Stephen Banton Email & Phone Number

Mn, Mo, Ga, Or-Remote

Leveraging my 17 years of Monarch Foundation experience to improve Estimating-Planning-Scheduling process. Integrated eCRM into workflow. Implementation of best practices in costing, pricing and inventory management.

Minneapolis Mn/Portland Or

Working with Taylor's Commercial Print / Signs & Graphics / Gift & Loyalty BUs to land work at best facility. Developing standardized costing approaches, uniform estimating standards and implementing best practices across a dozen facilities across the USA.

Beaverton Or / Columbus Oh / Mankato Mn / Fenton Mo / Carlstadt Nj

Responsible for day-to-day costing of opportunities from many channels. Cost leveling at multiple facilities to ensure consistent and competitive pricing across the network of wide-format plants. Add and update ERP data to incorporate new products, methods, technology and machinery. Provide reporting to upper management and communicate corporate goals, strategies and policies to direct-reports.

Portland, Or

Job costing / Planning - prepare production plans and costs for simple to complex, multi-element retail graphics and displays. Coordinate outsource production of finishing and packaging services. Obtain raw material pricing from national and international suppliers.Responsible for maintaining BHRs, production rates and speeds within corporate MIS system. Train new hires in estimating and job planning practices. Qualify new materials for production and assist with ROI of new equipment.

Portland, Or

Created job costing for large commercial print, letterpress, wide-format and mailing projects. Assisted with Hagen OA estimating and work center tables.

Portland, Or

Estimating, Product Innovation and Purchasing for a Secure Card Packaging company. Created pricing matrices, negotiated outsource pricing, monitored material quality, initiated vendor claims, participated in product innovation sessions. Maintained Hagen OA estimating and work center tables. Implemented Printer Site Internal.

Portland, Or

Created cost estimates and pricing matrices for large periodical web-printer. Assisted with maintenance of Programmed Solutions MIS software.

San Diego, Ca

Estimating / Job Planning / Procurement for large commercial printer. Created accurate job cost estimates, rolled estimates into work orders for production. Procured necessary materials (negotiated pricing, as needed). Managed customer-owned inventory. Assisted with maintenance of Programmed Solutions MIS software and network systems.

San Diego

Managed In-house print production, reported to corporate management and assisted with print outsourcing for a large multi-state bank (approx 130 branches).