Quality Assurance Manager Resume

Professional Profile

Highly skilled in all facets of Procurement and Strategic Sourcing.
With hands on knowledge in all of the following areas:

Production/Operations for Print & Digital Quality Control
Purchasing Distribution Management/Postal Rules
Job Scheduling Financial/Budgetary Management
Client Account Management Web Offset/Gravure/Sheetfed Printing
Cost Estimating On Site Press Coverage
Cost Analysis Excel/Word/InDesign Documentation

Professional Experience

Confidential
6/2010 - 12/2011
Director of Manufacturing and Promotions
Responsibilities:
Manage a team of Edit and Ad Production Managers.
Manage an annual print and paper budget of $21,000,000.

Purchase paper in excess of 19,000,000 lbs. per year, at an approximate cost of $8,000,000.
Coordinate and maintain pre-press schedule, file delivery and press schedules.
Responsible for the coordination and implementation of 3 polybagged supplements+ 3 stand alone newsstand editions.
Coordinate quarterly print production for Maxim Canada polybagged supplement.
Responsible for converting and processing all edit and ad pages from the print files to digital, for Zinio, Apple ipad, Barnes & Noble Nook, Amazon Kindle and Google Galaxy.
Oversee edit page file sharing among global affiliates.
Handle advertising estimation requests and provide visual references for insert binding options.
Created and maintained a purchase ordering system for all live jobs associated with Maxim.
Maintain dispatching and delivery schedules.
Review and approve all production based invoices.

Confidential, New York, N.Y.
11/2009 - 6/2010
Quality Assurance Manager
Responsibilities:
Coordinate color quality meetings for several publications and all corporate marketing projects.
Review color proofs with Art Directors for color quality accuracy and provide color theory knowledge for guidance with corrections.
Work with off-site Color Imaging Center, explaining image manipulation requests.
Maintain schedules for delivery of all color guidance to print facilities.
Maintain color proofing equipment and order all supplies required for proper functioning.

Confidential, New York, N.Y.
7/2006 - 3/2009
Director of Production
Responsibilities:
Manage a team of 2 Edit/Ad Production Managers + 2 Production Freelancers.
Manage an annual print and paper budget of $35,000,000.

Purchase paper in excess of 40,000,000 lbs. per year, at an approximate cost of $18,000,000.
Coordinate and maintain pre-press schedule, file delivery and press schedules for a multiple print facility press production.
Responsible for purchasing the paper for a 24 - 36 page mini-mag that appears in global affiliate titles in London and Australia.
Oversaw edit page file sharing among global affiliates in London, Australia, Germany, Greece and Japan.
Handle advertising estimation requests and provide visual references for insert binding options.
Created and maintained a purchase ordering system for all live jobs associated with OK! Weekly.
Maintain dispatching and delivery schedules.
Review and approve all production based invoices.

Confidential, New York, N.Y.
1/2001 - 7/2006
Senior Manager of Strategic Sourcing & Print Procurement
Responsibilities:
Manage a team of 5 Production coordinators.
Manage an annual insert production revenue of over $400,000,000.
Purchase paper for client advertising inserts with an annual revenue of $250,000,000.
Estimate and manage client insert press schedules.
Update all active spreadsheets with accurate information.
Run cost analysis between contracted vendors.
Achievements:
Created a shared spreadsheet that logs, tracks and archives every live print insert job on a daily basis for every Condé Nast, Fairchild and Golf Properties title, which encompassed over 40 titles in all.
Gained the trust and respect of all Business Managers and Ad Directors by showing hard work with clear and concise information relay.

Confidential, New York, N.Y.
4/1996 - 1/2001
Operations Supervisor of Manufacturing
Responsibilities:
Liaison between magazines edit & ad departments and pre-press & printing facilities.
Purchase paper for client advertising inserts.
Estimate and manage client insert press schedules.
Led color quality assurance meetings.
Traveled to various printing facilities to oversee press run.
Responsible for high quality magazines such as Harpers Bazaar, Town & Country, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Country Living, House Beautiful and CosmoGirl.

Confidential, Union, N.J.
12/1988 - 4/1996
Creative Design Manager
Responsibilities:
Customer Service Representative for New York Magazine.
Mechanical layout artist for Premiere and Mirabella magazines.

Education

Associate of Arts - Majoring in Visual Communications

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