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Operations and Management responsibilities that enhance production flow, profitability and information exchange. Customer order entry, document preparation and distribution.Engage with Production Team Leaders to investigate, create and implement solutions that expedite work in process and provide conflict resolution. My goal is to keep the process moving forward.Team with Company Owners to diversify the customer base and expand our product and service offerings. Streamline and monitor… Show more Operations and Management responsibilities that enhance production flow, profitability and information exchange. Customer order entry, document preparation and distribution.Engage with Production Team Leaders to investigate, create and implement solutions that expedite work in process and provide conflict resolution. My goal is to keep the process moving forward.Team with Company Owners to diversify the customer base and expand our product and service offerings. Streamline and monitor information exchange to compress Billing cycle time. Assist Finance with dispute resolution to expedite payments.Human Resources activities including hiring and firing, coaching and counseling with employees to perform at their optimum levels, performance evaluations and promotions, health insurance benefits, Workers Compensation, unemployment forms and claims.Procurement and inventory of supply items. Research, test and successfully develop alternate supply items in cooperation with Production Team Leaders and qualify additional vendor sources. Show less

Managed annual purchases of $60 million for 2 printing facilities. Implemented programs to enhance performance and streamline activity. Provided leadership with purchasing and inventory management.Negotiated effective buying agreements with suppliers for printing production materials and designed inventory programs that optimized space utilization and minimized out of stock situations.Hired, trained and supervised Buyers to manage daily purchasing functions. Counseled, evaluated and… Show more Managed annual purchases of $60 million for 2 printing facilities. Implemented programs to enhance performance and streamline activity. Provided leadership with purchasing and inventory management.Negotiated effective buying agreements with suppliers for printing production materials and designed inventory programs that optimized space utilization and minimized out of stock situations.Hired, trained and supervised Buyers to manage daily purchasing functions. Counseled, evaluated and motivated Department personnel to achieve optimal results.Selected to participate in a Strategic Sourcing Initiative. This team-oriented project involved nine months of training, traveling, site visits, data collection, strategic planning, negotiating and awarding volume to create strategic alliance partnerships.Provided oversight for consistent materials and programs at both Trade Group locations. Ensured the programs ran in parallel to facilitate work in process exchange between both plants.Created and implemented cost reduction programs to save $400k annually. For example, instituted a program to provide inbound materials on standard pallets that were captured and reused for outbound product shipments resulting in $75k annual savings and reduced scrap disposal.Consolidated vendor base to lowest possible level which provided increased service and price leverage and revised inbound raw material activity that reduced transportation costs.Devised purchasing strategy to form strategic vendor alliances resulting in secure supply lines, open communication and exchange of technical and performance information.Evaluated new products and sources of supply to continually challenge current purchasing approach, reduce cost and improve quality. Provided leadership with new program deployment.Solicited feedback from production employees and implemented changes that improved performance. Show less