Manager, Customer Service North America
Key account responsiblitiesQualifing new business, sampling, bookings, salesMicrosoft Dynamics CRMCustomer Service/Inside Sales Manager, North America • Managed Customer Service/Inside Sales Department, 4 employees• Managed orders for manufacturing factories in the UK, France and New Zealand of crystal oscillators ranging from resale to custom product• Escalation Point: solving manufacturing problems in meeting customer demands involving engineering issues, customer line down situations• Qualifying new clients and programs, setting up new accounts• Recommending products in the qualification process (fit for purpose for use)• Issued technical product proposals, 5/10 year program pricing, Sample pricing including NRE (non recurring engineering charges)• Key account inside sales for: Symmetricom, Alcatel-Lucent, Emerson, Motorola, Raytheon, ITT Aerospace, Rockwell Collins• Follow up on backlog with accounts insuring manufacturing pipeline meet weekly requirement• Chasing customers for new orders to maintain share of business and pipeline• Product qualification, samples – new programs• Established systems for crossing competitor’s products • Customer returns, verifying reason for return and issuing failure analysis reports and corrective actions• Collections• Setting up contracts with 3rd party warehouses, demand pull programs• Managed Distribution and Representative Firms, selling products in North America• Markets served: Telecom, Military, Base Stations, GPS, Space, Aviation, Wireless etc