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Senior Manager responsible for achieving the maintenance of portfolios, and building modernization of sales goals and objectives. Experienced in building strong relationships, developing strategies, coordinating internal teams that deliver solutions; including service, project, logistics, and procurement management. Skilled in providing continuous project management to contracted business direct with OEM’s; while developing, maintaining and nurturing relationships with management, vendors, customers and other team members. • Contributed to the annual revenue increase of approximately of $3 Billion buy selling and retaining costs of products in mass production. • Maintained consistency in pricing and cost-ups, due to inflation, to both satisfy customer, vendor, consumer and business, but maximizing company savings by 30%. • Excelled in the management of several major OEMs, foreign and domestic, in negotiating and implementing successful quarterly costs-ups due to increasing economic conditions brought on by COVID, inflation and changes in regulations, totaling over $10 Million in less than a year. Japanese/Indiana OEM• Jan 2022 $2 Million • May 2022 $850 Thousand• October 2022 $650 Thousand • Jan 2023 $1.5 Million American/French OEM• March 2022 $5.3 Million. • Engaged directly with OEMs, supplying new and current products to past and future vehicle line-ups.• Responsible for Driver Monitor System, Transmission Control Units, Front Relay Monitor, ECU, Cam • Shaft Sensors, Starters, and Alternators. • Development and execution of sales and customer satisfaction driving advancement and growth. • Leveraged industry expertise to create strong proposals, credit package offers, and to negotiate the terms and conditions, close deals and lead account implementation. • Took lead on unmanned programs to develop fluidity and remove waste of process, to streamline effective business processes reducing errors, and expediting processes.

Automotive Manager for a chemical Company that develops and manufactures material for electronic components, HVAC, Displays, Heads Up Displays and optics related components for Automotive OEMs, and Tiers. Principle liaison for America’s Automotive Division. Lead responsible for all aspects of product conferences, demonstrations, Trade Shows, sales meetings, DVP&R, DV/PV, PPAP, MP, manufacturing and follow-up. Utilizing technical knowledge, strong organization, and customer relations to influence clients and assist them in applying the products/services to their needs resulting in annual revenue increase in the automotive division. • Awarded Top Regional Sales, Recognized as a Key Note Speaker, Authored White Paper on: • Work directly with OEM, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, supplying directly multiples of millions of units in annual sales to OEM and Tier 1 business.• Responsible for managing multiple, complex development projects, often global in scope, while ensuring staff and structures were in place for assigned application of project.• Analyzed data on materials, equipment and engineering specifications to identify ideal solutions to application installation.• Cultivate, nurture and maintain long-term relationships with end users, Electrical Engineers, Program Managers, Purchasers, and/or engineering firms.• Responsible for evaluating products marketability in terms of customer needs.• Managed, supervised, advised a team including global members, consisting of engineers, project managers, and support staff.• Responsible for the strategic penetration into North and South America to identify and pursue targeted markets/opportunities to promote growth.• Reviewing, acknowledging, qualifying NDA’s, purchase agreements, orders, discrepancies, with customers, to achieve the best possible outcome for the organization.• Verifying material availability, communicating with customers and directors any marketing problems and/or issues with supply demand.

Sales Manager of Japanese Tier 1 automotive parts wholesale distribution Co. Lead implementation of all necessary sales and supply chain processes between customers and Central Automotive manufacturers. Utilizing technical knowledge, strong organization, and customer relations’ knowledge to influence clients and assist them in applying the products/services to their needs resulting in annual revenue increase of over 35%. • Work directly with OEM, Tier 1 and 2 suppliers, supplying directly into OEM business.• Developed proposals for clients outlining project scope and timing.• Cultivate, nurture and maintain long term relationships with end users, electrical contractors, general contractors and/or engineering firms.• Responsible for evaluating assigned territory, whether geographic or vertical, product and service marketability in terms of customer needs.• Responsible for the strategic penetration into the assigned territory to identify and pursue targeted markets/opportunities.• Implemented quality control standards for consistent approach and results. Worked to ensure quoted details are accurate, complete and communicated effectively and timely.• Responsible for growing market share within assigned territory.• Develops and delivers sales presentations, workshops, etc. in a professional and effective manner.• Responsible for meeting monthly, quarterly, and yearly sales goals and objectives.• Works with customers in resolving problems with products and services, as needed.• Develops and maintains communication in a cooperative manner with all levels of staff.• Manage budgets, participates in forecasting, and maintains associated account information.

Experienced engineer with broad knowledge of industry specific testing, design, implementation and real-world troubleshooting. • Coordinate automotive lifecycle testing with the customer and creating a testing matrix. • Create Test Plan.• Simulate vehicle functions for ADAS (advanced driver assistance Programs) for Apple, Continental, Chrysler, and Maserati.• RF Wireless Components, RADAR, Control Modules, Mirror sensors, Cameras, and Can Bus• Working with Magna, front and rear vision cameras.• Creating programs for customer samples through Standard ladder logic and PLC’s • Achieving full scope of the Electrical/Electronic component testing for ECU’s Radars, and cameras.• Programming power supplies, monitoring samples using an O-scope, Agilent or national instruments components to monitor voltage, current, and or heat off of a sample. • Understanding Key Automotive standards such as USCAR, GMW3172, SAE plus others. • Design and build control circuits to power cycle a variety of samples.• Instruct and/or assist others in building test setups and control circuits.• Coordinate projects with customers and internal resources to ensure the project timing is met.