Freelance Creative Structural Designer in Corrugated and Folding Carto
Resume:
PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM VITAE
RAYMOND (RAMSEY) FISHER
AGENDA
Experience Skills Portfolio
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Structural Designer, Kansas City, MO Jan 2018 - Present Creative Packaging Designer / Consultant
● I’m a creative designer in both folding carton and corrugate materials
● I offer creative design, specification sheets, Manufacturing files, 3D animation files, 3D renderings, Pallet patterns, BOM’s, and 3D assembly instructions
● I offer consulting in manufacturing processes and structural design
● Experienced working with multiple materials and processes o Paperboard including offshore sustainable paper stocks o Corrugate
o Foams
o Plastics
o Special Coatings
o Adhesives
o External Display parts through FFR.com
o Package testing
o Project/Product Manage
● To date I have worked with awesome companies like Russell Stover, Three Dog Bakery, Creative Printing, All Packaging, and TDI Global Solutions to name a few EXPERIENCE
Southern Carlson, Kansas City, MO Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 Sales Rep / Broker
● Added company value by developing a sales item report to assist sales reps across the company to manage multiple products
● Provide professional packaging development to sales reps throughout the company
● Responsible for cold calling new business, closing accounts, while maintaining and growing current business
● Sold stretch wrap films and equipment, Banding strap and equipment, tape, and all general packaging supplies.
EXPERIENCE
WestRock, Liberty, MO Sept 2015 - Nov 2016
Missouri Business Unit Account Manager
● Successfully managed over $3MM of business across multiple customers
● Developed relationships with manufacturing, engineering, front office to expedite the sales process
● Track progress on current accounts and new opportunities and regularly report to management
● Manage customer complaints, determine root cause, create corrective action plan and report to customer
● Attend quarterly sales meeting and complete all training sessions requested by company
● Create sales plan and sales goals for key accounts by developing yearly objectives EXPERIENCE
Malnove Packaging, Jacksonville, FL Aug 2008 - Jul 2015 Design Manager / Regional Sales
● Promoted from Designer to Corporate Design Manager in Jan 2009
● Lead the design and development team to create unique packaging that protects a variety of products
● Work with Mechanical/Packaging Engineers on packaging equipment & automation
● Developed Intelligent Sustainable Packaging Solutions
● Support sales and marketing, gave high level presentations to consistently help win new business
● Focus on customer’s top line, while considering how a design can impact bottom line packaging metrics, Sustainability and customer satisfaction – part of our continuous improvement plan
● Promoted to sales in Sept 2012 and managed territory in Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas
● Developed and grew a $10MM account in Pittsburg Ohio
● Developed relationships with production, suppliers, and customers to streamline the sales process
EXPERIENCE
Menasha Packaging / General Mills, Minneapolis, MN Jan 2006 - Jul 2008 POP Display Designer / Project Manager
● Developed new POP corrugate displays to support customer needs to win new business
● Developed a new program for General Mills to build planograms and display 3D assembly instructions
● Provided support for displays as a Project Manager onsite at General Mills Corporate Headquarters
● Increased sales by $4MM in just over a year
● Implemented a plan to increase production control while reducing costs for distribution
● Managed team that built planograms, specs and special projects for Gen Mills - 3 local and 3 at Menasha
● Lead weekly meetings with Gen Mills Special Pack group & Logistic Operation Planners EXPERIENCE
Rex Corporation, Jacksonville, FL Aug 2000 - Nov 2005 Structural Designer
● Develop innovative packaging to assist in gaining new business
● Work directly with salesmen on new projects daily to support customer needs
● Developed a new improvement plan to reduce waste from 100% of the repeat printed business
● Implemented new Artios Cad software to help the company match the competition EXPERIENCE
Burd & Fletcher, Independence, MO Jun 1995 - Jul 2000 Scrapper / Die Maker / Structural Designer
● Promoted from scrapper to Line Manager in 5 months
● Promoted from Line Manager to Die maker in 5 months
● Maintained all die cutting tools to support manufacturing
● Promoted from Die Maker to Die Maker Lead in 5 months
● Promoted from Die Maker Lead to Structural Designer in 5 months
● Developed folding cartons and layouts to support sales and win new business
● Developed new design procedures to support business growth SKILLS
• Folding Carton Creative Design and Manufacturing Procedures
• Corrugate Creative Design and Manufacturing Procedures
• Skilled at working with multiple materials as in plastics and external components
• Program all design files to be manufacturing ready
• Program Print Layout for Printing
• Program manufacturing cutting dies, blanker boards, and stripper boards
• Provide package to product testing procedures and results
• Provide detailed material specs for multiple business needs
• Build 3D Rendering & 3D Animation files
• Provide Cape & Topps Pallet Patterns, 3D Assembly Instructions & BOM’s
• Certified Packaging Professional through the Institute of Packaging Professionals
• Hold 2 packaging awards with the Paperboard Packaging Council
• Inventor on 4 patents
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO
Speed to Market Case Study
Customer:
Unilever
Product:
Lipton Tea &
Honey Packs
Customer Need:
Smarter, intelligent
package for a new
product launch.
Customer wants an
option to replace
injected molded package for a better product-to-package ratio. Also, the new package had to be retail shelf ready for convenience while meeting stocking guidelines. Features:
New package contains a unique fifth graphic panel driven by 2 curved scores on the corner of the box.
Advantages:
Uses 100% paperboard that is renewable and recyclable. Plus, the product-to-package ratio improved by 50% versus an injected molded package. Benefits:
Environmental improvements that enhances the package while reducing supply chain costs. Enhanced the consumer’s experience from initial purchase through use, storage and Ease-Of- Recycling.
Easy-To-Implement design using existing assets with minimal operational impact supporting
“Speed-To-Market” launch.
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Deliver Joint Process Case Study
Customer:
Harry & David
Product:
Harry & David
Gift “Tower of
Treats”
Customer Need:
Project focus was to
deliver a packaging
solution that would
protect their brand
image, and insure
continued leadership in the gifting and entertainment business. As volume grows, they need a package that would not require an excessive amount of space for storage, and related labor to move the package through the fulfillment process.
Features:
New design is a patented Stackrite tray that can be formed on demand. Advantages:
The paperboard design protects the product while delivering an extremely square design that stacks and distributes effectively for the “Tower of Treat” brand. Benefits:
Fully automated design supported an historical product branding standard. Significantly less storage space related to inbound receipt of packaging materials. More efficient movement through the fulfillment and packaging process. Product protection was never compromised.
Completed the additional process improvement related to ribbon and bow feeding and application automation.
PORTFOLIO Intelligent Design Case Study
Customer:
Henkel Dial
Product:
Purex 3-in-1
Laundry
Sheets
Customer
Need:
Project focus was to eliminate their current molded polypropylene container with a folding carton that would protect their brand image. They needed 30% higher line speeds in production to maintain growth. We also had to develop a folding carton that would match the curve sides with a flip top for accessing the product.
Features:
New ground breaking, unique package shape is a patented renewable paper-board solution with cured scores and unique flip top.
Advantages:
Eliminated the polypropylene container while reducing customers overall spend. New solution is fully automated vs the semi-automated polypropylene container. Benefits:
Reduced costs through a significant improvement in inbound and outbound cube utilization. Improved retail shelf presence for a newly established category. Sustainable and renewable paperboard based packaging materials replaced non-renewable polypropylene materials.
Consumer ease-of-use was improved with an integrated “flip-top” product dispensing feature. PORTFOLIO
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RUSSELL STOVER CANDIES 2018
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THANK YOU
RAYMOND (RAMSEY) FISHER
KANSAS CITY, MO
adh1ag@r.postjobfree.com
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