with Lean Manufacturing certification.

Asheboro, North Carolina, Us

• Direct sales to manufacturers; coordinate and manage BrokersResponsibilities include: Sales Coordination and manage the direct sales to Brokers, and to manufacturers, including management of a distributor base accounts.

Pre-Press art department - Graphic design. PlateMaker for Flexo production.

Murray, Utah, Us

Studies In Printing Technology, And Graphic Communication.

Studies In Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

Business Curriculum