Libby Howell

Print production manager with over sixteen years in high quality, commercial offset printing sales in the NYC and Mid-Atlantic territory. Ever flexible, I parlayed my project management and logistics skills into working as a print production and purchasing manager at both a Fortune 500 consumer goods manufacturer and an advertising agency; and as a Strategic Sourcing / SCM manager at an international consumer goods company. Well-versed in sheet, web, digital, screen and flexo parameters, as well as substrate knowledge, and trafficking projects from inception through invoice / PO reconciliation. Skill set also includes international SCM / Logistics, sourcing / procurement, and purchasing of consumer goods, raw ingredients and packaging, as well as trade show planning. Specialties: Critical color, product-match print management for both sheet and web print projects including catalogs, annual reports, trade shows and prototypes. Project management includes client consultation, development of specs / RFP's, evaluation and management of vendors, estimate analysis; on-press color approvals throughout the US and Canada; purchasing via SAP platforms for spot PO's as well as contracts and scheduling agreements.