mark kovach

Lead a team of sales associates and project coordinators to grow and penetrate traditional and non-traditional packaging distributors. Responsible for over $30 Million in revenue. Increased sales and profits through new account acquisition by over 9%.

Global Recruiters of Medinah specializes in the identification and placement of top sales, marketing and general management talent in printing, packaging and consumer products. Within the printing arena, we provide expertise to companies involved in the packaging, publishing, commercial print, and catalog fields. Our specialized expertise in printing combined with our emphasis on placing sales and marketing professionals in other, related fields, enables us to help our printing clients by selectively augmenting the available talent pool within the industry with highly adaptive individuals from other areas who have a track record of consistently outstanding performance. In the consumer products sector, our experience in hardgoods and multiple channels of trade makes us a very good source for placements

Global supplier of custom and stock retail merchandising solutions to improve presentation and reduce costs RTC masters the design and detail of retail, helping brands and retailers improve the shopping experience and grow their bottom line. We design retail programs and environments, execute them globally, and build products that improve retail performance. We provide our clients a cohesive brand experience, expanded retail presence, and consistently better results at a lower total cost. RTC is a global business with facilities in the USA, Latin America, Asia and Europe. Within Europe, RTC has facilities in the UK, France, Czech Republic and Russia. Manage successful inside sales Team charged with incremental growth in new accounts and markets

Worldwide manufacturer of printing papers, packaging, and consumables. Sales Manager –xpedx and Saalfeld Redistribution National Accounts 9/04 – 3/09 Led a nationwide team of sales professionals in over 115 divisions marketing the complete line of products offered by International Paper to the end user and reseller market segments. Increased revenue +119% through new account acquisition. Customers include TriMega, Progressive Group Alliance, The United Group, Bellissimo Foods, NAFED, is.group, P&G, ProAct, and Afflink.

* Led a team of 65 sales people responsible for bringing to market over 3,000 products marketed to office product, mass market, and college bookstore account base. Increased sales revenue +147% to become the industry market leader to customers including Office Depot, Walgreens, United Stationers, Boise Cascade, S.P. Richards, Corporate Express, BPGI, Staples, OfficeMax, and Wal-Mart among others. * Championed sales efforts leading to an increase in total revenue of 336% during tenure with the company. * Personally handled company’s largest account, Office Depot, increasing revenues +122% after award of sole supplier status for retail and contract segments. * Achieved key vendor preferred status with major accounts receiving multiple service and vendor awards. * Most profitable division as a percent to sales for the entire corporation. * Implemented major initiative to expand private label product assortments and positioning for profitable sales growth.

Specialty Paper Company is a Converter that specializes in coated paper products. Our expertise crosses industry lines from food service to packaging materials. Customers are able to work with us to meet their most challenging product requirements. Specialty Paper Company is committed to providing our customers with outstanding service, timely delivery, and superior product support at competitive pricing. Our coated paper products are the highest quality and are used in many areas including the food, tape and label, packaging, and medical industries. We use our combined 75 plus years’ business experience to provide our customers the best service in the industry. We offer a range of products focused in one area of the paper converting industry. This allows us to give customers superior product support.