Melonie Salvati Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Plan, organize, direct, and control activities related to inventory purchasing. Manage print suppliers and schedules. Oversee program schedules in relation to the Company’s publishing plan to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of print and technology products.

1325 Ave Of The Americas, New York, Ny 10019

Supervised staff of four to seven buyers responsible for buying all printing for McGraw Hill Higher Education reprints and Professional new and reprints, books and media. Evaluated performance and recommended salary increases, promotions, and bonuses for staff. Managed cost savings programs through placement of product at appropriate suppliers to achieve $2 million in cost savings over four years. Functioned as a Project Leader on Business Process Management team, streamlining and standardizing operational and estimation process and achieving Green Belt status. Recognized as manufacturing system super user, assisting team in transitioning all print buying from multiple mainframe systems to one Oracle-based system.

Upper Saddle River, Nj

Directed staff of thirteen editorial, production, and media production/project managers, manufacturing buyer, and department assistant for the Computer Information Systems (CIS) products. Managed editorial development and author management, prepress planning, scheduling, and print buying textbooks ( 200 titles) and accompanying media (100 components for 40 finished products). Completed performance evaluations and recommended salary increases, promotions, and bonuses for staff. Oversaw prepress budget of $5.5 million per year and operating budget of $750,000. Implemented more efficient processes between editorial and production resulting in shorter schedules, tighter budgets, and stronger internal relationships. Strengthened relationship between production and corporate manufacturing to better support corporate initiatives.

Burr Ridge, Il

Led staff of five to eight production supervisors (from associate to senior levels) and one administrative assistant. Directed production supervisors responsible for print buying of first printings of textbooks and supplementary materials, including CD-ROMs, videos, DVDs, and packaging, totaling $6 to $10 million (approximately 550 to 850 products each year). Completed performance evaluations and recommended salary increases, promotions, and bonuses for staff. Oversaw prepress budget of $5.5 million per year and operating budget of $750,000. Implemented more efficient processes between editorial and production resulting in shorter schedules, tighter budgets, and stronger internal relationships. Strengthened relationship between production and corporate manufacturing to better support corporate initiatives..

New York, Ny

Supervised staff of three project editors on a discipline team that produced approximately 20 to 25 college textbooks per year within an electronic environment (Macintosh platform). Evaluated performance and recommended salary increases for project editors. Hired and trained in-house and freelance project editors and editorial assistants. Coordinated with production and design managers to expedite schedules, resolve issues, and prepare action plans for key titles.