Kelly Sheridan
Macomb
Summary
Dynamic professional with extensive experience in print production and operations management. Strong skills in project planning, budget management, and vendor collaboration contribute to successful delivery of high-quality print initiatives. Committed to enhancing team productivity and optimizing costs.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Group Manager
GP Strategies
Troy
02.2003 - Current
- Manage print and production for personalized Buick and GMC owner magazine program, executing tailored formats based on vehicle model, including unique inserts and dealership information.
- Oversee print and email initiatives including CCA Insights print magazines program, OnStar enewsletter, and various Portfolio projects.
- Collaborate with printers on quoting, page counts, templates, paper and coatings for efficiency.
- Manage proof approvals with clients and team to ensure retouching quality, color accuracy, and data validation standards are met.
- Conduct on-site press checks to validate production quality and color accuracy.
- Streamline mailing costs using data file to determine optimal mailing solution.
- Obtain postage incentives that lowered expenses and ensured timely USPS payments.
- Administer management of on-site and off-site inventory along with diverse distribution channels to clients, dealers, field personnel, etc.
- Develop specs and programming for personalized offers, test drive offer cards printed and inserted in magazines and special inserts such as posters, cards, fatheads, etc. in magazines.
- Collaborate with various print vendors to produce diverse print products.
- Facilitate negotiations with print vendors regarding manufacturing, retouching and prepress costs.
- Create, provide and present launch materials for outside vendors and agencies for all projects.
- Support new projects or up-sells by developing budgets, new printing formats, and establishing new processes.
- Maintain alignment with financial budgets by executing estimating, tracking, forecasting, validating, and processing invoices.
- Develop cost-saving recommendations for leadership and clients.
- Establish clear communication channels within the team, external partners and vendors.
- Implement process improvement to enhance team efficiency and output quality on all projects.
- Create and execute a multi-channel distribution plan for magazines.
- Oversee data management for multiple print and email initiatives by developing business rules, conducting quality control checks on data files, analyzing metrics and survey findings, and providing programming instructions to IT; print and email vendors.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Human Resources Management
Oakland University
Rochester, MI05-2001
Skills
- Print Production Management
- Operations Management
- Staff Training and Management
- Cost Control
- Schedule Management
- Project Planning, Tracking and Management
- Data Analysis
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Quality Control
Proficiencies
- Microsoft 365
- Google Analytics
- iContact - Email Marketing Software
- WorkFront
- JIRA
Timeline
Production Group Manager
GP Strategies
02.2003 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Human Resources Management
Oakland University