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Traverse City, Michigan, United States

Olympia Fields, Illinois, United States

Waukesha, Wi

Waukesha, Wi

Kenosha, Wi And Oakville, Ontario Canada

Cradle to grave involvement with customer for custom blow molded bottles and jars. Intimately involved in most aspects of account management; customer’s primary point of contact. Gather information for technical team in order to create bottle/jar designs and determine appropriate molding platform. Monitor schedule and in plant activity to ensure accurate communication.Customer liaison to manufacturing team.Actively pursue resolution to nonconforming product.Assist customer with inventory management where helpful.

Waukesha Branch

Cope Plastics is a woman owned distributor and fabricator of plastic materials from foam board for printing to PTFE for engineered applications. Focused on assisting purchasing agents, maintenance and repair professionals and engineers with the identification and implementation of cost saving, efficiency producing measures utilizing plastic materials i.e., weight reduction while maintaining load; introducing sacrificial materials for cost savings; and redesigning bearings to cut back on maintenance down time and expense.

Butler, Wisconsin

Intercepted a new branding campaign (including marketing and advertising), redirecting the design and action plan to a more affordable and internally manageable program for a small business. Developed a marketing plan focused on social media and e-mail campaign to remain top of mind with past and present clients, warm prospects, engage new inquiries and trade partners. Design Facilitator role initially intended to assist clients with the selection of materials for projects. Involvement grew to include front end engagement of prospects/clients, pre-production project management, client communication and assist in expediting materials.

Assist architects, custom home builders, remodelers, interior designers and the end user (home owner) in the specification and selection of decorative, residential hardware including but not limited to door hardware, cabinet hardware and bath accessories.

Assist independent distributors of Little Debbie snack cakes and Sunbelt granola products grow their distributorships, selling and marketing the products to grocers, mass merchants, c-stores, schools - any entity interested in selling the product within the primary sales area.

Business development and headquarter sales of health and beauty care consumer packaged goods within the grocery, drug and mass merchant outlets.

Business development of Health and Beauty Care Consumer packed good manufacturers in the Wisconsin market to the grocery and mass merchant outlets. Prior to becoming a business manager, I spent two years in the marketing department supporting the retail sales team and the business managers through the analysis of IRI and AC Nielsen data and Spectra Demographics profiles. Prepared new client presentations as well as participated in the new client interview process. Proudly coordinated the local Breast Cancer Awareness program for the food trade for 3 years in conjunction with The Milwaukee Bucks and WTMJ radio.

Associate, General Studies

Graduated with an Associates Degree in General Studies

International Business

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