Michael Billington Email & Phone Number

Bloomfield Hills, MI, US

Greater Detroit Area

Houston, Texas, United States

• Led high profile strategic initiatives across multiple areas of GST's business.
• Coordinated and designed presentations for senior leadership to communicate initiatives’ status and direction.
• Supported annual planning process with thorough automotive market review and trend outlook.

Greater Detroit Area

• Design and deliver vehicle incentive recommendations that help OEM clients meet sales and spend objectives: -Forecast retail sales volume based on incentive/pricing scenarios. -Predict channel mix impact based on cash.
• Present monthly industry performance reviews to clients highlighting trends and relevant competitive actions.
• Transform PIN Automotive data into easily understood insights and actionable recommendations.
• Act as key client contact and manage deliverable expectations and results.
• Recruit, train, and mentor new team members.
• Product Expert: PIN Explorer, Model Level Share Report (MLS), Incentive Spending Report (ISR), Conquest/Loyalty data set, Market Timer.

Greater Detroit Area

Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany

• Developed, tracked and reported business cases for global new product development projects.
• Prepared financial analyses for regional / corporate level board reviews of tracked programs, including risks & opportunities and detailed variance analyses.
• Coordinated with Global Planning, Marketing and Engineering teams to develop product requirements, pricing, and cost data.
• Drove focus on EBIT and ROIC maximization within program teams.

Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany

• Managed revenue forecasts for future car lines, providing input for development gates, budgets, and Long Term Plan (LTP).
• Modeled revenue impact of changes to trim and option strategies across Europe.
• Led project to update competitive benchmarking process used for price positioning.
• Provided future pricing guidelines for specific options, packages, trims, and powertrains.
• Worked with top European markets to develop pricing commitments ahead of new vehicle launches.

Holzminden, Germany

• Conducted market research to identify growth opportunities in the bakery flavor market across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
• Collaborated with product development, marketing and sales teams to understand customer needs and evaluate internal strengths and weaknesses.
• Developed a strategy for the Bakery Category to meet its medium- and long-term sales and profitability targets.

Ann Arbor, MI

• SKA is a law firm specializing in employee benefit and executive compensation matters. The firm serves a diverse clientele which includes local, national and international companies ranging in size from automakers to.
• Represented international industrial group in retirement plan negotiations related to sale of US $3B subsidiary
• Drafted foreign currency exchange protection plan for international cosmetics company designed to protect executives against currency value fluctuations while on foreign assignments.
• Designed and drafted "cash balance" pension plan and summary plan description ("SPD") for medical services corporation; used updated IRS regulations to simplify lump-sum present value calculations.
• Advised Voluntary Employee Benefits Association ("VEBA") trustees on their fiduciary duties under Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"); provided advice that allowed trustees to salvage US $1.5M for retired.
• Helped 401(k) plan sponsors understand and comply with participant fee disclosure rules that became effective in 2012.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Researched and drafted legal memorandums for city administrators covering topics in labor, real estate, tax, criminal and general municipal law.
• Advised city on property law issues related to use of public park land.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Activities and Societies: Represented IESE in Roland Berger International Case Competition (2014)

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Recipient of Certificate of Merit in Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (2010)

A.B., With High Distinction, Economics

Activities and Societies: Senior Editor, Michigan Journal of Business (2007-2008) Angell Scholar (2005-2007)

Economics