Joseph Domingo
Newington, CT **111
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Pitney Bowes-Hartford, CT
Quality Control Clerk
Responsible to check the quality of mail for legibility, proper date,
correct postage, endorsement, and complete address information. Assist in
organizing and separating the mail.
RQA-Newington, CT
2008 - Present
Contract-Representative
Perform consumer complaint retrievals including scheduling pick up and
disposal as well as recall and withdrawal programs at the retail store
level.
RGIS-East Hartford, CT
2007 - 2009
Auditor
Perform inventory audits at retail sites using hand held scanners.
Diageo-Norwalk, CT
2001 -2007
Contract-Packaging Engineer
Developed common North American computerized specification format.
Consolidated three different systems into a common format.
Prepared bid packages for glass, labels, folding paper board and corrugated
materials; including updating specifications, and graphic files for the bid
package.
Investigated several major instances of poor glass vendor quality and
design flaws. Monitor production runs at the vendor's sites to ensure that
the corrective actions were put in place.
Monitored initial glass runs for new suppliers and or designs to ensure the
quality- both visual and technical are met. Follow up with the new
production at the appropriate bottling site to determine if the new
container's performance on the bottling line is acceptable to standards.
Diageo- Hartford CT
1976-2000
Senior Packaging Engineer
Packaging Engineer
Packaging Specification Coordinator
Packaging Specification Coordinator
Directed and managed 70-80 packaging projects annually interfacing with
Marketing, Sales, Manufacturing, Research & Development, Legal, and
external vendors.
Joseph Domingo 1349 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 860-***-****
Developed the structural design and prepare the financial costing for all
specialty-packaging programs (folding cartons, blister packs.) at the
direction of marketing.
Coordinated with our manufacturing facilities, both internal and external,
the initial production runs of new package designs. Perform production line
tests on new components and/or materials.
Develop and manage alternate material and packaging design cost savings
programs realizing annualized savings of $250,000 in either material
procurement and/or line efficiencies.
Directed external vendor / supplier resources to ensure that the objectives
of marketing and manufacturing are met.
Performed tests and analysis of new materials and structures in our in-
house packaging lab, or on the production line for use in qualifying new
venders, materials and new structural designs.
Prepared, maintained, and issued all glass containers, corrugated, folding
cartons, closures, and unit load specification to Quality Control, the
various manufacturing sites and the appropriate vendors in a timely manner.
Prepared and published the initial editions of the Heublein Product Guide
for both spirits and wines to over 1,200 Heublein marketing and sales
personnel as well as to the distributors.
Developed the initial specification system for glass containers, closures,
labels, and unit loads. Updated system(s) from paper to computer based as
technology advanced.
Standardized outgoing unit loads between four manufacturing facilities.
Member of the team that converted the material handling of out-going unit
loads from wood pallets to a clamping system.
Coordinated the conversion of glass containers from the English to metric
standards of fill. Concurrently standardized glass containers between
vendors where more than one source of supply existed.
Project manager for the incorporation of the Universal Product Code (UPC)
symbol onto all consumer packages.
EDUCATION
Michigan State University
Bachelor of Science
Packaging Engineering