Kristen Pieffer Email & Phone Number

Garrettsville, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

• Led client calls, scoped and designed proposals to reflect their needs, closed engagements; published marketing collateral; supported FCR strategy development• Served as primary client point of contact throughout consultant engagements, providing reliable and regular project communication • Responsible for planning and execution of customized B2B research projects leading a team of 4-5 analysts and third-party research partners completing:o Lead client meetings and project team callso In-depth interviews and surveys with industry experts and market leaderso Data collection (eg, pricing, trade, macroeconomic, education indicators)o Evaluating market demand and competitive intelligence, voice of market and value chainso Deliver reliable and actionable research on core strategic questionso Lead project teams through thoughtful planning, coaching junior analysts to develop demand/value chain logic, managing resources to support senior analysts, and timely feedback. • Responsible for delivering actionable and insightful market intelligence that enabled clients’ strategic planning• Past clients included Fortune 500 companies, private equity firms and industrial and publishing market leaders• Project work included market size assessment, competitive intelligence, voice of market, merger and acquisition prospecting, acquisition due diligence, opportunity identification and sizing and go-to-market strategy analysis

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

In this role I have experience conducting market analysis for Freedonia across a wide range of industries, including chemicals, building materials, packaging, and industrial components and equipment. In this role at Freedonia, I specialize in demand analysis and forecasting; voice of market and value chain analysis; analysis of competitive landscape; analysis of product, market and geographic segmentation; and primary research seeking competitive intelligence. Recent work includes market opportunity and competitive landscape analysis for industrial systems and consumer products. Recent work informed capital investment project teams as well as sales and marketing management regarding prospective market potential and key product positioning characteristics. Prior to joining the Freedonia team, I worked as a Co-Op Mechanical Engineer at Selas Heat Technology (industrial burner and combustion equipment manufacturer) and other manufacturing facilities for a combined four years of manufacturing experience. During my time at Selas, I developed Excel-based, custom burner configurators for manufacturing and sales purposes, specified gas components for burner systems, and engineered CAD drawings for burner production.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Research analysts at Freedonia are exposed to an extensive breadth of industries including: construction materials, security services, packaging, and chemicals, just to name a few. Analysts hone their skills at Freedonia in areas such as:• Plan, prospect, and conduct primary research interviews to learn nuances about industries and markets and how they are changing• Demand analysts investigate answers for a diverse array of project purposes and clients. Project types include: market size assessment, merger and acquisition prospecting, industry landscape analysis, voice-of-market and go-to-market strategy analysis.• Formulate demand models to size and colorfully characterize markets and industries• In-depth primary research interviews • Professional, colorful, and comprehensive report writing

Streetsboro, Oh

- Continued development of Excel burner configurators for 3 product lines - configures price, smart part number, and bill of materials - used VBA to set up buttons for standard packages - if you ever read someone else's program and picked up where they left off to finish it, you know it's like leaning a different dialect and then writing a novel using it.- application engineering position - talk to customers to learn their application, identify their needs, identify which components to configure on their burner systems, develop a quote, build the burner system BOM- redesigned burner components to accommodate part changes

Streetsboro, Oh

• Reported to VP of Engineering and VP of Marketing• Developed an Excel macros-based part configurator o Responsible for coding, implementing and vetting tool based on a set of product specifications from the sales teamo Enabled Selas to quote burner systems in hours rather than weekso Configurator automated creation of: Unique part numbers  Sales quotations Bills of materials Part and assembly drawings• Fielded incoming ribbon burner sales to make SolidWorks part and assembly drawings • Worked closely with sales and manufacturing departments to develop BOMs and work processes for designing and building two burner product lines: o package burners o ribbon burners• Published product literature for package burner product line• Drafted SolidWorks models and drawings for production for several product lines

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

- Record and develop process flow maps representing manufacturing process routes each part and assembly takes in production- Organize and develop part and assembly drawings and routings for ERP implementation- Edit part and assembly Inventor models and design drawings- Analyze time studies to detect and eliminate waste and improve efficiency of processes

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Investigate prospective markets for viable business ventures based on: expected growth, industry trends, industry life cycle, quality and safety certification standards, etc; investigate current market trends, new materials and products, market leaders, competitor market outreach and marketing tactics, etc; evaluate strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the competition with respect to their influence on the firm and the industry;

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Created a welding gun configurator in Microsoft Excel which asks users to input desired product features and specifications, and returns part numbers of each part of the gun allowing user select and order gun parts easily. Platform is easy to use and was used in the creation of Lincoln Electric's online gun congifurator system. Contact Bob Thayer at Lincoln Electric for validation of my work on this project.

Avon Lake, Oh

Develop standard operating procedures, conduct times studies, provide work cell and process recommendations to "lean" various processes, develop return on investment analyses with recommendations.62-year-old Start Up Injection Molding Company: Making plastic parts 24/7- Custom Injection Molding- Design for manufacturability (engineering services)- Mold Flow- FEA- Metal to Plastic Conversion- Rapid Prototyping- Material selection- Injection molding highly engineered materials- Two shot/ overmolding - Tooling- Assembly- Testing- Packaging- Decorating

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Recorded and analyzed time study observations and process timing analyses of plastic injection-molding operations to identify and reduce sources of waste and inefficiency. Aided in design and build of Creform tables and racks to produce flexible, ergonomic work stations for ultimate productivity.Developed and typed troubleshooting manual for Air Admittance Valve (AAV) machines including minor repair for common problems.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Develop product line strategies, then present analysis and conclusions to management team on a go-forward basis.Use Pivot Tables in Microsoft Excel to determine product forecasts and analyze market share.Meet regularly with packaging company to discuss box sizes and shipment dates.Attend weekly progress meetings with the R&D, engineering, and marketing departments.Review and update engineering submittal sheets.

Bainbridge, Oh

Solon, Oh

Maintain close working relationships with coworkers and many long-time-loyal customers, quickly resolve customer questions and complaints, focus on upselling and high sales per customer

Worked with adults of all ages on various areas of the GED test including but not limited to: reading comprehension, science, and math concepts.

Managed serving floor of 3 -9 servers, ensured professional and quality training of drive-thru and serving staff,

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.0

Bachelor’S Degree, Marketing, 3.0

Activities and Societies: American Marketing AssociationIndependent Study: Role of Marketing and R&D Interface in B2B Innovation

Minor, Operations And Supply Chain Management

Diploma, Ap And Honors Curriculum, 3.45

Received a score of 5 on AP Calculus exam; Received a score of 3 on AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP English, AP Macroeconomics, and AP.