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.
• 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

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.
• 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

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.
• 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

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.
• 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

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