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Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Product Manager for Industrial Mechanical Sweepers and Outdoor Cleaning Equipment Including Vacuum Sweepers and Rider Pressure Wash with Recycling Systems

Manager of industrial and outdoor sweeper products category worth over $12.5M in annual US sales. Responsibilities include product development, launches, pricing, dealer and sales training, positioning and sales strategy, and sales channel support.Successfully worked with the development of and launched eight automated cleaning product lines which contributed over $13M in annual sales for 2007.Worked with global product team to develop product generation plans and strategies that will be used to guide the future growth of the company. Developed detailed specifications for products within my product categories.Prepared, managed and provided technical training to the sales force and dealer network on new products, product enhancements and sales strategies. The training enabled the sales force to sell the products more confidently and successfully.Created business plan and strategy, managed US equipment modifications and launch product line to pursue outdoor sweeping markets, a new business venture resulting in over $4.2M in incremental annual revenue in 2007.

Product Manager for Portable Data Collection Hardware and Tool location and Calibration trackikng software

Managed product lines, including P&L, for five data collection and SPC analysis hardware products and two software products that accounted for greater than 45% of the division's revenue. Successfully led the definition, development, and launch of significant product enhancements to the market leading portable data collector hardware. Resulted in a 5% sales growth and greater market share gains under difficult market conditions.Managed the clean implementation of multiple product improvements through working closely with design and manufacturing, purchasing and customer support personnel.Created product roadmaps and sales strategies that guided future product development plans and clarified the product and customer migration strategy.

Measurement group for Rosemount. First 6 years as a manufacturing engineer on presssure transmitter lines and final 4 in product marketing for pressure transmitter lines.

Member of an eight person marketing team that managed a $200 million pressure measurement instrumentation product family.Member of a project team that orchestrated hardware and software improvements to the flagship product line. Resulted in significant customer value increase resulting in sales and market share growth of over 10% in the following two years.Updated the user manual and promotional literature to clearly and powerfully communicate complex details about product use and value helping to reduce customer dependence on technical phone support and increase sales.Served as the marketing representative for a team that successfully managed the migration of the division's order management and MRP system from an in-house developed system to an Oracle based system.Specified future product enhancement projects by analyzing sales and customer requests and selecting projects with both a solid return on investment and that made the best use of company resources.

Responsible for cost reductions, manufacturing procedures and to continuously improve the manufacturing process and resulting quality on three final assembly production lines. Worked with cross-functional teams to develop and implement plant-wide projects.Managed the technology transfer of two significant product lines to global manufacturing facilities in Germany, England and Singapore. Installed and tested the equipment and trained the operators within schedule and budget.Worked with design engineering team to assure new designs could easily be manufactured, defined the manufacturing process and assured accuracy of bills of materials. Implemented multiple engineering changes while improving accuracy of operations and quality of end products.Investigated, purchased, tested and qualified equipment used in the manufacturing process. Ergonomics, process capability and line capacity all considered during equipment investigation.Utilized statistical process control (SPC) tools and design of experiments (DOE) to provide greater process tracking and understanding. Resulted in early warning of process variation and ability to make more informed process adjustments to address assignable cause.

Bs, Industrial Engineering

Mini Mba

Professional development through third party and employer sponsored training programs. Training has focused on leadership, project.