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Pointe-Claire, Qc, Ca

Peoria, Illinois, Us

Sparks Glencoe, Maryland, Us

National responsibility for multimillion-dollar in topline sales for global, $1.4B manufacturer and distributor of 36 brands of tools. Manage national accounts and buying groups; direct independent distribution firms.Achievements• Built collaborative relationship with national accounts and distributors to create win-win environment and grow business.• Drove 40% sales growth by aggressively re-positioning product lines.• Won Tool and Distributors of North America Group Growth award and North American Tool Suppliers Growth award.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Led global OEM team across North America, Europe, China, and Japan with multimillion-dollar P&L responsibility. Promoted to consolidate global sales organization while growing topline and margin by developing and deploying Growth & Innovation initiatives by utilizing the Danaher Business System.Achievements• Successfully maintained market share throughout global organization during period of extreme change by personally traveling to meet with and reassure key customers and promote organization.• Greatly improved margins by transferring manufacturing operations from US and UK to China, working closely with top customers to ensure seamless transition without change in quality or supply interruptions.• Captured market share at key customer from #1 competitor, cutting costs and improving product performance to grow sales by 25% on high-margin products.• Boosted another key customer’s high margin sales by 18% by building internal and external customer relationships and negotiating primary supplier contract. Won ‘Client’ Supplier of the Year award.• Strengthened intellectual property and patent protection against competition by working closely with legal team and customer stakeholders.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Managed sales budget with dotted-line responsibility for OEM global locations and regional managers. Reported to VP of Sales and Marketing of $100M division providing tool-holding products to industrial and OEM customers including Stanley Black & Decker, Stryker, Bosch, Techtronic Industries, Panasonic, Hitachi, and Makita. Hired to ensure continuity of global OEM accounts and expand high-margin medical equipment business.Achievements• Re-grew customer base after reorganization led to sales and market share declines by applying innovative, global account strategies to gain new OEM accounts, offsetting 50% of lost revenue.• Captured $1M topline increase with 70% margin over 4 years in new medical market by positioning products with medical device manufacturers, developing OEM solutions, and successfully qualifying product with internal and external customers.

Hickory, North Carolina, Us

Managed key OEM account for Corning-NTT-AT joint venture in Fujikura, Japan. Maintain smooth customer relationships and grow sales in joint venture where 1 parent was customer. Achievements• Established key relationships with Tyco, 3M, and Molex resulting in $1M topline increase and market share gain.Earlier RolesProduct Market Specialist, Cable Assemblies, Corning Cable SystemsProduct Market Specialist, Pricing & Planning, Corning Cable SystemsOptical Product Engineer, Corning Cable Systems

Corning, New York, Us

Corning, New York, Us

Corning, New York, Us

Corning, New York, Us