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Petoskey, Michigan, United States

Responsible for developing a pipeline of next generation of sustainable film solutions, leveraging Petoskey Plastics' heritage in pioneering sustainable products. Plan, lead, and drive cost-effective materials developments using emerging technologies to unlock carbon foot reductions. Drive progress against sustainability metrics supporting Petoskey Plastics' overall climate strategy & emission reduction initiatives.

Bay City, Michigan

RD&E Leader responsible for profitably growing the Home Storage Core Forms innovation portfolio. Additional responsibilities including advancing sustainability commitments through material and process selection / development using flexible film, elastomers, and print technologies. Responsible for driving short and long term global strategic initiatives and industrializing products supporting the 1, 5, and 10+ year global innovation pipeline and growth plans. Ensure project staffing with the right capability and resources, with an emphasis on Individual Development Planning. Prioritize project portfolio balancing new product / disruptive innovation, claims & demos, cost savings and capability/quality improvements. Leverage project management experience to drive out ambiguity, define risk, prepare robust product validation and contingency planning to enable timely decisions within a matrixed organization. Collaborate with external sources and internal cross-functional partnerships including Marketing, Sustainability, Legal, Regulatory, Procurement, Finance and Supply Chain teams to deliver project milestones within the End to End process. Other responsibilities include PMO for Director level Leadership Council.

Midland, Michigan

Member of site management team, responsible for leading assigned commercial elements of the Elastomeric Flow Control strategy (EFC) and growing core markets through collaboration with global segment commercial leadership. Influence and drive commercialization of new products with Regional Market Managers. Identify opportunities within Consumer Packaging and Consumer Non-Packaging (multi-use) categories and develop action plans to enter new markets and set targets for commercialization success. Responsible for global partner strategies and commercial relationship management, including existing partner relationships, and expansion / development of new partner opportunities. Relationship manager for identified key partners, including product line and price management, commercial contract negotiation, commercial program management, and overall adherence to commercial contract terms.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Project lead responsible for operations industrialization of new product launch for strategic projects. Responsible for interfacing with outside vendors and internal stakeholders to incorporate new process technology and ensure successful manufacturing tooling transfer to deliver innovative value added consumer packaging solutions. Additional Project Management responsibilities include reconfiguration of manufacturing production cells and plant layout for work flow optimization.

Midland, Michigan

Develop tangible product solutions for innovative products which support the market needs identified by Market Business Development Managers. Guide and develop technical staff to generate new product concepts and ideas. Lead innovation projects from idea through industrialization using structured stage-gate development process, utilizing tools and metrics such as drawings, models, and prototype parts for market assessment. Responsible for first industrialization of new products in coordination with chosen regional manufacturing location. Identify & explore leading edge technology/ methodologies for continuous improvement. Establish specifications, tolerances and any special requirements for new components and systems, as well as necessary test protocols. Source molds, assembly equipment and other capital needs. Propose development partners including customers & suppliers in coordination with Regional Supply Chain. Coordinate the intellectual property developed within the Center and collaborate with peers to manage the portfolio of patents for the segment. Develop and execute area budget for expenses and capital. Lead global team for technology transfer of new product to new operations including molds, equipment and processes to insure success. Inspire, motivate and move team members to action. Provide personnel development and training. Member of the Market Development Group Management Team and participate in relevant strategic meetings of the segment. Travel domestically and internationally.

Midland, Michigan

Provide sales, marketing, and global project management teams with technical customer product support, and product training. Create product specifications, technical data sheets, test reports and test procedures. Generate detailed customer tooling and part quote estimates. Coordinate timely product launch activities from concept design through production phases. Research, development and design of new product platforms. Manage 20-25 global projects on a monthly basis. Cultivate strategic business partnerships leading to cross-licensing agreements.

Midland, Michigan

Product design and project management specializing in the packaging market segment for a global leader specializing in custom flow control valve systems for consumer packaging.

Midland, Michigan

Compile customer quotes, pricing strategy development, strategic market analysis, new product design, and project management as well as providing general technical customer support.

Midland, Michigan

Provide sales support, qualify sales leads, partake in tradeshows, develop customer relations and provide conflict resolution as required. Design marketing materials such as brochures, website materials and direct mail campaigns for a global producer of custom flow control valve systems for consumer packaging.

Holland, Michigan

Create 3d CAD solid models, assemblies, parametric family tables and model analysis within ProSheetMetal, ProProgram and PreoEngineer design software modules. Prepared engineering change notices, bills of material, and dimensional stack-up analysis for major office furniture manufacturer.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Business

Mba, International Business

Bachelor Of Science, Product Design Engineering Technology

Associate Of Liberal Arts And Sciences, Organizational Communication, General

Associate Of Applied Science With Technical Emphasis, Industrial And Product Design

College Prep

Activities and Societies: National Honors Society