Mike Gottshall Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, OH, US

Cincinnati, OH, US

Covington, Kentucky, US

I was responsible for new equipment sales of all R.A Jones primary and secondary packing equipment product lines including the R.A Jones brand equipment, KartidgPak, Autoprod, Holmatic, along with Volpak equipment. Responsible for new equipment sales throughout the Midwest region which included Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Virginia and West.

Covington, Kentucky, US

This position included working with existing customers and company engineers to:-Identify modifications that could be made on equipment to improve efficiencies and reduce waste/downtime-Apply new technology to existing equipment to reduce changeover time and improve repeatability-Help successfully redeploy existing assets for new products or facilities

Territory sales responsibility for the Midwest and Southeast. Traveled throughout the region maintaining existing customer relationships and meeting with potential customers, while promoting capabilities.

-Oversaw the design, manufacture, assembly, run-off and customer buy-off of special machines. -Created Microsoft Project schedules using project milestones and communicated that information to customers, both internal and external.-Maintained internal cost objectives while focusing on quality, affordability, manufacturability and safety.-Generated.

-Developed assembly concepts and equipment specifications and procured new manufacturing and assembly equipment for new model production.-Created equipment and facility milestone schedules to communicate engineering’s expectations with customers, suppliers and associated departments, company-wide.-Prioritized automation engineers’ workloads using quarterly.

-Created AutoCAD drawings of assembly cells and modified existing plant layouts for the sales team-Prepared PowerPoint presentations for the sales team-Completed cost analysis for sales proposals using supplier quotations and engineering concepts-Designed and detailed tooling, test fixtures and components for assembly equipment.