Colin Johnson Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Lincolnton, Nc

Was brought back to this group to guide this division in the right direction with market and technical expertise. Responsibilities included identifying products to support the abrasives OEM’s and converter markets, negotiating pricing, production & sales forecasting, ROI analysis, P&L for the North American special markets group.• Responsible for working with abrasive OEM’s to develop new products to solve users’ needs and problems.• Communicate abrasives OEM’s product needs and wants… Show more Was brought back to this group to guide this division in the right direction with market and technical expertise. Responsibilities included identifying products to support the abrasives OEM’s and converter markets, negotiating pricing, production & sales forecasting, ROI analysis, P&L for the North American special markets group.• Responsible for working with abrasive OEM’s to develop new products to solve users’ needs and problems.• Communicate abrasives OEM’s product needs and wants with Bosch SPR Frauenfeld /sia Abrasives to determine market viability in the US.• Sales & technical training for the SPR group, as well as technical support for coated and non-woven abrasives within the sia industrial group. Show less

High Point, Nc

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Responsibilities included identifying products to fill OEM’s (Bona USA & Wurth USA) requirements, negotiating pricing with OEM’s, product development, production & sales forecasting. • Responsible for working with OEM’s (Bona & Wurth) to develop new products to solve users needs and problems.• Conducting field testing of competitive, as well as, OEM’s abrasives for performance bench marking.• Communicate OEM’s need and wants with Bosch SMG Frauenfeld/sia abrasives to… Show more Responsibilities included identifying products to fill OEM’s (Bona USA & Wurth USA) requirements, negotiating pricing with OEM’s, product development, production & sales forecasting. • Responsible for working with OEM’s (Bona & Wurth) to develop new products to solve users needs and problems.• Conducting field testing of competitive, as well as, OEM’s abrasives for performance bench marking.• Communicate OEM’s need and wants with Bosch SMG Frauenfeld/sia abrasives to determine market viability in the US.• Project leader of TTM projects for OEM’s product development for US market.• Sales & technical training for OEM’s sales teams, as well as technical manager for coated abrasives within the SMG group. Show less

Fortune 150-$1B Global Manufacturer and distributor of industrial packaging equipment & supplies)Industry Specialist-Corrugated Group, 2008 - 2009Promoted to the Industrial Packaging Systems group after the commercial packaging group restructuring. Duties include new business generation, growth and maintenance of accounts for the corrugated group in the Southeastern USA.Recommended ways to keep uptime of Signode strapping equipment > 95%, with plant production and through… Show more Fortune 150-$1B Global Manufacturer and distributor of industrial packaging equipment & supplies)Industry Specialist-Corrugated Group, 2008 - 2009Promoted to the Industrial Packaging Systems group after the commercial packaging group restructuring. Duties include new business generation, growth and maintenance of accounts for the corrugated group in the Southeastern USA.Recommended ways to keep uptime of Signode strapping equipment > 95%, with plant production and through put audits.Reduced strapping costs by 15% at major national accounts, with no decreased performance or increased downtime.Decreased the Total Cost of Ownership of strapping by value added selling.Developed new customers and maintained/upgraded existing customers. Show less

Responsible for new account development and management, as well as account growth, penetration and retention in South Carolina and Western North Carolina territory.Reduced down time at a major steel producer est. 20% with the sale and installation of an automatic packaging system.Decreased the Total Cost of Ownership of strapping by value added selling.Recognized by management for achieving > 100 % quota and awarded Gold Seal Status in 2006.

$ 11M US Manufacturer and distributor of automotive cloth & carpeting for OEM's)Responsibilities included identifying products to fill OEM’s requirements, negotiating pricing with OEM’s, production & sales forecasting, ROI analysis, P&L.Hired to ramp up a new manufacturing facility in the US- this was the 1st plant outside of Japan. The plant had 6 months to start production of product for 1st program with Nissan.Selected to the Core Management Team- 1 of 4 Americans on the Japanese… Show more $ 11M US Manufacturer and distributor of automotive cloth & carpeting for OEM's)Responsibilities included identifying products to fill OEM’s requirements, negotiating pricing with OEM’s, production & sales forecasting, ROI analysis, P&L.Hired to ramp up a new manufacturing facility in the US- this was the 1st plant outside of Japan. The plant had 6 months to start production of product for 1st program with Nissan.Selected to the Core Management Team- 1 of 4 Americans on the Japanese Senior Management Team, which implemented the business plans and policies for this startup plant.Negotiated multi-year/multi million dollar contracts > $ 11M with Honda, Toyota and Nissan.Supervised the customer service and program engineering departments, direct reports included 1 customer service manager and 1 program manager. Show less

Responsible for new account development and management, as well as account growth, penetration and retention in Georgia & South Carolina territory. Customer base included furniture manufactures, custom millwork shops, composite board manufactures, automotive OEM's, circuit board manufactures and metal polishing.Doubled sales within 3 years- ($ 600,000- $ 1.5 M).Implemented sales training, product training, as well as sales promotion with the sales distribution network.

$5M US Importer and distributor of industrial woodworking equipment)National Sales & Product Mgr. Responsible for implementing & developing divisions sales forecasts, product development, and P&L.Managed the sales of > $5M wide belt sander division. Customer base included furniture manufactures, custom millwork shops, kitchen & entry door manufactures.Developed sales and product training for the dealers' sales departments.$ 5 M in sales was sold direct and through a… Show more $5M US Importer and distributor of industrial woodworking equipment)National Sales & Product Mgr. Responsible for implementing & developing divisions sales forecasts, product development, and P&L.Managed the sales of > $5M wide belt sander division. Customer base included furniture manufactures, custom millwork shops, kitchen & entry door manufactures.Developed sales and product training for the dealers' sales departments.$ 5 M in sales was sold direct and through a dealer network.Supervised 1 sales engineer, as well as working with 3 regional managers and 40 dealers. Show less