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Bushmills, Northern Ireland, Gb

Avon Lake, Ohio, Us

Avon Lake, Ohio, Us

Wilmington, De, Us

Managing Sales Team responsible for sales and new business development across the Europe, Middle East and Africa regionDirect sales to Automotive, Biomedical, Components and Photovoltaic industriesIndirect sales via a network of agents and distributorsAssigning sales and business development resources to accelerate commercial sales for new opportunities (share gains and new applications)Major Account management, defining needs of major accounts, commercial opportunities and strategy to grow these accountsPricing authorisations and definition of negotiation boxesAssisting ‘credit’ team with cash collection and advising on appropriate commercial terms

Wilmington, De, Us

Projects supporting Sales & Marketing (pricing / profitability)Mentoring of green belt trainees towards Six Sigma certification

Wilmington, De, Us

Relocated to Geneva area (international assignment), based at European Technical Centre for DuPont at MeyrinDirectly supervised a team of engineers responsible for Field and Product Support (Technical Service) for the DuPont Engineering Polymers business across EuropeMultinational team located across Europe.Tracked and reported technical service team activity Several capital investment projects

Wilmington, De, Us

Field sales & development for Vespel® polyimide parts in UK and Ireland (Relocated to Midlands, England)Major account responsibility for aerospace customers in the UKResponsible for identifying customer needs and communicating these needs to the manufacturing plant in Mechelen, BelgiumManaged UK distributor for Vespel Field sales,

Wilmington, De, Us

Technical marketing role to support applications involving Kevlar(R) in Ropes and Cables (oil exploration, transportation, marine, construction, elevators)Provided technical support / data to assist with development of new applicationsRapid Value Assessments for new application areas for Kevlar(R) including Kevlar® in GeotextilesMarket Development for Kevlar® for Construction Repair (repair and reinforcement of concrete structures such as bridges and cooling towers)Market Development of Conductive Kevlar® for satellite EMI shielding, smart textiles etc

Wilmington, De, Us

Provided technical service within UK, Ireland and Scandinavia for applications requiring Kevlar(R) fibre including tyre reinforcement, ballistic protection, aerospace and marine composites, ropes, and mechanical rubber goods (Drive belts, Conveyor Belts)Required study and understanding of technical textile processing (weaving, knitting, sewing) to allow communication with the textile industryProvided Technical Assistance and training at the customer to enable optimum processing of Kevlar® in a safe manner (Weaving, Knitting, Twisting etc)Managed quality at ‘convertors’ (twisting Kevlar®, weaving Kevlar®)

Wilmington, De, Us

Based at the manufacturing plant for Kevlar® at Maydown in Northern IrelandResponsible for maintenance and optimisation of manufacturing processes to produce Kevlar® para-aramid filament yarn (maximising uptime and quality, controlling cost)Development of new manufacturing processes to support customer needs as required by field marketing representativesMarket Segment Representative at the manufacturing plant for products and processes to be used in the Fibre-Optic and Composite SegmentsActive communication with sister manufacturing plans

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Mechanical And Industrial Engineering

Master Of Business Administration, Mba

Licentiate Of The Textile Institute, Textile Sciences And Engineering