Colton Bredl Email & Phone Number

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

New Berlin, Wisconsin, Us

Palm Bay, Fl, Us

Are you an Engineer, Project Manager, Sourcing Manager/Director or Buyer, and experiencing challenges in sourcing & testing critical electronic components? My team and I can help!Three business units make up the USBid family of companies • https://usbid.com/ - Rare, hard to find, obsolete semiconductors & board-level components. • https://www.wbparts.com/ - Government, Aviation, Military & Defense experts with the highest quality standards, AS-9120, ISO-9001 and ASA-100 Certified Supplier. • https://aaactl.com/ - Electrical testing and analysis services for electronic components. Services that meet or exceed AS6081/AS6171 standards.

Roseland, New Jersey, Us

Helped businesses win the war for talent while mitigating risk & maximizing revenue

Germantown, Wi, Us

• Partnered with Strategic Leadership Team (SLT) members in quarterly "blueprint planning" exercises to identify business strengths, weaknesses and external threats, culminating in the creation of 1 & 3 year business plan objectives• Cross-trained and realigned five direct reports spanning three product lines in a six month period, filing a major internal gap in roster depth, improving support to 12 Outside Sales team members• Worked in concert with Operations & Engineering Managers, and the broader regional sales teams to actively manage order need-by date expectations relative to production job start dates, final assembly/ shipment of capital packaging equipment to meet the end users' startup schedule• Revised existing reports & create new dashboards in Salesforce to more effectively drive weekly team huddles & monthly individual 1:1 meetings off business KPI's• Acted as project manager on CPQ (configure, price, quote) product development & integration into our Salesforce instance, utilizing SmartSheets and Confluence/ Jira software to liaison between Enercon stakeholders and the CPQ integration team

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

• Led the US based Inside Sales material & turnkey project team to an annual goal of $8.9 million USD, with five direct reports in Milwaukee, one in Texas and one on the East coast• Created business plans and drove channel growth initiatives for Food & Beverage Manufacturing, Solar, Government, Industrial and Gulf of Mexico market segments• Continuously strengthened and improved cross-functional communication between sales and internal partners including Marketing, Finance, Legal and Product Development• Reporting directly to business unit GM, served as liaison between corporate leadership and sales personnel• Trained and mentored sales team on capturing call activity and opportunity tracking in Salesforce CRM

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

• Prospected and led simultaneously fourteen major implementations in FY 2019 as part of the Turnkey deliverable to the client; BOM engineering, material installation, and mobile technology integration/ deployment, valued at $3+ million USD, with average sales cycles of 6-12 months• Served as player-coach to eleven teammates across multiple business units including Food & Bev, domestic US and Canada, directly impacting peers' selling success and opportunity closure

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

• Influenced new and existing strategic partnerships at the Director level including I.T., Facilities Management, Operations, Electrical and Engineering• Aligned unique client mobile application requirements, major asset ID, and tight project timeline needs with internal teams' available resources to ensure a predictive, consistent outcome on every project• Operated in highly technical environments, to advance new business development in untapped markets outside of Food & Beverage manufacturing, including End User Healthcare and Mechanical Contractor segments

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

• Developed fleet-wide Ammonia & Utility labeling specification documents and technical proposals written around QR coded Marking Services' products, for implementation at the facility level• Consulted with and provided recommendations to corporate directors, regional managers, and project level personnel on latest industry standards for major asset tagging & labeling in accordance with IIAR, ASME and ANSI• Leveraged existing client relationships and industry experience to introduce an all new deliverable in 2017 to the Food & Beverage End User market segment - Asset Information Management (AIM), giving clients access to critical asset documents on-demand in the field via a mobile device

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

• Grew gross sales revenue for Food & Beverage segment by 12% YoY, 2015-2017, penetrating existing national End User accounts including the largest domestic cold storage operator, and the three largest beef/chicken/poultry producers in the U.S.• Uncovered and sold ten significant turnkey installation projects inclusive of pipe, valve, equipment identification and P&ID drawing validation 2015-2017• Attended and actively participated in national and regional refrigeration industry trade shows including RETA and IIAR, building new relationships with GC’s and subcontractors in refrigeration and industrial markets

Germantown, Wi, Us

• Continuously logged and updated interactions with new and existing prospects using ACT! CRM software• Collaborated with top 25 channel partners, increasing market share by identifying and qualifying new application opportunities• Worked along side National Account Manager to expand domestic business through multiple channels including Distributors, Resellers, and End-Users• Received and processed daily a high volume of purchase orders ranging in value from $250 to $6,000 each, using Sage100 ERP software • Demonstrated high attention to detail, maintaining an order entry error rate of less than 1% per 350 orders entered

Germantown, Wi, Us

• Responded directly to internet leads via telephone and saw through to fulfillment• Focused on building strong customer relationships in order to earn and maintain repeat business• Recorded customer sample statuses including shipments, response times, lab testing, and application recommendations• Generated quotes, submitted purchase orders, and completed the sales cycle using two CRM systems – Epicor & Goldmine• Provided a high level of support to outside sales managers while simultaneously growing the business with current customers and accounts• Achieved a gross sales number 99% to goal for fiscal 2012, setting a new company record for gross sales within the induction cap sealing division

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Us

• Served all areas of the campus by entering and editing space reservations for over 1,000 events per year into the Event Management System database• Increased total gross sales in the bookstore back-to-back years by 52% and 64% respectively• Delegated tasks and projects to a combined total staff of 12 work-study student workers across three departments• Sought out and established relationships with nine new vendors to grow the promotional product offerings within the bookstore• Oversaw bookstore operations including accounting, payroll, inventory management and new apparel/product selection

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Us