Eric Whitfield, Cecd Email & Phone Number

• Responsible for establishing and implementing Ameren's proactive development strategies to create and sustain revenue growth, support public strategy implementation and foster positive community stewardship.
• Manage a team of 10 Economic Development and Key Account professionals directly engaged in driving sustainable growth and customer satisfaction by partnering with the communities in the Ameren Illinois service.
• Lead the development and enhancement of economic development partnerships with communities, customers, private developers, site selection professionals/consultants, utilities, and transportation companies.
• Manage, develop, inform and promote Ameren Illinois policies and programs (rates, tariffs, terms and conditions) as well as industry issues. Coordinate with business segment leadership to deliver customer services.

◆ Lead a team of Key Account Executives and Economic Development professionals engaged in recruiting new and expanding businesses considering investment in the Ameren Illinois service territory.◆ Serve as the primary point of contact for high profile, key customers and national accounts, as well as manage business development leads and inquiries throughout.

◆ Develop relationships and provide superior customer service to large nationally based customers, leveraging those relationships for both customer satisfaction and business growth opportunities within the Ameren Illinois service territory.◆ Serve as the trusted energy adviser for Ameren Illinois national account customers to assist with rate structure.

Greater St. Louis Area

◆ Implement business-to-business recruitment strategies to attract new business location, encourage expansion/reinvestment of existing customers and serve as a channel for new revenue growth.◆ Establish and strengthen collaborative relationships with local and regional leaders as well as state agencies◆ Deliver technical services including demographic.

Greater St. Louis Area

★ Collaborated on a cross-function team to develop a new co-worker on-boarding program, improving company culture and increasing employee retention rates★ Revamped mobile storerooms to carry the most frequently needed and innovative materials in order to improve storm response preparedness and decrease field repair response time by 10%◆ Supervised.

House Springs, Missouri

◆ Mentored peers as a super user of inventory management system to create continuity across departments◆ Generated material forecasting, budgeting, and analysis data for senior management◆ Implemented process improvements as part of the district lean continuous improvement team

Callaway Nuclear Power Plant

◆ Oversaw and assisted a team of 4 Assistant Storekeepers with day to day material operations◆ Developed supplier and logistic vendor relationships to accommodate prompt invoice dispute resolution◆ Acted as safety representative for 30 union and management employees conducting meetings, inspections, and safety oversight

St. Louis, Missouri

◆ Executed company and OSHA safety policies to assemble and repair office equipment to standards◆ Planned, executed, troubleshot, and scheduled jobs and informed site management of job progress◆ Interpreted blue prints for customer specifications to ensure customer satisfaction

Greater St. Louis Area

◆ Oversaw crews, planned jobs, and reported daily time logs/job completions into company software as crew leader◆ Inspected, installed, welded and repaired railroad track components to meet railway specifications◆ Coordinated general maintenance/critical jobs with railway central dispatch for proper clearance, to ensure safety of all railroad personnel.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration