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Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, United States

Middleton, Wi

Libertyville, Il

Responsible for Retail Aftermarket accounts, Co-man business and Original Equipment Service programs.

Elizabethtown, Ky

Identify areas of improvement, including new applications with the potential to increase sales by 50%. Establish new inventory procedures along with detailed financial procedures and reports.Identify excess/obsolete inventory and find a buyer for these items at the highest possible dollar amount. Project reports directly to the corporate CFO.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Identify and call on customers within a specified territory. Negotiate sales and services for a high dollar product.

Remanufacturing, Original Equipment Service PartsComplete responsibility for Remanufactured Brake Caliper Business Unit. Customers include: Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mazda, Subaru, Isuzu, and Mitsubishi. Responsible for $7 million in Sales.Countermeasures to increase 2009 sales over $1 million in addition to meeting business plan.

Complete responsibility for Special Markets Department. This includes P&L, Inventory Control and Distribution. Responsible for $5 million in Sales. Manage a staff of 2.Achieved over a 20% increase in sales in 2008.Developed and launched a high end program with one of the largest Import distributors in North America.Maintained sales objectives with a 50% reduction in staff and a significant cut in expense budgets.

Service Parts OperationsOriginal Equipment Service Parts, including Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Aftermarket Special Markets Accounts. Responsible for $56 million in Sales. Manage a staff of 7.Extensive communication with R&D, Engineering and Production facilities to meet customer's requirements.Established Service Parts business with Chrysler Group.Development of pricing and product positioning for a new aftermarket line of remanufactured brake calipers.

Responsible for $45 million in sales including all OE service parts sales and aftermarket special markets accounts.Achieved an increase in sales of 33% during this period.Introduced Akebono brake pads into the US independent aftermarketEstablished service parts business relationships with GM, Saturn and Ford.Assist in creation of business plan including sales plan, marketing expense budget and overall gross profit objectives.Manage a sales and marketing staff of 8 associates.

•Successfully implement a complete remanufactured brake caliper program with Mitsubishi and Mazda.•Account Executive for aftermarket special markets and third party business.•Assist with introduction of service parts brake pad program with Honda and Isuzu. •Assist with the relocation of service parts manufacturing facility from suburban Chicago to Munfordville, KY.•Manage a sales and marketing staff of 6 associates.

Control scheduling and production planning, including issuing of work orders for a remanufacturing line with over 600 sku's. Manage inventory control and schedule shipping of finished goods.Purchasing Agent: Purchase all necessary products including cores, component parts and new seed units from multiple worldwide sources.

Account Executive to a large nationwide warehouse distributor of brake components. Complete customer responsibility from order processing to accounts receivable. Responsible for product development, including launch of new numbers, identification and consolidation of existing numbers and internal cataloging.

Industrial Technology, Technical Sales And Service

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