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Mchenry, Illinois, United States

Broadview, Illinois, United States

Montreal, Canada Area

Develop and execute Controls growth strategy to grow the business segmentProvide leadership to The Montreal TeamDevelopment of market focused teams and SVD’s Accelerated Growth ProcessLead Key Controls InitiativesAccelerated Development of New Controls SolutionsEnsure wins on new business opportunities and implements the structure and strategy for long term success

Washington, Mo

• Develops and maintains relationships with customers to gain knowledge of future market and customer needs and further develop business opportunities; providing solutions.• Implement process to identify and develop new business in assigned market.• Lead cross-functional teams on various projects requiring strong coordination of activities.• Responsible for the development and communication of strategic plans for assigned market for existing and new innovative products.• Assists field sales in promoting current and new products to satisfy customer needs.• Assist development of new product specifications, business cases and launch plans.• Develops proposals to attract the customer and provide an acceptable level of return to the Company by researching current and future requirements and translating them into development opportunities. Develops and supports strategies and solutions for sustained growth in current and emerging markets.• Develops, manages, and supports proposals and business development plans for the Division for domestic and international programs. Determines the need for cross-divisional learning and external strategic partners/alliances to gain business.

Washington, Mo

• Supports field sales and distributors as required to maintain Division’s premier customer service position.• Assists Territory and Regional Manager in adapting current and new products to customer need and satisfaction.• Provides technical expertise on product to close on final sale.• Assists in the development of new and/or revised product according to customer requirements.• Interacts with customers using innovative customer engagement process to identify new opportunities for growth.• Develops detailed business cases to support new product development initiatives.• Supports new product development projects in the respective market. This could include leading projects or providing suppport for key marketing and engineering roles.• Supports the development and execution of the Accelerated Growth process.• Conducts market research through trade associations, internet investigation and Corporate services.• Develops and maintains comprehensive knowledge of competitive products and their activity in the marketplace and provides reports on a regularly scheduled basis• Participates in the development and implementation of appropriate response strategies.• Develops and initiates product sales plans relating to pricing, life cycle and forecasting.• Develops strategic sales plans for existing and adjacent market for existing and new innovative products.• Investigates market needs for innovative products and communicates them to Engineering for product development.• Must maintain highest degree of customer service, throughput, and quality and participate in Division Lean activities.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Mba

Bachelors In Mechanical And Nuclear Engineering