Andrea Bedsaul Email & Phone Number

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Manage and grow partnerships with strategic accounts within the electric vehicle industry.

Blacksburg, VA

• Member of Senior Leadership Team responsible for creating InMotion product strategy, yearly goals, and monthly key performance indicators (KPI).
• Manage team of 7 employees including associated budget, hiring, development, performance feedback, and reporting structure.
• Led international team of 8 in motor product development for large original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Production launched in sister facility in Germany in 2017.
• Lead team of 14 engineers to develop and… Show more
• Lead team of 14 engineers to develop and locally launch production of 2 platform product families on time with $2M capital. The first platform is in production, $12M/year opportunity. The second will be in low volume.
• Facilitate problem solving and standard work to improve product development process and evaluation of new business opportunities.

Radford, VA

• Conducted market research to identify new opportunities with existing customer base and to find new markets for existing products.
• Estimated product and development cost inputs for evaluation of new business opportunities.
• Led two product development projects using stage-gate process. One was launched into production and one was cancelled.

Radford, VA

• Led team of 5 to establish prototype and production supply chains for all new product development projects ensuring all product costs and capital expenditures stayed on budget.

Radford, VA

• Established prototype and production supply chains using an international supply base for new product development projects with production in North America, Europe, and China.
• Led design reviews with engineers and suppliers to ensure parts could be produced to requirements and below cost targets.
• Negotiated supplier agreements for high cost, customized components.

• Led team of 4 to set up new manufacturing line, hired and managed production staff of 28 for $25M two-year year government contract. Project was completed 6 months early.
• Managed quality, delivery and cost for a $5M/month product line.

Radford, VA

• Established and implemented a supplier quality program including supplier audit process, supplier score cards, and part qualification process.

Winston-Salem, NC

Winston-Salem, NC