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Job Title: Team Leader Flexographic

We're the world's largest supplier of customer-brand dairy products. If you've had a burger, sandwich, salad or anything else with cheese on it at a restaurant lately, there's a good chance it was Schreiber cheese.

If you join our team, we'll provide you with the opportunity to:

• Be a valued leader. As a leader in our world-class organization, you'll help keep things running smoothly. You'll have people valuing your opinions and decisions.
• Make an impact. You'll initiate new ideas, solve problems and build relationships. The decisions you make will drive improvements and grow our $3.5+ billion company.
• Enjoy rewards. When you meet your individual, team and/or company goals, you can earn a quarterly incentive. That could be extra cash in your pocket every 90 days.

In this role you will Lead the efforts of a production team. Duties include planning, organizing, training, coaching, compliance with various customers, company, government requirements and guidelines

Duties of the role include:

• Lead the efforts of a production team. Duties include planning, organizing, training, coaching, compliance with various customers, company, government requirements and guidelines
• Train, coach, evaluate and reinforce process excellence principles with Team Advisors and partners
• Lead team efforts in meeting or exceeding goals in Productivity, Raw Material Waste, Safety, Customer Complaints, and Service.
• Work with Plant Manager in identifying and communicating customer requirements. Develop PCP?s to insure customer requirements are met.
• Be knowledgeable of various government regulations that must be complied with, i.e., AIB, OSHA, USDA, FDA, EPA, EEOC, OFCCP, etc.
• Use of statistical problem solving methods and other quality tools to identify opportunities to make process improvements
• Work with the team to make sure that daily production is evaluated to maximize efficiencies, making necessary adjustments as conditions change
• Work with the Plant Manager and team in identifying potential capital improvements assisting with analysis and justification.
• Administer various company, plant or department processes in certification programs, pay systems, assessment/feedback processes, document control and product traceability.

Job Requirements: We're looking for leaders who thrive in fast-paced environments. The successful candidate will have:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum 1 year experience in Flexographic printing and Lamination experience or knowledge of processes
• Desire to grow and take on new challenges and opportunities

Location: Clinton, MO

Additional Details:
Exciting opportunities. New challenges every day. A chance to make a difference -- and work with great people. That's life at Schreiber Foods. Take the next step in your career by applying your knowledge and skills at Schreiber... where you'll experience more opportunities, more rewards, more teamwork... much more.

To learn more about Schreiber Foods, please visit our Web site at http://www.schreiberfoods.com.

How To Apply:
If you're interested in joining a growing, team-oriented organization of more than 5,000 partners, please apply today through the links provided on this site or by visiting the Schreiber Foods careers site at https://careers.schreiberfoods.com/OA_HTML/IrcVisitor.jsp.

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Schreiber Foods is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

A leading and innovative sales and distribution provider of solutions to the Flexographic Printing Market is seeking a highly motivated Technical Sales Representative with a strong flexographic printing industry sales background. Position will be primarily responsible for a Midwest territory which includes Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.

All Printing Resources, Inc. (APR) is a proven resource for solutions, trusted service, and support to the flexographic printing industry that delivers measurable performance enhancements and total cost reductions including the after sale attention needed to see optimal results.

APR represents some of the most innovative product lines worldwide and takes a "team" approach to deliver process improvement & innovative solutions. Our integrated expertise reduces risk by offering comprehensive solutions…not a “band-aid” or “quick fix” approach. We use state-of-the art tools and industry specialists in prepress, workflow, proofing, platemaking, mounting, and the pressroom.

Position Duties / Responsibilities:

• Identification, development and implementation of a full range of prepress and pressroom solutions to the narrow web and wide web flexo printing industry.
• Develops business relationships with potential and existing customers in order to maintain/expand market
• Provides accurate and timely forecasts as required by management
• Attends sales meetings and training/marketing functions

Requirements:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact with customers
• Minimum of 3 years selling experience in the flexographic printing industry.
• Strong computer skills with Word, Excel, & PowerPoint.
• Superior follow-up skills, customer oriented, professional attitude and appearance
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong organization and time management skills
• Strong team approach to business
• Results-oriented self starter who requires little supervision.
  

Company provides a competitive compensation and benefits package, which includes an incentive bonus, 401K, great health benefits, and a car allowance.

Please send cover letter, resume and salary history to ksnyder@teamflexo.com.

This position can be based at either of our Oakdale, MN or Rochester, NY offices.

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Every day you make a choice about where you work - which company deserves your talent, your best thinking, and your passion. Every day, customers also make choices - about where to do business, and whom to reward with their purchases. Making Kodak the place where you want to work and where customers want to do business is what the New Kodak is all about. If you can see yourself in our vision, Kodak is the place for you!

Eastman Kodak is one of the premier information imaging companies in the world. Committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy, Kodak is focused on helping consumers and professionals alike unleash the power of pictures and printing to enrich lives.

Position Summary:
This position focuses on current business management by providing packaging category marketing leadership, including business performance tracking, analysis and reporting, forecasting, current product management, and world-wide program development. It provides month-to-month packaging business leadership required to achieve and sustain winning market positions. It reports directly to the Director, Global Product Marketing, WW Packaging Products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Current Product Management: Month-to-month management of assigned packaging products.
• Business Performance Metrics: Collect appropriate data, analyze and report business performance against objectives.
  Internal: COGS, SG&A, inventory, revenue, margin and profit
• External: market share, unit placements and inventory, promotion tracking, competitor share, and promotion tracking
• Forecasting and Production Planning: Work with Regions to align on market sizing and drive the WW category forecast process. Maintain current knowledge of regional category performance issues, promotional plans, and seasonality.
• Work closely with the Regions to ensure product availability to meet regional needs
• Provide inputs to longer-term product platform forecasts, and work with Operations to plan production and capacity adjustments and new infrastructure investments
• Current Category Business Management: Provide a global integration point for category business issue identification and resolution.  
• Collaborate with Market Development and Regions to characterize category business performance issues.  
• Define and implement corrective actions as appropriate, including product updates, end user and channel programs and promotions, pricing changes, etc.
• Category portfolio management: Ensure category system and solution line ups make sense for the target market segments.  
• Collaborate with Future Product Marketing to plan and execute product launches and rollovers
• Adjust and re-articulate positioning as required to optimize the in-market offer as new systems are launched, older ones discontinued, and existing systems are enhanced
• Work with Current Product Engineering to plan and manage updates to current products, respond to RFQs, and provide product management for creation of custom solutions
• Coordinate with product support organizations to implement product updates and fixes
• Maintain links with Partner Mktg and ecosystem partners to ensure continued 3rd-party solution compatibility and continued ecosystem fit
• Pricing Model Management: Contributes to process for publishing regular system pricing guidelines and drives the WW pricing changes for the category. Includes big deal support and program/promotional pricing.
• Competitive analysis and response: Anticipate and track short-term competitor moves in the market place. Work with the training manager, Regions, and Marcom to define, develop, and deliver appropriate response and sell-against materials to the Go-To-Market (GTM) organizations and channels.
• Installed base management: Build knowledgebase of installed base customers and mine continuously for opportunities to grow page counts, proactively manage product lifecycles and rollovers, and drive upgrade and consumables revenue streams.
• Account performance and tracking
• Customer training and programs
• Trade-in, trade-up programs

Location: Clinton, MO

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in marketing, business management, engineering or a related area
• 5+ years of flexographic products experience
• 5+ years of packaging product management or product marketing experience  
• Prior work experience in the packaging industry is required.   
• Willingness to travel up to 20%
• A history of achievement through collaboration working with and influencing others

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Highlights:

• Responsible for all Flexographic printing, training and development. Including communicating, teaching and mentoring of 75-100 adjusters and pressmen, as well as, customers, on printing, inks, aniloxes on various equipment throughout the facility.
• Created and implemented printing enhancement procedures such as, a decreased waste process, an improved quality and decreased downtime process.
• Coordinated multiple vendor/supplier cohorts on developing improved technical processes for water based and flexo inks.
• Responsible for inks inventory,  stock usage, quality

• Customer Service Management
• Complaint Handling & Resolution
• Billing & Estimating
• Customer Satisfaction Enhancement
• Front-End Supervision
• Sales & Margin Improvement
• Teambuilding & Training
• Cost-Reduction Strategies
• Order Fulfillment

Experienced Account Manager with hands-on commitment to comprehensive communication and service coordination, meeting client’s needs with a high level of service, quick turnaround and order accuracy.

Proven results in a fast paced environment, handling inquiries, orders and being the front line contact for many well known Fortune 500 companies around the country. Pride and proof in being organized, detailed and building long term loyalty with clients. Recognized for taking a personal interest in managing the communications, project timelines and product quality requirements for packaging of nationally known brands and their printers and convertors.

Core Strengths:

Brand Consistency • Client Support/Satisfaction • Customer Needs Identification • Problem Resolution
Expressing Ideas• Early and On-time Deliveries • Team-Building• Focusing on Details • Corporate/Client Liaison

• Highly experienced industry professional with over 20 years experience. A hard working and creative problem solver.
• Extensive knowledge of colour, technical and quality management; experience of all print processes, especially packaging print processes of Lithography, Flexography and Gravure. I am a qualified G7 Expert, and a member of the FFTA's prepress leadership council.
• Operations Manager at North American prepress facility in Toronto.
  
  • The role encompasses safety, quality, production and all technical aspects; sales, technical support, colour management.
  • I am responsible for the financial performance of the division, reporting in to management within Sonoco Products Corporation.
• Dual citizenship, British and Canadian.

• Innovative leader with 15+ years of documented success generating revenue by penetrating untapped markets within diverse industries, including food, packaging, and retail.
• Establishes critical contacts to secure accounts, maintaining close communication with clients to facilitate the production of customized products.  
• Offers progressive experience in purchasing. Works closely with cross-functional teams to achieve and surpass corporate goals.
  

Expertise: Product Knowledge ■ Research/Development ■ Product Development ■ Follow-Up
Product Testing ■ Customer Relations ■ Team Collaboration ■ Partnership Building

A seasoned professional and effectual leader with a proven ability to exceed sales quotas:

• Over 30 years of strong outside sales experience for a Fortune 100 company
• Over 15 years of technical selling to a diversified OEM market
• Over 15 years experience in market focused selling to the Flexographic Printing Market
• Powerful but gentle closing abilities
• Passion for gaining personal relationships with end user and distributor clients
• Creative “Out-of-the-Box” Thinker
• Ability to communicate effectively with all organizational levels
  

Most recently Tech Service Manager with major ink supplier. Responsible to Sales Managers, Field Sales, Technical and Product Development lab, and direct interaction with Customers. Supervised 5 salary, 25 hourly, complete Color Service Lab with 8 employees and one manager.

• Pigment chemist for 15 years. Vast experience in Gravure & Flexo industries over last 15 years
• Technical Director for GAA 2001-2005.
• Managed Suppliers for major Packaging Company 1996-2001, resulting in 5-year ink supply contract with objectives and guaranteed $7 Million savings to packaging company.
• Authored numerous articles in trade and technical literature for printing and color science.
• Authored and taught Gravure courses for GAA 2001-2005, developed all content for Operator Cert Program.
• Authored and lead instructor for WMU Flexo courses, 2006-2008.

25 years' experience in the package printing & converting industry on both the supplier and converting side. Technical & sales experience with excellent relationships throughout the industry. Extensive international travel experience and the ability to work in both the US & Canada

Significant Accomplishments:

• Growing and maintaining a $10 Million sales level for the U.S. operation
• Identifying new market opportunities outside of traditional markets
• Participating in trade shows and advertising in trade journals.

Dynamic sales executive with 20+ years of experience and a history of delivering substantial sales growth (multimillion dollar, 100%+). Strategic thinker adept at analyzing market opportunities and developing / implementing plans to generate new business. Record of efficiently directing sales organizations and maintaining alignment with budget, revenue, and customer satisfaction targets. Diligent team leader with proven ability to cultivate C-level relationships with major accounts and to leverage a unique blend of managerial, closing, presentation, international business expertise.

Career Highlights:

• Developed sales strategy throughout the western region and Canada.
• Managed sales team and in plant personnel.
• Generated annual sales budget and profit reports.
• Continuous growth in the wine capsule market (1.6 million in annual sales).
• Presented multimillion dollar proposals to the packaging market.
• Developed close relationships with all levels of management.

• Creative and results-driven graphic designer and art manager Expertise in art direction, graphic design, illustration, pre-press and project/print management
• Organized, dependable, motivated
• Ability to handle projects from concept to completion while managing production/print schedules
• Effective in meeting deadlines and budgets while remaining flexible with changing needs and demands
• Excellent rapport with clients, vendors, managers, supervisors and co-workers

Master’s degree candidate, with emphasis on technical skills required in Printing Technology. Seeking a fulltime position in the Print, Packaging or Color engineering industry.

Specialties:

• Color Management tools
• Print Analysis
• Digital flexographic plate making work flow
• Quality Control & Trouble shooting
• Package Design
• Project Management

A Color Production Manager with 15+ years experience with a well-deserved reputation for cost reduction and project management. Manages deadlines and quality expectations with outstanding results using the latest in technology and processes. Notable skills:

• Color Management
• Shipping and Outsourcing
• Digital Library & Asset Management
• Team Leader
• Quality control / SPC

Currently pursuing a career in the printing industry I have recently graduated from Flexographic Trade School in Ft. Mill, SC. While attending the school I obtained over 384 hours of actual live work press operation in a little over 16 weeks. This is to include make ready, manual plate mounting, color matching, setting impression(gap to gap), waste matrix, die cut, and perfect impression on a Mark Andy 2200, 8 color, UV, and water based press.

Skills include:

• Confidence to operate an 8 color, Mark Andy 2200 and 16 color, Gallus 410 narrow web, UV and water based ink presses.
• Ability to work with tight schedule, under pressure, and with minimal supervision
• Understanding of plate making and mountingColor matching or press checks(PMS standard)
• Anilox care and maintenance
  

Accomplished Manufacturing Operations Manager with proven ability to solve problems and lead manufacturing operations to profitability. Demonstrated ability to quickly assess organizational deficiencies as well as develop and implement simple plans to improve operations. Successful even in the most troubled companies. Demonstrated competency in implementing Lean Manufacturing processes, cost reduction, and developing sustainable systems. Plants managed have realized significant improvements in safety, quality, and on time delivery performance. Productivity per employee increased substantially in all plants managed.

Professional Experience as Plant Manager for Corrugated Box Plant

• Led plant turnaround initiative. Result: unprofitable plant became 2mm profitable
• Implemented Lean scheduling practices. Result: shortened lead time from 3 weeks to 4 days on main product line
• Facilitated Lean Kaizen initiatives. Result: reduced WIP and Finished goods inventories by 50%
• Instituted plant bar code scanning. Result: improved inventory accuracy from 70% to 99%.
• Recruited third shift for plant. Result: Increased plant machine utilization from 55% to 85%

Objective: To utilize my diverse experience and knowledge as an operations executive to lead a manufacturing organization through the pains associated with introduction of products, entry into new markets or expansion of the organization.

Employment History:
Selected by the Managing Director, of UK based equipment manufacturer, to direct all facets for the creation as a U.S. company.  In addition to the sale of equipment, the organization is responsible for securing long term contracts on consumable plate materials processed in the equipment.

•  Experienced with strategic planning.  Developed infrastructure of the new organization from a blank slate.  Utilized corporate P&L expectations, budgets and sales forecasts, based on the long product sales cycle, to create 2 year and 5 year strategic plan.  Established use of outsourcing agencies for accounting, banking, payroll, insurance and human resources to meet 2 year financial plan.
• Successfully negotiated with wide range of people and organizations. Negotiated contracts and relationships with all business partners from accounting services and legal counsel to equipment service technicians and sales personnel.
• Accomplished diverse responsibilities.  Acted as liaison between material management personnel in the UK and logistics, customs brokerage and corporate inventory control in Aurora, Illinois.  Assisted with creation of marketing information and set up equipment for demonstrations at tradeshows.
• Strong leadership characteristics.  Provided direction, support, set expectations and leadership with direct employees and outsource agencies.
• Performed as a leader, team member and individually.  Hired and supported sales team.  Created, coordinated and executed sales plans for the six member team.  Functioned as Sales Manager and had sales responsibilities for a Midwest territory.

I have seen many changes in the printing industry since 1980 and want to be actively involved in its continued growth and improvement. I have excelled in almost every angle of Flexo from running presses to managing the bottom line. I am a leader who sets the right example and who teaches employees the right way to do things. My motto has always been getting the job done right and training people to have the same attitude. I have had the privilege of working directly with end users to develop products to solve difficult applications. I have a close relationship with manufacturers in the industry helping design new products and equipment for the marketplace.

• Director of Operations
• Field Sales Representative
• Operations Manager
• Production Manager
• Flexo Press Operator

Highly motivated, detail oriented, Production Manager with multi-tasking ability. Excellent team worker. Energetic and creative with a desire to excel. Very dependable and flexible with the ability to adapt to changing needs. Excellent attendance record.

Work experience as:

• Production Manager
• Technical Service Manager
• Pressroom Supervisor
• Pressman
  

A senior level manager with experience in purchasing, operations, equipment and facilities utilization, and business planning. Demonstrated strengths include professional negotiating skills, team building, project management, creative problem solving, analysis, and Strategic development and implementation.

• Negotiated and managed $1.2 million annually of volume incentive agreements with major paper companies.
• Successfully negotiated paper sales totaling $2.5K in 2008, to reconfirm existing customers.
• Negotiated agreements with mills to achieve new paper sales of $1.2 million for eight new accounts in 2008.
• Achieved improved paper EBIT on existing accounts of $900,000 in 2008.
• Negotiated improved terms with suppliers, valued at $967,000 annually.
• Successfully secured training in proper paper claims investigation and filing for 334 employees in the US & Canada.
• Led trials for three Asian paper grades versus domestic suppliers, thereby developing the potential for increase paper sales in Western North American plants.
• Achieved paper claims closed within 15 days on average, with 98% recovery of claimed dollars.
• Developed presentations and webinars for sales training and customer paper market updates.

Process Betterment ● Team Building ● Conflict Management ● Leadership ● Client Relations

Experienced professional in Product/System Engineering and Process Technology roles, who specializes in leading
collaborative efforts to save the company time and money and demonstrates an ability to creatively approach challenges with viable and practical solutions. A life-long go-getter whose attention to detail, proactive planning, competitive spirit and ability to “wear many hats” has shown the ability to view the big picture and make consultative assessments.

Experience:

• Teamed with Engineering and Tooling to create procedures for Assembly Operations. These Standard Operating
  Procedures resulted in reducing expense through reduced downtime of machinery, reduced number of repairs and reduced product flow time
• Proposed improvements to the Strip and Salvage Program which proactively addressed waste in the process
  Initiated recycling of washers that saved the company $20,000 per year
• Demonstrated ability to solve unstructured problems. Resolved a quality issue by removing excess toner dust from
  the assembly area

Technical / Mechanical Maintenance Manager with direct reporting to the plant manager. Responsible for the daily operation of the Technical & Maintenance departments.

Reponsible for:

·       Daily scheduling of (9) non-exempt personnel
·       Daily reporting of production downtime events
·       Maintain database for plant’s work order system (MIP’s)
·       Building and Equipment maintenance
·       Environmental
·       Inventory Control
·       Department Financials
·       Working with vendors on raw materials – Paper, Ink, Chemistry, Supplies
·       Daily contact with customers
·       Daily contact with sales force supporting the plant
·       Income Improvement Projects

Responsibilities have included: Production Control, Inventory management, Purchase, Quality Control, Pre-Press, General Administration, Waste Management and Control, customer relationship, MR for ISO , TPM secretary, Business head and Marketing.

Technical skills:

• Excellent prepress experience with Dainippon & Barco image setting applications. &   software’s.
• Practical hands on experience in flexo plate making & prepress for flexo.
• Excellent experience & knowledge of Flexography process and Narrow web label converting & application, label applicators, laminates printing.
• Efficient in label converting techniques and application of flexible wrap around labels, in mould labels, aluminum lid labels, barcode labels, boarding pass , baggage tag labels, security labels with thermo chromic inks , scratch labels, rotary screen printing applications, hot foiling & cold foil techniques.
• Good knowledge & trouble shooting experience with label applicators, application problems, static elimination and uv curing.
• Good knowledge of special applications – hot foil stamping, cold foil stamping, scratch off foils, aluminum lids conversion, in mould labels, security labels, rotary screen printing, Booklet label conversion
• Know how in effective utilization of rotary tooling (dies, rotary cutting dies for carton conversion)
• Practical know how of different grade of adhesives &adhesive performance for different and specific end use applications.
• Good motivator, leadership skills and man management experience and sales support.
• Good hands-on operating experience with Nipeter / Gallus / Gidue and Mark Andy Narrow web label presses.

Highly motivated Technical Sales professional with 15+ years of progressively responsible and successful experience in providing technical sales support to end users, marketing organization and sales account managers. Extensive industry knowledge and expertise in color working with the flexo and label packaging industry.

Technical, Sales and Marketing

• Increased sales by identifying new opportunities and recommending solutions
• New flexo product launches and product feasibility studies
• Consultative services including training and quality assurance
• Strong knowledge of color and screening technologies in the Flexo market

Organizational

• Project management and resource allocation
• Technical reporting
• Organization and dissemination of knowledge

Internal and External Customer relations

• Extensive working knowledge of Flexo and label accounts in the USA and Canada
• Team selling with marketing and sales personnel including prospecting and joint calls
• Persistent follow up skills and sensitivity to end user needs
• Experience dealing with International colleagues