Jennifer Eckert Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, WA

Seattle, Washington

Build and maintain customer relationships to drive new business development. Coordinate and communicate across multiple functions to deliver quality proposals and accurate estimates. Partner with clients to provide support on project financials and technical issues. Lead preconstruction activities to position jobs for seamless transition to the.

Kent, Washington

• Responsible for managing the development of multi-generational innovative product plans and road maps for the material handling product portfolio, ensuring new product development projects are delivered on-time and.
• Managing multi-million dollar, global product portfolio serving the oil and gas and other industrial markets
• Define the portfolio strategy using product road maps based on customer feedback and market insights
• Deliver and define market and product requirements to engineering team to scope new projects
• Partner with marketing on positioning, messaging and channel strategies to launch new products
• Use economic value analysis to execute price analysis and implement changes across product portfolio

Kent, WA

• Developed new project pipeline from 1-2 ideas to over 11 viable projects to drive business growth
• Researched and validated key markets to pursue as part of the business’s critical strategic path
• Developed commercialization strategy for targeting and winning business in key markets
• Supported on-boarding and daily needs of a 75% new sales team
• Brought renewed focus to quality of product at plant level to drive better customer satisfaction
• Partnered with engineering to drive 3 continuous improvement projects on recently launched product to better meet customer needs

Davidson, NC

• Led marketing efforts to accelerate Ingersoll Rand's compressed air assessment business in the Americas region, exceeding revenue goals by $4M in 2012 and $6M+ in 2013.
• Developed, collected and analyzed key metrics for the business.
• Implemented standard processes with sales channel for pipeline tracking and opportunity identification.
• Supported deployment of new assessment engineers to customer centers to grow assessments business.
• Led development of updated leak detection application to support sales channel and grow service revenue.
• Collaborated on electronic marketing program to drive growth through qualified customer leads.

Davidson, North Carolina

Responsible for product messaging, marketing collateral creation, sales tools development and web management for a variety of product lines.

• One of Ingersoll Rand’s 2010 Enterprise Goals was to drive productivity to 5+%. As a VAVE project engineer in the Industrial Technologies Sector, I supported Ingersoll Rand’s Seattle and Southern Pines manufacturing.
• Led VAVE event on Top Purchased Parts in Seattle manufacturing facility resulting in $427K in productivity opportunities
• Led VAVE Product event on 1" & 1.5" Diaphragm Pumps resulting in $280K in savings opportunities
• Led earned labor VAVE event at manufacturing facility resulting in $218K in material savings opportunities and potential to reduce part machine time by 3000+ hours
• Established process for conducting VAVE events with strategic suppliers
• Managed largest VAVE project for Seattle manufacturing facility valued at $275K in savings

• Project Manager:
• Managed and led a cross-functional team to develop and implement an improved fuel filtration system
• Planned and tracked project schedule, activities and lessons learned via Microsoft Project and Windchill
• Collaborated with field personnel and marketing to understand customers' needs and develop business case
• Conducted design reviews to receive project approval from management
• Championed part changes resulting from quality issues across 6 international facilities

• Participated in DFMEA and DMP lean manufacturing and kaizen events
• Established work instructions and process flow diagrams for two product lines
• Performed cost analysis and developed cell design, tooling and inventory layout for new product
• Assembled, tested and evaluated prototypes for new actuator product

• Responsible for maintaining safe and daily operations of Tyvek® R&D testing facility
• Coordinated, wrote, and implemented various research tests for product and process improvements
• Designed onsite testing facility to develop a new technology for the Tyvek® business

• Formulated a methodology for testing and evaluating desiccant packaging candidates
• Established specifications for product based on international desiccant standards
• Identified future product improvements based on test results and presented conclusions to international project team

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: IAESTE, Resident Advisor, Swim Instructor, Intramurals, Barista at Deets Cafe• Graduated Summa Cum Laude in.

Mechanical Engineering

Studied abroad at Georgia Tech Lorraine in Metz, France for Fall Semester 2006. Focused on engineering and developing fluency in French.