Matt Nieman

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About Matt Nieman

A highly accomplished business manager driving operational excellence while achieving sustainable growth by launching new products, cultivating strong customer relationships, product development and enhancing processes and best practices. Demonstrate expertise in leading initiatives that improve production, efficiency, quality control, and profitability by implementing new equipment, technology, policies, and SOPs. Cultivate a culture of collaboration and communication to ensure all customer expectations are met or exceeded while handling negotiations with both new and existing clients and vendors. Astutely lead, mentor, develop and recognize cross-functional teams of managers and employees. Expertise: Organizational Leadership - Operations Management - Team Leadership - Training & Development Quality Control - Financial/P&L Management - Business Development - Customer Relationship Management - Product Development - KPIs/Goal Setting - Process Improvement - Project Management - Strategic Planning - Forecasting - Reporting SELECT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: • Managed a 150+-member team for a $30M printing operation, leading initiatives, vendor relations, product development and capital improvement projects to streamline processes, maximize efficiency, and optimize quality/customer service. • Captured $28K in monthly savings by negotiating tiered rebates for ink and paper with existing pricing to address increases in the cost of goods sold measures. • Enabled production and processing of an average of four million print pieces per month by partnering with supervisors to optimize processes and scheduling within the direct mail division. • Streamlined the order to finished product process while coaching employees on working with customers when estimates and job specifications did not align to address any needed change initiatives on the project. • Recognized through numerous regional awards and received national Benny awards. TECHNICAL SKILLS: EFI/Monarch Plant Management Software, Adobe Illustrator, Quark Express, Photoshop for Large Press Imaging, MS Office Suite