Benjamin Oberlin Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

• Responsible to the VP/GM for successful initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, and launch of new products.
• Coordinated between internal and external departments to successfully launch 4 new products, a product line refresh, and model year updates on all existing product lines.
• Scheduled program activities, managed program risks, and ensured budget and launch timing targets were met

United States

• Reporting to the Director of Engineering, to manage the VAVE (Value Add Value Engineering) team of engineers.
• Coordinated and managed multi departmental VAVE Ideation programs to identify opportunities for product and process improvements
• Aided sister companies in VAVE Ideation programs
• Managed internal engineers to drive design and production savings to meet corporate goals
• Worked with all departments to successfully launch product and process changes

Denver, CO

• Responsible to the President/CEO for strategic planning, sales development, process implementation, production integration, and project management.
• Developed and integrated customer management and quoting systems
• Responsible for project management from initial contact through engineering to closing sale.
• Reverse engineering of customer assemblies to create BOM and cost analysis
• Developed tool to analyzes and prioritize production requirements and inventory
• Created plan and oversaw move of assembly and warehouse to new facility with minimal down time.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

• The Aerospace Application engineering department is responsible for specifying and designing sealing solutions used on Commercial and Military Aircraft, Military Armored Vehicles, Missiles, and Spacecraft.
• Manage diverse team consisting of 5 local and 2 remote engineers
• Increased annual project throughput by an average of 15%
• Work closely with customer’s engineering departments to design sealing solutions, qualification testing, and development.
• Communicate with internal product engineers and manufacturing facilities to develop customized solutions.
• Work directly with sales engineers to identify opportunities for industry growth with existing products and potential product development

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

• Custom Products Design Engineer The custom product engineering department is responsible for creating unique pneumatic and hydraulic actuator designs to fit specific customer needs.
• Responsible for design project management
• Integrating design with manufacturing and assembly
• Creating test plans Technical Services Manager Technical service department is responsible for evaluating and approving products to fit customer specific applications.
• Work directly with customers to provide design solutions
• Manage customer problem resolutions directly with manufacturingCustom Products and Regional Sales ManagerResponsible for the direct growth of sales opportunities of the custom products division.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

• Responsible for the sales growth of self-lubricating composite bearings and composite cylinder tubing
• Develop and implementing sales strategies
• Doubled product sales in a four state territory
• Work directly with customers to solve technical problems and answer technical questions related to engineered products.