Michael Kelly

About Michael Kelly

Accomplished Fortune 100 Executive with a proven record delivering exceptional customer value while driving company objectives.Possess excellent project management skills, production and process improvement experience. Adept at supporting customers, managing vendors and leading cross functional teams.Experienced in technical sales support and operations within both medium and large corporations.Expertise:Technical sales support, consumer, industrial, food packaging design & brand development, POP & POS display design, graphics, retail packaging. B2B & B2C sales & relationship building, key account management, cross functional teams, continuous improvement,vendor negotiation, brand identity-Manufacturing, operations and production experience-Initiated and managed press room improvements of $275K-Managed inter-plant sales initiatives within the corporation-Provided field support to sales team and serviced key and national accounts for graphics and quality issues-Developed and approved art work, prepress in conjuction with customers, marketing depts.and Ad Agencies-Controlled all plate/material purchases in excess of $1.5M-Managed multiple packaging projects for local and national accounts within an integrated corp. with $120M sales-Responsible for vendor evaluations and contracts overseeing quality,service and costs-Supervised printing & web Preprint depts, ink lab-Created & Managed Capital improvement project $200K-Developed and cultivated strong customer relationships-Key member of sales,marketing and production team-Drove optimization of supply chain through KPI\'s relating to mfg,quality,delivery, streamlined communications and cost reductions. Specialties: Flexographic Preprint Graphics Specialist, Flexographic Post-Print expert, Production Management, Process Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, ISO 9001 Auditor.Converse in TCQ,TCO,ISO 9001 Programs, Consumer Packaging. Develops value added solutions.

Experience

1. Plant Production Manager

   Green Bay Packaging

   Feb 2018 — Present · Milwaukee, WI, US

   Responsible for all plant production, safety, quality & maintenance*Oversee and manage all plant maintenance personnel*Recommend and facilitate new capital equipment installations and improvements *Enforce all SQF procedures and protocols*Suggest and implement continuous improvement opportunities *Manage all supervision and hourly personnel across three shifts*Implement all projects in a timely and cost effective manner by upper management

Education

• Marquette University

  BA, Political Science