Chip Leiner Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

* Maintain up-to-date business plan for the product lines* Provide reports on global product line performance and market activity* Provide pricing management and guidelines* Identify and prioritize opportunities for new products and business models

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Managed pricing and margins, optimized product costs, initiated new Investments, Product Strategy and Roadmap, Marcom collateral and inventory. Had cross-functional leadership for Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, R&D and Pricing delivering ROI for my portfolios. • Launched new 90% Recycle Content BubbleWrap July 2023 with planned first year sales of $1.5M• Lead Monthly Leadership meeting for BubbleWrap, with attendees from 8 manufacturing plants, Marketing, Supply Chain and Finance to drive future developments for this portfolio• Promoted to Portfolio Manager of BubbleWrap and Kevothermal, total turnover $150M annually • Developed and used custom SAP Business Warehouse reports to monitor portfolio Sales, Margin and Costs• Managed TempGuard, Kevothermal and Converted Paper Portfolios, total portfolio turnover $33M annually• Led portfolios through supply chain challenges during Covid-19 maintaining portfolio targets

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

• Managed TempGuard, Kevothermal and Converted Paper Portfolios, total portfolio turnover $33M annually• Led portfolios through supply chain challenges during Covid-19 maintaining portfolio targets

Monroe, Nc

Initiated new product specifications and managed development / launch of electro-mechanical gas detectors and controllers. I improved existing product business controlling: Sales, Margin and inventory for the $80 million Fixed Gas Detection business. I managed product Strategy and Roadmap, Voice of the Customer, Product Conceptualization, Market analysis, product Financials, Product development and launch, Advertising, Sales Channel enablement, Marketing Communications, and provided input to the Service team and manufacturing for product improvement.• Project Leader for the Product Roadmap / Rationalization Plan for Gas & Flame Detection’s: Phased multi-year plan rationalizing over 70 products down to less than 20 with minimum sales loss and profit improvement• Led Marcom team making the Gas & Flame Detection Fixed Marketing collateral compliant with updated commercial document guidelines, over 50 documents revised• Prepared and delivered multiple Waypoints presentations on 5 major projects• Used Scrum Methodology on some projects • Promoted in 2014 to Senior Global Product Manager from Product Manager• Led development and launched OverWatch IOT web interface for monitoring gas detectors remotely• Launched 128 Channel PLC Controller, giving input on HMI layout and functionality improvements• Launched two supplied products in the first 8 months: FV-40 Flame and Spyglass Open Path detector • Took over a new product 3 months after launch, and worked through many technical after-launch challenges resulting in $1.8 million first year sales success

Fort Mill, Sc

Schaeffler Group USA, Inc, Fort Mill, SC German manufacturer of precision rolling bearings and mechanical products. North American annual sales of $2 billion and global sales of $15 billion. Managed business development, margin growth, and inventory for $160 million in Ball and Cylindrical Roller Bearing business segments for the Americas, and global exports from local production. Product Lines comprise ~ 15,000 active SKU’s. • Reduced inventory by average 10% per year over the last three years while maintaining sales• Doubled sales in four years in Targeted Product segment, adding more than $35 million to top line• Increased margin by 6% in target product range• Managed the transfer of $10 million in sales from external supplier to in-house manufacture• Managed phase-in and phase-out process for numerous series of products worth millions in sales per year• Managed multiple Material Requirements Planners, Pricing Analysts and a Forecast Analyst• Controlled U.S. Government Dumping duties levied to maintain minimum rates (prior to Sept. 2011)• Team Leader for Material Master migration from legacy systems to SAP EP1; 30,000 SKUs migrated

Danbury, Ct

FAG Bearings Corporation, Danbury, CT (Schaeffler bought FAG Bearings in 2001) German manufacturer of precision rolling bearings. North American sales of $400 million and global sales of $3 billion. Managed Sales planning, budgeting, Marketing and Continuous Improvement Process for $140 million division in the Americas. • Provided all product sales and margin data reports for the Americas business • Analyzed sales potential, target industries and profitability, via a custom database of my own construction• Managed $1.0 million annual Marketing budget, directed company trade shows, promotions, publications, newsletters, and other marketing issues as required• Directed the Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) quality program for North American sales organization, with annual savings of over $500,000 per year• integration of customer ERP systems into FAG systems, including the creation of custom part databases• Developed database for online store, PT Place®, with over 20,000 products, and multiple layers of product information• Designed and implemented FAG USA Intranet to support internal operations data requirements

Danbury, Ct

The Barden Corporation, Danbury, CT (Aerospace Division of FAG Bearings)Precision Spindle and Aerospace bearing manufacturing plant, with $50 million annual revenues. • Managed 65 personnel in Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Costing, Quality Control, Parts Washing, Metrology Lab and Heat Treatment• Produced 10% productivity increase, while maintaining Quality and Engineering system effectiveness• Achieved UTC Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engines quality approval and maintained Aerospace certifications• Reduced down-time by 15% in production area by developing new Preventative Maintenance procedures

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General