Michael Soderlund Email & Phone Number

Vernon, Ct, Us

Connecticut, United States

- Establish and maintain relationships with a wide range of suppliers to ensure that cost reduction goals and lead times are met.- Keep track of inventory levels and forecast future demand.- Place Purchase Orders in a timely fashion and monitor until received. - Collaborate with other departments, including Engineering, Production, Sales, Shipping/Receiving, Toolroom, Accounts Receivable/Payable, Maintenance, and Quality Control, to ensure the smooth operation of the supply chain.- Edit and create Crystal Reports for weekly and quarterly meetings. - Ensure that SDS records are up to date. - Work with Epicor ERP to keep up to date.

Connecticut, United States

Work with manufacturers in both the US and Canada to improve margins, diversify their supply chain, streamline product pipelines while protecting intellectual property.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Worked with individuals to ensure that their home and auto insurance needs are properly met. My responsibilities included: - Creating proposals for individuals and families based upon their insurance needs and budget.- Attended weekly networking events in the area.- Maintained good relationships with clients and providing them with customer service whenever the need a policy change, billing issues, claims etc.- Creating and submitting various applications. - Collecting payment and issuing new policies.- Teaming up with customer service, claims and the underwriting departments to ensure problems get answered.- Working independently to grow my client base.- Taking numerous continuous education courses in order to keep up to date with all the changes within the industry.-Use of Nexsure and Salesforce to document changes and daily activity.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

- Sold the features and benefits of Lantus, Apidra, Plavix, Avapro, Avalide, Nasacort AQ and Xyzal to Primary Care, Endocrinologists, Cardiologists, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists, Pulmonologists, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Nurse Practitioners.- Took the lead on New London territory's H2 2010 Apidra sales plan. Apidra volume growth outpaced the rest of the competition in the rapid acting insulin market by +9%.- Won the 2008 Avapro "Power It Up" sales contest all 3 months of the contest. National sales contest where NRx volume growth was evaluated. The top 15% of the sales force won the contest.- District Sales Professional of the Quarter Q4 2008 and Q1+Q2 2009 for exceptional sales performance.- Collaborated cross functionally to coordinate and deliver sales objectives while stretching the territory budget. - Teamed up with counterparts when funds and samples were tight to maximize ROI and face time in front of key physicians. - Finished the year under budget in 2008, 2009 and 2010.- Managed 142 customers in New London County. Including Primary Care, Internal Medicine, Pulmonologists and Endocrinologists and Nurse Practitioners. - Analyzed the territory and set up an action plan to focus on New Rx for the 2009 Spring allergy season. Weekly sales jumped from 41 NRx in mid April to 79 NRx the first week in June.Power of One Sales program winner in 2008. Led the district in sales performance in H2 2008.

New London/Norwich, Connecticut Area

- Grew New London County from 70 accounts in 2002 to 180 in 2007.- Launched over 200 new products into the market, (Spaten, Sierra Nevada, Dogfish Head and Brooklyn Brewing Co.)- Worked with brewery representatives to grow the brands in sales and customer recognition. - Achieved 50% volume growth in 2002 and +20% every year after. - Implemented point of sale branding for all products across restaurants, bars, grocery stores and package stores.- Built New London County up from one delivery truck every week in 2002 to three deliveries per week in 2007.- Set up and promoted an event targeting potential accounts. Over 150 owners and managers attended. Market share in craft and imported beer market grew 20% during the three months after the event.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Management

Activities and Societies: Men's Ice Hockey

Education record

Education record

Activities and Societies: Varsity Ice Hockey.