Aaron Grimes Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Oh, Us

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Manage our fastest growing business sector, high specification and custom systems, with 100% sales growth in less than 3 years• Nurture and grow relationships with new and existing clients (engineers to executive level management) across all manufacturing industries, closing six to seven figure contracts within short-term and multi-year sales cycles• Software specification development for operator interfacing and multi-process HMIs, data retrieval (SQL/PLC/TCPIP), process logs, and more• Provide clients with custom solutions for complex manufacturing applications by developing system concepts, cost and pricing models, proposals, and consultative selling• Support and manage sales team, develop and delegate market and product strategy, manage product pricing, and provide technical training to sales team and distributors

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Implemented global sales expansion strategy which doubled sales to 8.5M+ annually resulting in the acquisition of the company by a public group• Conducted onsite sales visits, field sales coaching, and technical product training for sales territory managers and distributors in North America and internationally• Provided strategy and management oversight during a successful 24 month post acquisition merger between TYKMA and Electrox, including sales network and product line consolidation, unified branding, resulting in post merger sales of 20M+ annually • Increased global brand presence and annual sales revenue by sourcing and developing distributors in target foreign growth markets, including Brazil, S. Korea, Thailand, Germany, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom • Produced and managed company marketing assets and strategy: trade shows, photography, videography, brochures, training documents, technical copywriting, social media, influencer marketing, graphic design, and oversight of SEO and lead generation campaigns

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Combined previous sales training with new technical knowledge to begin selling permanent marking solutions, growing sales from 2M to 4M+ annually• Obtained advanced laser and permanent marking technology training in Germany and Italy, and extensive training on automation and manufacturing technology• Qualified customer applications, processed test samples, and prepared detailed reports • Traveled within North America providing sales support and training to a network of manufacturing sales representatives• Deployed and administrated new sales automation technology: CRM, quick reaction quoting, and email marketing• Enhanced company branding and marketing through self taught graphic design, photography, videography, web design, and SEO

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Achieved highest performance of hiring class for the first three months of employment and the second highest performance company wide by month three• Obtained structured high level sales training including presentation and closing skills• Learned to prospect, schedule, and setup sales appointments, traveled to meet clients and conduct loan and finance analysis