Enter and confirm orders, finalize packing lists, create invoices for domestic and international customersTrack shipments of finished goods within the US, to Canada, the Middle East, Mexico, Russia, Central and South AmericaSend all legal documents to customers prior to their receipt of goodsInsure all documents meet ISOX requirementsOrder, track and reconcile imported inventories for JIT deliveryPersonalize and streamline customers’ documentsDistribute open order reports weekly to individual customersCreate internal order reports and distribute to the Operations, Quality and Sales Departments three times a weekUpdate all order changes and communicate said changes to Operations and Shipping Departments dailyCompetently/flawlessly manage workload increase of 200%Wrote and published company newsletter for 5 years

Prospecting, presenting and closing key and strategic industrial accounts worth $15-17M annually in the US and CanadaLead a multi-departmental team that changed the manufacturing recipe of a product line, resulting in a 10% reduction in manufacturing costs and $1.6M in annual savingsRecognized the need for a recycled fabric in the market and directed R&D to design a product that became commercially successful in 2008PATENTPublication number: 20080070020Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a nonwoven insect barrier net. The nonwoven insect barrier may be formed into a net structure for use over and/or surrounding a sleeping surface. The nonwoven insect barrier net may inhibit insects from penetrating the area within the net structure. The insect barrier may be formed from a nonwoven material and an insect repellant composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Applicant: Freudenberg Nonwovens, L.P.Inventors: Samuel Black, Jody Erickson, Scott Gallinger, Betsy Simmons, Terezie Zapletalova, Jean Skinner, Jeff StineBrought in over $850K of unexpected revenue, saved 5.5M square yards of obsolete inventory from the landfill by selling into low-end marketsReduced inventory 60% and increased annual inventory turns per year from 7.5 to 21 by moving from forecast-based to order-based systemDesigned trade show booths and market specific sales and promotional materials

Lead team to achieve five back-to-back prestigious customer satisfaction awards with Milliken Carpet CompanyWon Supplier of the Year award with Dorsett IndustriesIncreased annual sales in the commercial carpet market from $10M to $14M by designing improved product for customersCo-presented “Freudenberg Recycling Activities with Carpet Backings” at The Eighth Annual Conference on Recycling of Fibrous Textile and Carpet

Managed, planned and supervised a production staffHandled the manufacturing, packaging, and inventory of productMaintained computerized production informationLearned the manufacturing process from the ground up

Taught oxy-acetylene welding to 15 adults (night class).

Ironworker welder at nuclear power plant.