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Malvern, Pa, Us

 Oversee Hauling Materials Company providing building material aggregates and transportation services to Customers. Establish, optimize, and enforce business policies to maintain consistency and high-quality standards across Hauling Transportation industry. Control day-to-day business operations, including finance, HR, insurance, contracts, vendors, marketing, and public relations. Assess quality, timeliness, and compliance of deliveries to maintain tight cost controls and maximize business operational efficiencies. Responsible for NYS-Department of Motor Vehicles, FMSCA and US DOT authority permits and regulations for commercial vehicles. Recruit, hire and train drivers as needed. Obtain daily Dispatch assignments and coordinate with Drivers to ensure on-time delivery. Sustain vehicle maintenance logs to guarantee vehicle preservation with US DOT rules. Supervise Drivers to keep abreast with drug testing consortium obligations. Responsible for all quarterly/annual tax filings for NYC and NY State. Utilize Quick Books and Excel to track business finances and address variances.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Serviced Cadillac Fairview and PepsiCo Accounts. Successfully remotely managed the development and production of point-of-sale and retail signage for Canadian Cadillac Fairview Account. Worked with Marketing Team and Production Vendors to fulfill all Client expectations. Created and maintained print production schedules to ensure on-time execution for Holiday Campaign, consisting of more than 400 unique creatives, for 19 Cadillac Fairview real estate properties. Provided feedback to Design Studio and On-Site Team concerning print feasibility and printability issues for entire campaign. Trafficked art files to Vendor; monitored job performance from inception to completion. Worked with PepsiCo's Brand Marketing Team and Activatr Creative Studio to manage creative elements for various Advertising Programs including POS and OOH components, Storefront advertising, as well as Product Holdings. Assisted with marketing strategy creation and advertising initiatives.

New York, New York, Us

Serviced Meredith Publishing Account. Spearheaded creative production process from ideation to deliverables for magazine and consumer marketing Inserts, cover wraps, direct mail, advertisements, and digital promotional sources. Oversaw USPS compliance plus design review processes, aligned project briefs and approvals with creative and client vision. Partnered with Creative Account Team and internal stakeholders to improve efficacy, ensured SOW (scope of work) objectives were achieved, afforded client-facing updates and communication relating to project status and development queries. Contained costs and protected budget margins by exploring alternative and competitive marketing sources. Successfully liaised with Client, Vendors, Finance and Operations Teams plus Magazine bindery locations to guarantee SLA requirements and meet all pertinent deadlines. Helmed all facets of production inclusive of procuring print services/vendor vetting, contract negotiations, monitored and resolved hurdles in the production process to deliver optimal printed products. Led Meredith's Magazine Division 3-bid process workflow with Williams Lea TAG's Sourcing Team across a breadth of media projects including gimmick ad units, labels, brochures, posters, purchase items, magazine bindery inserts and associated promotional print materials. Restructured official RFQ bid format for client and vendors. Efficiently procured purchase order bids; selected supplier, negotiated costing and timescales, managed benchmark information to process orders utilizing Williams Lea TAG's proprietary Immedia purchasing system. Achieved $500M+ in print savings with vendors for Client's insert card size reductions. Addressed problems with accounting, billing, and service delivery to maintain and enhance client satisfaction. Mediated between account holders and various departments, communicating effectively to maintain customer satisfaction and uphold company protocols.

New York, Ny, Us

 Pivotal role managing $15MM print budget; supervised Production Team and all preparation, printing, finishing, and delivery of consumer marketing supplied units for all Time Inc. Magazine Titles and external clients, including Time, People, Food & Wine, Sports Illustrated, In Style, Fortune, Cooking Light, Golf, Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, and Money. Credited with producing 1.5B+ subscription inserts and 50M+ cover wraps, annually, directing and mentoring centralized team. Concisely mapped specifications and launched new department wide Procurement System (Printellect). Promoted procurement activities compliance with company/contractual policies. Aggressively adjudicated, analyzed, and structured print production contracts supporting business units working in tandem with Executive Time Inc. Central Production Team. Organized work to meet demanding production goals with 100 % success rate. Optimized supplier performance monitoring and evaluating throughout project timeline. Transitioned insert card PDF-X1a operational process and creative workflow to offshore team for annual savings of $75,000+. Negotiated cost savings of $600MM+ by analyzing and restructuring print production contracts with Executive Central Production Team. Kept track of inventory levels for supplied units on behalf of Marketing Teams.

New York, Ny, Us

 Recognized with designation as Co-chair for Consumer Marketing Division insert card steers. Strategically instituted new paper management workflow processes consulting with internal stakeholders to maintain vendor inventory levels. Efficiently established insert card creative review process within CM+R Operations Department. Streamlined divisional print/online ad process to promote continuation plus advanced enhancements of services. Afforded insight and subsequent recommendations analyzing insert cards, annually, for gang run efficiencies across all titles. Boosted cross resource allocation through training and managing Sports Illustrated Direct Mail Letter Shop Purchasing to aid, as required, to Direct Mail Team.

New York, Ny, Us

 Credited for streamlining Department due to influx of procurement needs and stringent deadlines. Formulated relationships with international Vendors. Effectively absorbed Accrual processing process on behalf of Marketing Team.