Alex Deterding Email & Phone Number

Columbia, Il

Columbia, Il

I represent Budnick as our Key Account Representative for the Appliance Industry. I specialize in adhesive-based solutions for Commercial and Residential cooking and refrigeration appliances. I call on major North American appliance manufacturers and to provide them with gaskets and die cut parts made from high end tape materials in our Columbia, IL plant.

Budnick is a full service tape converter with many capabilities such as lathe slitting, rewind slitting, spool winding, flatbed and rotary die cutting, as well as waterjet and plotter cutting foam and tape. We use tape from many manufacturers such as 3M, Avery, Tesa, Saint Gobain, Intertape, Permacel, etc. We work with Norton, Gaska, Rubberlite, Novaguard, Ludlow, Stik II, and others for foam tape solutions.I apply my years of technical expertise gained as an estimator at Budnick to help new and current customers find the right tape in the right form for the right price. I also work with vendors to know products inside and out. I have received training from 3M, Tesa, and Saint Gobain.

Prepared quotations for lathe/rewind slitting, rotary/flatbed die cutting, waterjet/XY plotter cutting, and multi-head spooling for a variety of industries such as automotive, appliance, and general manufacturing.Prepare quotations and sales proposals for customers though Account Manager, Sales Rep, and website leads, as well as direct Customer requests.Source products though tape vendors such as 3M, Tesa, Saint Gobain, Intertape, Shurtape, etc. to find the correct product for the application with acceptable availability and price point.Responsible for guiding job through production and following ISO 9001:2000 procedures. This can include finalizing part design, arranging for purchase of materials, preparing job for production (considering method of manufacture and tolerances required), and preparing tool purchase for machinery.Work with sales teams to maintain current sales, grow profit margins, and close new business. Employee of the Year 2007.

Bachelor Of Science, Marketing

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