Daniel Gehling

About Daniel Gehling

An energetic, dynamic, and thorough leadership professional with extensive experience in Packaging Materials and global Packaging Equipment industries. Have thrived under a variety of ownership models, from publicly traded organizations, to private family owned, private equity owned, and private investor owned structures. Major expertise leading Sales and Marketing teams, with significant skills in contract negotiation, business and strategy development, national accounts, claim resolution, and problem solving. Additional skills in management, pricing, promotion, positioning, packaging, training, team building, operations, quality, safety, and product development. An industrious, creative individual who has an established track record of accomplishment and increasing responsibility. Recognized by management and customers for building long term, mutually beneficial relationships.

Experience

1. Category Leader - Rigid Plastics

   Qcs Purchasing Cooperative

   Nov 2021 — Present

Education

• Michigan State University

  BS, Packaging

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Plastics
• Packaging
• Blow Molding
• Extrusion
• Injection Molding
• Manufacturing
• Lean Manufacturing
• Product Development
• Continuous Improvement
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Food Packaging
• New Business Development
• Operational Excellence
• Contract Negotiation
• Customer Acquisition
• Customer Satisfaction
• Change Management
• Sales Management
• Positioning
• Product Placement
• Pricing
• Promotions
• Marketing Strategy
• Marketing
• Packaging Engineering
• Six Sigma
• Supply Chain
• Corrugated
• Management
• Leadership
• Team Building
• Crm
• Business Planning
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Negotiation
• Team Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Business Strategy
• Sales
• 5s