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Rogers, Texas, United States

Watertown, South Dakota, United States

Watertown, South Dakota

- Led a team responsible for the quoting and overall design of Investor Owned Utilities (IOU) custom utility equipment.- Managed and organized customer projects and timelines from their infancy through customer acceptance of the equipment.- Facilitated pre-bid and pre-production meetings, consisting of cross functional team members, to align design and production processes with the customer’s expectations.- Tracked specific time-related metrics to reduce delays in design and production, and ensure on-time delivery of completed equipment.- Assisted with the planning and implementation of various processes to streamline internal functions, enhance customer experiences, and develop creative solutions to meet unique customer needs.- Organized pre-production design reviews and post-production First Article Inspections (FAI’s) with sales and the customer to ensure accuracy of designs and overall customer expectations were satisfied.

Watertown, South Dakota

- Interpreted customer requests for quote and produced accurate pricing estimates and technical quotations for the provided specifications.- Prepared bid and quotation proposals by gathering information from multiple internal and external resources to facilitate customer requests such as: lead-time changes, engineering requests, expedited orders, availability of resources, etc.- Documented pertinent customer and sales information in company-wide CRM program (Salesforce).

Brookings, South Dakota

- Understand and process quotes (from equipment only quotes to quotes needing some type of request to quotes with integrated systems) in an accurate and timely manner.- Efficiently answer incoming sales calls and generating quote requests for the Sports Quotes inbox. - Continue to learn about new products and keeping abreast of changes in processes/procedures as they occur.- Develop relationships with both the internal and external sales teams.- Effectively use internal and external programs (i.e. Salesforce, Maximizer, Outlook, and Adobe Professional).

Mankato, Mn

- Gave daily tours to prospective students and families.- Interacted with prospective students and families via face to face, phone, and email conversations.- Answered phones and greeted visitors.- Collected and entered data from applicants into the computer system.

Mankato, Mn

- Responsible for exploring and contacting potential new advertising clients for the MSU Reporter via phone conversations and company visits.- Called a list of clients on a day-to-day basis in an attempt to have clients run an advertisement with the MSU Reporter.