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Provide operational and general business consulting primarily to small to medium sized printing, packaging and/or distribution companies through various entities.

Wood Dale, Il, Us

Leader of a three shift, 300,000 sq. ft. warehouse and fulfillment center, Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) and Free Trade Zone (FTZ) facility. Customers included Molson MillerCoors, Pabst, Bacardi, and Kroger. played an integral role in the buildout of our new 300,000 sq. ft. distribution facility in Kenosha, WI. I was challenged with stabilizing a new workforce and reinforcing the core processes that have made Madden successful. I oversaw 4 direct and 31 non-direct reports. Responsibilities included, but were not limited to, budget adherence, P&L, supplier negotiation, timeline management and contractual obligations for our core customers. • Achieved an additional $840,000 in yearly revenues by bringing on Kroger and reconfigured warehouse to accommodate this new customer.• Achieved savings of $150,000/year by a 12% improvement of turnaround times.• Improved KPI’s from 48 to 76 by introduction of Lean and Six Sigma.• Worked with IT to adjust WMS for new order picking routes and innovative shipping, and possible nightly drone inventory counts.

Non-asset based industry leader in supplying paper and film packaging products to the roofing industry. Directed daily operations of $20M+ specialty packaging division of national sales and marketing company, including but not limited to; profit and loss, pricing, cost accounting, scheduling, inventory control, manufacturing/production, supply chain/logistics, customer service, and supplier relations.• Helped increase sales volume 100% in six years from $12M to $24M. Collaborated with supplier (Smurfit-Stone) to increase productivity to meet the 100% increase in volume.• Achieved 20% quicker response time to customer and supplier inquiries by streamlining order entry and production tracking, resulting in an annual savings of $100,000.• Achieved on-time delivery rate of 99.999% (35-60 truckloads/month) based on customer requirements resulting in better customer relations.• Reduced new product costs 40% ($200,000 annually) by shortening new/revised product cycles from eight weeks to four weeks.• Increased acceptance rate from 97% to 99.998% by identifying and addressing root causes with suppliers, resulting in increased productivity and bottom-line results.• Successfully implemented IT system installs or upgrades, all within budget and initial time frame.• Worked with suppliers to open new product lines at existing facilities to match production at the main location for expanded capacity and supply chain capabilities. Each plant was up and running full approved production in three months time.• Introduced new packaging graphics for a customer without missing any production dates.• Onboarded a new customer (six manufacturing locations) by visiting each location and working with them proactively. Achieved in a two week period with no hiccups.• Onboarded a new supplier for a new product line. Was at full approved production within six months.

Printing, Packaging & Supplies, Corrugated Boxes, Power Transmission Equipment