Barbara Wester, LSSBB, MSS

Experience

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  CardPak Printing Corp

  Jan 1974 - Jan 1976

  Clerk

  Part time work during high school for my father Position: Duplicating, sorting and filing. Three Million Dollar Blister Pak Printing Company.

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  The Marietta Daily Journal and Neighbor Newspapers, Inc

  Feb 1981 - May 1983

  Proofreader, Layout/Paste-up Artist

  Duties included:Proofread, layout and paste up of newspapers and advertisements. Made veloxes, screens & reverses.Typesetter of ad and news copy on Itek Dyno Graphic 2,000 VDT and phototypesetter system. Experienced on Itek CPS 1020 and Digital Decwriter IV also. Dispatcher including quality control clerk, filing of pages, advertisements & receiving new ads.

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  Winn Dixie of Atlanta

  Mar 1983 - Sept 1983

  Pressman

  Duites included:Ran a 350 AB Dick Offset press, hand wrote sale cards and signs for grocery stores on paper plates. Hand painted banners. Camera work on a copy camera & burnt metal plates for special company promotions.

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  A.S.A.P Printing, Inc. (Paul Copeland, owner)

  Sept 1984 - Feb 1986

  Layout, Typesetter and Graphic Designer

  Duties included:Customer service, quotes, filing, billing, bindery work and deliveries. Layout, Typesetting & Graphic Design on the Quadritek 1200, 2100 and Digitek by Itek.

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  Dickson's Inc

  Feb 1986 - Jun 1994

  Pressroom Manager

  Starting Position: Paste-up artist and logo designer. Duties included:Designed several corporate logos and helped in coordination of special projects. Within 4 months was promoted to the Engraving Department as Quality Control, was trained about engraving plates, dies and scheduling of the presses. 8 months later was promoted to the Litho/Thermography Department as Quality Control and Production Scheduler. Within 1 year was promoted to Offset Press Supervisor and Manager. 4 months later became Night Shift Supervisor to help organize the night shift & train the new manager. 1 year later was put back on day shift as Pressroom Supervisor and to help train the new Plant Manager. In 9 months was moved back to prepress due to pregnancy. Duties were art, proofreading and camera Was promoted to Head of the Camera Department to help reorganize after a reduction in staff. In August 1993 started training on the new Macintosh computer system. Was sent to Appletree Technologies/New Horizons Computer Learning Center and certified in Macintosh Basic-AM. First camera person to be trained in computer stripping on the new direct to plate onyx system. Show less

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  US Can Company

  Jun 1994 - Sept 2002

  Night Shift Supervisor/Graphics Department

  Duties Included:Handled receiving and scheduling of artwork through the department. Trained all new personnel on night shift.In October of 2000 was promoted to Day Shift Production Scheduler and Customer Care. Duties included:Receiving new designs, scheduling and routing of those designs through computer graphics, conventional stripping, proofing and plating.Managed customer service, sales correspondence and litho specifications, which included the handling of outside venders when work was to be sent out. Estimating, billing, filing and inventory management. Worked on both PC and Macintosh formats with the latest program software. Certified yearly and monthly safety, fire, hearing, MSDS and hazardous waste training. Show less

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  Imagelinx Inc., formerly US Can

  Sept 2002 - Apr 2003

  Day Shift Supervisor and Customer Care

  In September of 2002 US Can Company sold their graphics division to Imagelinx which included the hiring of all the current employees of that department. In addition to position duties with US Can Graphics, also wrote purchase orders, balanced the ledger sheets & handled all accounts receivable.

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  DeNyse Signs

  Apr 2003 - Dec 2005

  Project Manager

  Duties included:Coordinated the surveying, design, proposals, permitting, manufacturing and installation of the signage for 250 New Centers for the UPS/MBE Corporation.Executive assistant to the Senior Project Manager for the UPS/MBE account & Top salesman for the company.

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  Thomasson Printing Company

  Dec 2005 - Nov 2006

  Night shift supervisor

  Duties included:Overseeing the work flow, deadlines and shipments & made decisions at night on the presses due to downtime.Pulled proofs, running plates and quality control of artwork due to a reduction in the night shift staff.

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  Ball Metal Food & Household Products

  Nov 2006 - Apr 2009

  PrePress Manager

  Handled all Prepress duties which included artwork, plates and color standards for the presses. Experienced with ASI 400 and MFG Pro Systems. Worked closely with customers and other manufacturing facilities to assure quality standards. Approved all invoices for the Prepress Department. Responsible for a 35% decrease in shipping costs in the department. Scheduled timesheets, vacation and overtime for 45 employees using Kronos Timekeeper System in a union environment. Implemented X-rite Color Measurement on the lines. Last position: Set up national Data Base for X-Rite Color Master and assigned as Head Trainer to an implementation team to train other facilities on X-rite Color Solutions due to job restructuring because of plant closure. Show less

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  Printed Specialties Inc.

  Dec 2010 - Aug 2011

  Quality and Continuous Improvement Manager

  Handle all Quality issues including Non-Conformance Reports, Customer Complaints and Quality Reports. Keep ISO Records up to date and handle all audits associated with ISO. Initiate and head up all continuous improvement projects throughout the plant. Responsible for a $40,000.00 savings in the pressroom due to the initiation of a utility person. Responsible for a 5S program throughout the plant that has increased production and improved the overall conditions of the facility. Responsible for eliminating 1,600 lbs of obsolete copper dies totaling $6,500.00 in recycling revenue to be put back into the company. Responsible for initiating a paper recycling program through the offices to re-coup some of the revenue lost from paper waste. Started a TPM Schedule, there was any not TPM Schedule at this plant. Created a crew member picture board to increase responsibility and morale in the plant. Created department newsletters to increase communications and pride in the departments. Show less

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  Ball Metal Food and Household Products

  Sept 2011 - Oct 2014

  Production Supervisor - Preventative Maintenance - Continuous Improvement

  Supervisor for the DRD Salmon can lines, responsibilities include daily production reports, monthly production, quality, safety reports to management, including weekly 5 Why reports on downtime issues and problem solving resolutions with the crews. This entailed scheduling manning, overtime, vacation, timecard verification and authorization, monthly safety and company communication meetings, ensuring proper PPE is worn and all quality, safety and procedural SOP’s are met daily. Attending yearly Corporate Leadership Training and Corporate and Plant Continuous Improvement project meetings bi-monthly. Assisted in getting the department/plant ready for the yearly SQF Audit. March 2013 sent to the Danville, IL plant to assist as a supervisor due to a shortage of supervisors and work on continuous improvement projects such as 5S, scheduling and production report streamlining for 2 weeks. April 2013 was moved to the Coil/Coating department, was instrumental in a reduction of defects, HFI product and raising awareness of quality issues. Assisted with training and implementation of a corporate initiative based work order, safety and preventative maintenance project system. Was team lead on several quality and continuous improvement projects including a SMED event to reduce changeover time by 35%. Attended corporate BEST Training for supervisors, which included The 4 Disciplines of Execution and Ball Essentials of Supervisor Training & Certification. Experience on Info HCM Workforce Management, Infinity 2004, MFG Pro VT COC 2, Quad Enterprise Applications 2011 SE, Quad EAM 12.6 PROD., Total Control Roster, Minitab 16 and Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Project Programs & Systems. April 2014 was sent to the Weirton, WV plant for 2 weeks to assist the Quality department with customer complaints, instrument auditing and calibrating, 5S of the department and forms due to a reduction in staff. Held Quality/Defect training and awareness for all hourly crews and supervisors. Show less

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  Wal-Mart Supercenter 2732

  Oct 2015 - Jan 2019

  DSD GM Receiving Clerk

  • Receiving, check in and finalize all GM/Grocery merchandise brought by venders, UPS, FedEx and freight lines. • Run end of day paperwork, reconcile and file. • Track 3-day old report. • Complete BPM tasks given by home office concerning receiving of merchandise.• Stock wine and grocery shelves.

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  Cenveo Envelope Group

  Nov 2018 - now

  • Supervision of 120 employees on 3 shifts which entails scheduling manning, overtime, vacations, plus timecard verification and authorization in Kronos Timekeeper. • Ensuring proper PPE is worn and all quality, safety and procedural SOP’s are met daily. • Handling all employee management situations including assisting with training, getting proper supplies needed, machine repair initiated, conflict resolution, team building, and disciplinary actions. • Ensuring adjusters are using Flex accurately, interpreting and compiling production reports, then sending these reports to management, planning and accounting.• Ensuring all housekeeping efforts are kept up on a daily basis.• Weekly audits of machines, safety checklists and forklifts as required by Corporate EHS.• Holding daily stretch/safety minutes along with monthly safety and company communication meetings.• Developed a manning schedule to cut overtime which has shown a significant reduction in overtime hours.• Developed a continuous improvement plan for the plant that included safety, housekeeping, maintenance, quality, and production, presented it to management and was given the authorization to move forward with these initiatives. • Created and implemented a 5S Event in the Make Ready area with a diversified team of employees which was beneficial and successful. • Initiated a plan to promote an adjuster to Lead position on his shift saving the company $26,794.56 per year in overtime that was used to cover this Lead position. Show less

  • Quality and Continuous Improvement Manager

    Dec 2020 - now

  • Production Supervisor

    Nov 2018 - Dec 2020