Vp Of Sales And Engineering (Americas)
London, Greater London, Gb
Oversight of operations for North and South America, predominantly US, Brazil, and Mexico.Electrical switchgear and industrial process control products and systems.• A Halma Company - a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index on the London Stock Exchange.• Responsible for sales, engineering, marketing, installation services, and accounting throughout the Americas.• Relocated the US office from Erlanger, KY to Chicago, IL. • Generated new sales accross a wide range of industries including Kraft Heinz Co., Coca-Cola, Disney, power generation facilities, detention centers, tunnel boring systems and many others.• Hired, trained and developed a new highly efficient team in Chicago.• Personally sold the largest sales order in Castell’s history >$5MM.• Despite a reduction in staff, we grew sales by at least 10% each year and improved profitability by 20% by driving efficiencies via IT tools and the implementation of a paperless office environment.• Conducted site surveys, custom product designs, reviewed and red lined engineering drawings, hired and trained all installation contractors and commissioned each site for all installations.• The supply of industrial safety systems such as electrical switchgear interlocking, process control and machine guarding.• Reported sales, accounts and project forecasts and engineering developments to the UK based board of directors.• Awarded Global Employee of the year (2010/2011).
