John Obert Email & Phone Number

Hilliard, Oh, Us

Hilliard

New bus sales in the mid west territory

Plano, Tx.

Resonsible for OEM sales / North America Sales Team / Customer relationships

Responsible for bus sales in North America including market forecasting and strategic planning. Organize and participate in State and National trade shows. Manage the demonstrator bus fleet. Organize all bus forecasting for North America. Set pricing and strategic approach for all bids and contracts. Manage four regional sales managers that cover Canada and the US markets.

Hilliard, Ohio

Responsible for new bus sales in North America

Responsible for new bus sales and after market parts sales in a 17 State territory. Create new bus specifications with customers that position Orion to submit a competitive bid, and win. Negotiate multimillion-dollar Government contracts with customers throughout the bidding process. Maintain existing customer base with parts support. Develop new opportunities marketing three different product lines traveling throughout the territory. Maintain monthly and quarterly reports for upper management. Salesman of the year honors in 2004 and 2008. APTA member and part of the Procurement Standards working group of APTA.

Maintained a 14 State territory. Main responsibilities covered: Developing customer specifications, monthly reports describing territory, maintaining customer base, negotiating the company's position during the bidding and manufacturing process. Identify and pursue any new sales opportunities in the territory promoting one product line.

Analyzed new bus specifications. Prepared approved equal requests, etc., to position the contract as close to Flxible's standards as possible to reduce the overall cost of the bus. This allowed for a competitive, yet profitable new bus proposal.Marketing/Sales: Advertising responsibilities for the yearly after market parts price book. Coordinated the proper pricing levels, worked directly with the printer and the artwork supplier. Created excess inventory parts flyers, new product bulletins etc.

Recommended product mix and monitored inventory levels for a $60 million after market parts business.

Customer service position where service parts orders were received and entered, customers back orders expedited, daily customer contact.

Retail new and used car sales.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Marketing

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Marketing

Education record