Rusty Phillips

About Rusty Phillips

I get up and go to work every day to provide for my beautiful wife, daughter, & son while living in Cincinnati, OH. They are what motivates me to work harder than yesterday but not as hard as I will tomorrow.I\'ve been successfully helping Owners, C-Level, & Directors of procurement, engineering, supply chain, & operations within companies find & implement the right packaging solutions for over 10+ years within the manufacturing & distribution world with customers like Williams Sonoma, Proctor & Gamble, Nike, Verizon, PFS Web, XPO Logistics, & many others. Solutions Have Included:Reducing Damages within the Parcel Shipment Process - Work with Operations Team to Identify Specific Product Challenges, Select Correct Packaging Material & Process (Auto or Semi-Auto), & Provide Training to Staff on Better Packing PracticesReducing Load Failure for Palletized Loads - Working with Packaging Engineers to Identify Specific Loads Having Failures, Testing Loads in our Solution Center, Validating Load Wrapping Procedure, & Implementing Program in the Field at the Customer\'s Facility(s) Providing Alternative Packaging Material Suggestions - Work with Procurement to Determine Opportunities within their Flexible & Rigid Packaging (i.e. Printed Folding Cartons, Labels, Shrink Film (Clear/Printed), Bags (Printed, Wicketed, Pouches), and/or Rigid Containers) to Identify Cost Improvement Want to know if I can help you with your packaging challenges by identifying improvement opportunities? Email me at r•••••@atlanticpkg.com

Experience

1. National Strategic Account Sales

   Atlantic Packaging

   Sep 2018 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US

   Atlantic Packaging Corporation is one of the leading family-owned packaging distributors in the US with 40 locations. We are a 70-year-old company that continues to expand our programs to meet the specific needs of the changing manufacturing & distribution world. We specialize in critical application packaging and have a strong focus on end of line packaging equipment, service and sustainability; there is no other packaging organization as technically proficient.Our core competencies lie in stretch packaging, shrink packaging, case erecting/forming/sealing, printing and graphics, labels and labeling equipment, paperboard converting, strapping and all types of flexible packaging. Atlantic employs over 35 full-time technicians, has over 3 million sq. feet of warehousing and dedicated logistics.Today we are a group of material specialists, automation consultants, and packaging engineers, as well as the largest independent paperboard converter in North America.

Education

• Mississippi State University

  Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Marketing / Professional Golf Management

  2000 — 2005

Skills

• Account Management
• Sales
• Time Management
• Sales Operations
• Sales Management
• Crm
• Direct Sales
• Inventory Management
• B2b
• Networking
• Management
• Cold Calling
• Marketing
• Sales Process
• New Business Development
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Leadership