Isaac Zickert

About Isaac Zickert

As Director of Front-End Manufacturing Operations, I lead the strategy, execution, and optimization of prepress, artwork, and related production support functions for an industry leading label and packaging manufacturer serving global food, beverage, and consumer brands. My focus is on delivering precision, speed, and customer satisfaction from initial onboarding, multiple levels of planning, job creation, and scheduling through operations, ensuring seamless handoffs to production that maximize value for our clients.I leverage deep operational expertise alongside advanced proficiency with multiple AI platforms to support and improve legacy systems, streamline workflows, enhance decision-making, and unlock capacity in complex manufacturing environments. By mixing right teams, skillsets, and technology I drive measurable improvements in efficiency, quality, and scalability across our organization and its customers.

Experience

1. Director of Front-end Manufacturing Operations

   Inland We Power Great Packaging

   Jun 2025 — Present · La Crosse, WI, US

   Lead Inland’s front-end operations, overseeing prepress, artwork, production planning, production scheduling, capacity forecasting and material control across all Inland facilities.With a background in operations and supply chain leadership, I aim to drive workflow integration, reduce lead times, and improve execution reliability through standardization, process control, and training. I partner cross-functionally to ensure our front-end systems are lean, scalable, and responsive to growth.

Education

• Western Technical College - Company

  Printing and Publishing

  2001 — 2003

Skills

• Change Management
• Pre-Press
• Training
• Color Management
• Kaizen
• Labels
• Rotogravure
• Kanban
• Plant Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Paper Industry
• Food Packaging
• 5s
• Packaging
• Process Improvement
• Flexo
• Print Management
• Bindery
• Six Sigma
• Offset Printing
• Root Cause Analysis
• Manufacturing