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South Beloit, Illinois, Us

• Manage overall direction of all aspects of new equipment sales and the Retrofit division.• Led the sales growth of the company by 3X over the past 3 years.• Sales contract negotiations• Define and provide leadership for the company as we grow to reduce losses based on rapid growth.• Add or re-define positions within the sales team to ensure total customer satifasction. • Train and mentor, current and incoming, team members to ensure smooth growth. • Increase knowledge and skill levels by mentoring and training team members.• Continuously look for new ways to broaden our equipment offerings to the entire industrial oven users market.

South Beloit, Illinois, Us

• Manage overall direction of all aspects of new equipment sales as it pertains to service related items such as installation, onsite training, parts and service.• Exceeded goals for this division of the company by a factor of 10 within 5 years holding the position.• Define and provide leadership for the company as we grow to reduce losses based on rapid growth.• Add or re-define positions within the service team to ensure total customer satifasction. • Train and mentor, current and incoming, team members to ensure smooth growth. • Monitor manufacturing issues in order to define areas for improvement as they pertain to quality equipment and reliability.• Increase knowledge and skill levels by mentoring and training team members.• Continuously look for new ways to broaden our service offerings to the entire industrial oven users market.

South Beloit, Illinois, Us

• Manage overall direction of all aspects of capital equipment manufacturing, sales and service departments.• Define and provide leadership for the company as we grow to reduce losses based on rapid growth.• Add or re-define positions within the company to facilitate growth in sales, service and production. • Train and mentor, current and incoming, management to ensure smooth growth. • Monitor production issues in order to define areas for improvement.• Increase knowledge and skill levels by mentoring and training team members.• Provide direction for management members in a union environment.

South Beloit, Illinois, Us

• Doubled Parts and Service revenues within the first quarter • Increased annual sales figures for service department that exceeded previous ten years by more than a factor of three • Created new annual OEM service package offerings to increase company visibility to existing customers and new customers• Created new programs to offer onsite maintenance training, safety inspections, and process consulting services related to large scale industrial curing ovens• Field installation project management and large scale internal project management for the industrial ovens division • Review sales quotes prior to submittal process in order to ascertain compliance with customer requirements• Review engineering drawings prior to release to production department• Review BOM’s prior to release to purchasing for accuracy• Coordinate and execute large scale installations at customer’s facility• Provided technical support on site and over the phone to field service technicians and customers as required• Manage both the Test/QA technicians and the field service technicians for the industrial ovens division.• Train and mentor technical staff in order to further facilitate departmental growth• Assess activities and results on a continuous basis to determine areas for improvement

South Beloit, Illinois, Us

• Manage multiple, cross-functional departments in a company that manufactures two entirely different products at same plant.• Departments as follows: Industrial Ovens, Telecommunication Shelters, Test Department, Facility Maintenance.• Direct report to ownership concerning job status in relevance to budget, resource management, and delivery schedule. • Supported documentation and validation department on all levels to ensure the highest level of accuracy with in-house testing procedures, validation, and acceptance documentation.• Supervise junior personnel with a solid reputation for fostering collaborative efforts.• Increase knowledge and skill levels by mentoring and training team members.• Manage both the Test/QA technicians and the Field Service Technicians for the industrial ovens division.• Train and mentor technical staff in order to further facilitate departmental growth.

• Surpassed expectations by leading the efforts that produced a completion of 95% of projects at, or below budget.• Direct report to upper management concerning job status in relevance to budget, resource management, and delivery schedule. • Guide very large-scale installation, upgrade, and repair/maintenance of equipment at both national and international sites.• Monitor project progress to facilitate smooth execution and verify achievement of milestones.• Provided support to engineering department regarding changes and/or continuing functional improvements to further efforts in providing customers with the highest quality product.• Supported documentation and validation department on all levels to ensure the highest level of accuracy with in-house testing procedures, validation, and acceptance documentation.• Supervise junior personnel with a solid reputation for fostering collaborative efforts.• Increase knowledge and skill levels by mentoring and training team members.

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