Craig Eppley Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio Area

Recommend and sell complex welding equipment, consumables, and applications within the automotive, steel, equipment rental, and construction industries. Manage distributor relations, contracts, and training. Excel at delivering effective sales presentations and product demonstrations. Experience working with owners, executives, marketing, production, and engineering.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Regional Sales Manager/Key Account Manager• Manage business-to-business partnership with Plymovent’s North American market channel, the Lincoln Electric Company. Work with upper Lincoln Electric management and technical sales forces in US, Mexico, and Canada to jointly penetrate new national accounts and manage key existing accounts. • International B2B experience working as Plymovent’s liaison between the US and Netherlands global projects team, engineering group, marketing department, and purchasing department to develop the product program mix, monitor market feedback, identify new products, explore new market opportunities, and enhance supply chain logistics. • Provide technical and commercial consultation for the Lincoln TSR’s, developing custom environmental solutions for heavy equipment, automotive, rail car, educational/skilled trades, and fabrication industries. • Work closely with customer engineering and manufacturing professionals involving long sales cycles, ranging in value from $30K to $4M. Conduct technical research and analysis to meet customer requirements. • Key Member of Industrial Products strategic team charged with researching, securing, and implementing a new 3PL partner for new North American supply chain center.• Work to Expand market share by securing new accounts and increasing sales at multiple sites of existing accounts both domestically and internationally.

Plain City, Oh

• Technical selling of precision laser cut parts and fabrication services.• Co-developed sales and marketing programs to increase growth and the product offering of Ohio Laser. Sold the value of precision cutting, fabricating, and forming of parts. Worked closely with the Sales Manager, Owner, and Engineering Team to evaluate potential growth markets and meet customers complex needs. • Consistent achievement of sales goals, new market penetration, and territory expansion

Columbus, Oh & Greater Chicago Area

• Recommended and sold complex equipment, consumables, and applications to the automotive, steel, equipment rental, and construction industries. Managed distributor relations, contracts, and training. Excelled at delivering effective sales presentations and product demonstrations. Experience working with owners, executives, marketing, production, and engineering. • Double-digit sales increases every year with the company• Grew territory from $4 million to $8 million• Developed overall market and sales strategy for local distributor team, resulting in consistent overall group performance to meet Lincoln goals.• Recognized numerous times for sales achievement including 3 Fanuc Robotic Incentive Trips, recipient Chairman’s Stock Options Award (twice), March Madness promotion (top office in country), and Top Sales Representative (5 year re-tread program).

Mba

Bachelor Of Science, Agricultural & Construction Systems Management