Keith Mcmakin Email & Phone Number

Inman, SC

Sales Engineer in charge of developing, generating and maintaining sales in the Carolina's and Georgia of cutting tools - both standard and specials - with focus on Engineered solution specials.Industry focus on Automotive, Power Generation, Fluid power, Hydraulic, Wood and Aerospacehttps://www.kyocera-unimerco.com/

Inman, SC

• Managed sales and service in upstate of South Carolina and Georgia. Provided technical support and training for sales engineers, customers, distribution, and technical colleges.
• Increased sales and market share by focusing on relationship building with key stakeholders and decision makers, identifying needs, and aligning technical support, products, and processes to client-specific needs.
• Invited to join Industrial Manufacturing Joint Advisory Team at Greenville Technical College, serving on team that focuses on improving quality and education of next generation of machinists and engineers.

Duncan, SC

• Set-up and ran production large milling machines (G&L, Kuraki HBMs) and lathe in production of train brake parts.
• Enhanced part quality and decreased production time by assisting engineering with program development.
• Initialized process improvements that reduced cycle time and costs.

Spartanburg SC

Supervised and managed 5-member team and managed a large Tooling and MRO budget. Oversaw ordering, replenishing, redesign, re-sharpening, and kitting of tools and gages to support production needs.

Upstate SC & Parts Of NC

• Supported sales and service for upstate of South Carolina in existing and new accounts. Supplied technical support and training of products to customers, distribution, and technical colleges.
• Developed customer and distributor relationships through interpersonal skills, technical expertise, and integrity.
• Maintained territory sales $1.0M+, using technical background and relationships.
• Educated customers and distributors about products and procedures by facilitating in-house training seminars.

Greenville SC

• Supervised 11 hourly machine operators on 3 shifts to support Horizontal Boring Mills (HBM) and CNC drills for manufacturing of Gas Turbine parts.
• In charge of programming, fixtures, tools and gauging for Horizontal Boring Mills
• Lead team in cycle reductions and inventory carrying costs by using cause and effect analyzes.
• Coordinated efforts which resulted in 100% compliance that ensured ISO 9000 Certification.

Certifications:, Computer Programming

Machinability of Metals; Computer Assist Programming; CNC Machine Operation I, II, and III; Fundamentals of Numerical Controls; Adapt.

Associate'S Degree, Tool & Die / Machine Shop