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Fond Du Lac, Wi, Us

Kohler, Wisconsin, Us

Formerly Kohler Engines. Same great products, same dedicated team, same exceptional dealers and customers!

Kohler, Wisconsin, Us

Active member of global executive team for Kohler Engines reporting directly to the President of Kohler Engines. Executive responsibility for a global team providing aftermarket parts, technical service, and technical publications to dealers for both gasoline and diesel engines. Responsible for delivering sales, margin and delivery expectations for aftermarket service parts.Directly lead a team of 7 managers and indirectly manage 60+ associates who have global and regional responsibility for service parts warehouses, technical service support, or dealer technician training.Drove a uniform level of global service through consistent systems and processes, improving international customer interactions and relationships.

Kohler, Wisconsin, Us

Responsible for all distributor and service support activities for Kohler Engines in the USA/Canada including small OEM as well as dealer activities.Drove a consolidation effort to reduce the Kohler Engine distributor group from eleven (11) to four (4) allowing for greater business scale and continuous improvement investment by the remaining distributors.Implemented policy and process changes in warranty processing resulting in a 50% improvement in warranty processing time. Created and led the launch of the Kohler Engines University YouTube channel to allow for easier access to product technical knowledge to aid dealer technicians.

Kohler, Wisconsin, Us

Responsible for all sales of engines and service parts in my region including strategic planning, financial planning and growth initiatives.Manage the Kohler Company relationship and financial planning with seven key distributors including relationships with Principle Owners, General Managers, Sales Managers, and distributor sales staff.Directly manage and provide direction to four Kohler Engine Sales associates that work remotely in the field.

Kohler, Wisconsin, Us

Global responsibility for managing several national account customers including Husqvarna, Mi-T-M, and Textron Group.Identified and drove a strategic initiative to move placements with Kohler Engines from being strongly retail based, to strongly dealer based. This improved stability and brand positioning.Engaged a former customer that was lost several years ago winning them back with Kohler EFI and service to an annual sales level of over $1.5MM.Successfully placed Kohler EFI products on all top zero-turn placements within my customer base.Provided leadership and guidance to several engineering project teams to ensure programs connected to my customer base were executed as needed.

Kohler, Wisconsin, Us

Product Development Portfolio Manager Kohler, Wisconsin Led a cross functional team responsible for the creation and execution of the Kohler 7000 Series and Kohler Confidant engine families.Managed the design readiness, manufacturing, component procurement and execution of DV / PV buildsResponsible for bill of material product cost as well as project investment and expense budgetsCreated and executed customer presentations and communications of model year changes and new productsCommunicated with senior management on a monthly basis regarding project schedule and financial statusDrove projects that resulted in $2.7MM of annual cost reduction

Kohler, Wisconsin, Us

Electrical Products Kohler, WisconsinResponsible for all purchasing activities and strategic development for the $35MM electrical commodityCoordinated activities between purchasing, supplier quality, and engineering to improve quality and costIdentified and implemented over $2MM of cost reduction projects through sourcing and design improvementsInitiated and drove dual sourcing of critical components as a strategic initiative to improve quality and costProvided professional development for electrical products Material Analyst and Supplier Quality Engineer

Kohler, Wisconsin, Us

Fuel & Electrical Kohler, WisconsinResponsible for supplier quality and development activities including supplier evaluation and certificationDrove significant incoming ppm reduction with two critical components through implementing various poke yokes Analyzed warranty failure samples and worked with suppliers to determine root cause and corrective action

Boston, Ma, Us

Masters Degree, Business Administration

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Industrial Engineering; Production And Engineering Management