Manager Project

Joseph G. Schott

***** ***** **** *** **** Court, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070

********@****.*** 425-***-****

Graphic Arts Professional with experience in P&L ownership, start-ups, turn-

arounds, strategic planning tactical execution, and team building. An

innovative leader in progressively complex managerial roles who remains

calm and focused through high pressure situations while delivering a

consistent record of positive results.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ivey Imaging / Ivey Performance Marketing

2008-2010

Production Operations Manager, Portland OR

. Oversee all scheduling and work production of creative, premedia,

prepress, digital press rooms, finishing, warehouse, fulfillment,

shipping, receiving, quality control, continuous improvement, and

facilities management.

. Prepare Ivey Imaging business for sale - consolidation of assets,

employee cross training, workflow management, and lean integration

resulted in quicker time to market, reduced remake and cost reduction

with increased distribution options. Enabled the elimination of 34

positions for a savings of over $1million in annualized wages and

benefits.

. Asked to stay on with Ivey Performance Marketing to manage all work

production as above with the exception of creative. Responsible for all

full and part-time, salaried and hourly production employees. Policy and

process implementation, vendor and inventory management, Environmental

Health & Safety, building and fleet maintenance, sales support,

estimating/invoicing, technology approval, preventive maintenance.

. End-to-end solution for high impact, 2D and 3D large format and display

graphics for P.O.P. and P.O.S. retail markets. Customer base includes

Microsoft, Nike, Adidas, Staples, Nordstrom, REI, Eddie Bauer, Starbucks,

Panera, Java City, The North Face, Sealy, Savers, Coinstar, Moneytree,

Columbia, Kaiser Permanente, Fred Meyers, K2, Scott USA, Champs, Puma,

New Balance, Sports Authority, Li Ning, GAP and Mountain Hardware.

RR Donnelley 1989-2007

Iridio, an RR Donnelley Company, Manufacturing Manager, Seattle WA 2003-

2007

. P&L responsibility of $11.9 million budget, multi-geographic west coast

Premedia Technologies hub. Effectively managed 70+ full and part-time,

salaried and hourly direct reports in California and Washington. Scope

included strategic and tactical, policy implementation, continuous

quality improvement, customer service and account management, schedule

and production management, vendor management, SLA monitoring,

Environmental Health & Safety, building maintenance, sales support,

estimating/invoicing, RFP /RFQ, technology approval and integration.

. Responsible for turn-around of acquisition. Hand picked key individuals

for internal teams, developed bench strength, upgraded technology and

streamlined workflow while exceeding budget expectations and maintaining

clients' deliverables. Oversaw six-sigma black belt and green belt

projects for continuous improvement.

. Successful on-boarding of key clients including Microsoft's Vista launch

with localization and off-shore production.

. 63% growth to top-line in 2006 over 2005. Efficient cost containment

resulted in bottom-line Gross Profit of +3% over budget through 2007.

. Established, trained and supported strategic national, regional and

global multi-cultural relationships in China and India for internal

offshore production.

. Experience with Magazine, Packaging, Catalog, Direct Mail, POP and B2B.

Extensive client list includes Microsoft, Intel, Nike, Nordstrom, Eddie

Bauer, Palm, Costco, Restoration Hardware, Smith & Hawken, Washington

Mutual, Bare Escentuals, Nokia, Starbucks, Palm.

Premedia Facilities Manager on-site at Reader's Digest, Pleasantville NY

2002-2003

. Premedia Facilities Manager responsible for customer on-site operations

of digital image capture through file delivery. P&L for operation,

budget execution, driving employee engagement and building strong

customer relationships.

. Project Manager responsible for 8 week lead time to start-up FM

operations - research, specified workflow and technology recommendations,

technical infrastructure, connectivity. Specify staffing levels,

interviewed, hired and trained. Established relationships with client's

business unit managers, negotiated contracts, and provided contract

support. Coordinated capital deliveries, logistics of set-up and burn-in

time of technology, final operation set-up, establish SOPs. Prinergy and

Xinet implementation.

Premedia Technology Supervisor, Lancaster PA 2000-2002

. Responsible for major account operations of prepress packaging of Merck

Pharmaceutical Company. Additional accounts included MBNA, BoA, Wachovia,

FCB, Corbett Health, Hal Lewis Group. $4M operating budget.

. Migrated analog operations to digital in 2001. Through strong account

management, increased top line revenue over 37% and bottom-line gross

profit by 11.3%, on combined accounts. Simultaneously reducing days to

invoice by 67%.

. Developed and maintained module performance metrics and scoreboards for

throughput and quality. Increased on-time delivery for 3000+ individual

projects to 99.6% annually from an initial base line of 89% on time.

. Personally recognized for Merck's highest satisfaction level of vendor

partnerships - Operational Excellence, this contributed to sealing the

contract renewal with a 12% increase in top line revenue.

Premedia Facilities Management Supervisor on-site at Merck & Co., Upper

Gwyneth PA 1998-1999

. Responsible for set-up of on-site prepress management operations for

pharmaceutical company. Assisted client in maximizing control of image

assets, branding, and medical/legal tracking of digital assets.

. Created quality, volume, and accountability metrics for client and RR

Donnelley.

. Recruited and trained on-site senior account management employees while

developing internal and external relationships

. Developed metrics and SOPs across contract printers, production managers,

and advertising agencies.

Senior Preliminary Technician, Lancaster PA 1996-1998

. Assist in daily production management of multi-shift $24 million prepress

business unit.

. Engineer clients' workflow and technological needs to keep costs in line

while meeting quality expectations. Researched, tested and recommend

workflows.

. Troubleshoot problem files.

Console Display Operator, Lancaster PA 1994-1996

. Image retouching using Mac and Scitex platforms.

. Imposition, trapping, page layout and makeup using various applications

on Mac, PC, NT, and Scitex workstations.

. Training of new personnel and technology; Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator,

PageMaker

Electronic Systems Operator, Lancaster PA 1992-1994

Photo Preliminary Technician, Lancaster PA 1991-1992

Harris 1000 4/C offset web press, Lancaster PA 1989-1991

EDUCATION / TRAINING / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

University of Washington, Seattle WA, Leadership that Shapes the Future,

2005

Pennsylvania College of Technology/Penn State, Bachelor Science in

Technology Management, 2004

Penn State, the Smeal College of Business Administration, Management

Development Program Certificate. 1999

Williamsport Area Community College, Associate Science in Graphic

Communications, 1989

Zanger-Miller (Achieve Global) Leadership 2000

Sean Delaney Leadership Foundation

RR Donnelley Training: Performance Management, Six-Sigma Champion,

Enterprise Selling Process, Service Distinctiveness, Customer On-Boarding,

Project Leadership, Performance Leadership, Frontline Leadership,

Facilitating for Results. Leadership, Team Building and Culture Change.

Pennsylvania College of Technology/Penn State; Graphic Arts Technology

Advisement Board, 2000 - 2003

Key Words: VP, Director, Sr. Manager, General Manager, Operations Manager,

Manufacturing Manager, Production Manager, Site Manager, Facilities

Manager, Client Services Manager, Scheduling, P&L, analyst, SLAs, customer

contract negotiations, packaging, premedia, publishing, leader, six-sigma,

lean, CS3, CS4, Adobe In-Design, Quark, Photoshop, MS Word, Excel, Access,

PowerPoint, MS Visio, MS Project, ADP, ERP, MIS, Xinet, Prinergy, Dalim,

Apogee, Vutek, Durst, Esko, Docutec, IGen, Indigo, Harris, Digital Print,

Offset, Gravure, closed loop, GRACol, G7, SWOP, Fogra, ORIS, Kodak, Fuji,

Sustainable Green Printing Partnership, Forest Stewart Council, mentor,

coach, purchasing, off-shore, warehouse, finishing, fulfillment, Large

Format, Grand Format, inventory control, 24/7 manufacturing, Scene 7,

web2print

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