Sales Manager

I am bilingual (Japanese/English & working on Portuguese) with six years of

experience calling on Japanese OEMs and tier one suppliers. During that

time I was responsible for internal & external account management,

identifying & soliciting new accounts, raw material planning, in-process

inventory control, and customer shipments. In addition, I have held a

management position where I was responsible for departmental budget

control, annual planning and personnel development.

I got my start in sales at American Fine Sinter, a small Japanese

transplant company in the Toyota Group. There I was able to advance to

Manager of Sales & Production Control. I ended up receiving an offer to go

work for National Machinery, an international equipment manufacturer that

involved a very attractive overseas assignment. Unfortunately, shortly

after taking the position at National Machinery, the economy declined

sharply and I was part of a mass layoff. There wasn't much available in

North-West Ohio or South-East Michigan at the time, so we decided to take

that opportunity to live in Brazil, so I could learn my wife's native

Portuguese and wait for the economy to improve.

I'm a good fit for this position due to my experience calling upon Japanese

OEMs and tier one suppliers. I also speak/read/write Japanese fluently and

am extremely comfortable with the Japanese business culture and

expectations. In addition, while at National Machinery, I worked with all

of our Asian accounts. I studied Chinese for a year, have been to China,

and worked closely with our Chinese sales office. I also have some

experience working with the Korean OEMs and am somewhat familiar with the

Korean business culture.

In addition to the above, I am proactive, used to putting in extra time as

necessary, have a strong sense of urgency, and am good at utilizing my

Japanese language and experience with the culture to help facilitate

communication and understanding between American and Japanese staff.

I look forward to further discussing my qualifications with you. I can be

reached anytime at 419-***-****.

Sincerely,

Jared Ridoutt

Jared Ammon Ridoutt

1 1082 Fairview Avenue, Apt#N2, Bowling Green-OH 43402

2-419-***-****, *.*.*******@*****.***

1 WORK EXPERIENCE

7/07- 6/09 National Machinery, LLC (Cold Forming Equipment Manufacturer &

Machining/Fabrication Provider)

Sales Engineer

. Responsible for identifying potential new accounts,

soliciting/growing new & existing accounts, preparing

quotations, and coordinating developmental issues of new

projects & inquiries.

. Trained in the Purchasing Department for eight months in

preparation for Supply Chain Manager assignment to facility

located in Suzhou, China; but assignment was canceled due

to global economic slowdown. Extensive use of BAAN ERP

system and Access.

5/03 - 7/07 American Fine Sinter Co., Ltd. (Toyota Group Supplier of

Powder Metal Powertrain Parts)

Sales & Production Control Manager

. Served as a liaison between the customers and our

manufacturing site, coordinating the resolution of major

issues concerning design changes, price/cost changes,

quality assurance, sourcing, production preparation, trial

parts and delivery.

. Responsible for coordinating cross-functional teams in

implementing & tracking all milestones in regards to new

project launches from initial quotation till start of

production and project review.

. Responsible for creation of initial quotations.

. Responsible for applicable outsourcing for all new

products (e.g. Induction Hardening, Resin Impregnation,

etc)

. Responsible for facilitating all quality communications

with customers (e.g. Quality Failure Notifications,

Returned Material, Process Change Requests, Deviation

Requests, etc)

. Responsible for production planning and scheduling of all

production lines. As well as the creation, planning,

implementation and kaizen of the kanban based production

control system used for all lines. Extensive use of Excel.

(Included material handling, FIFO, visual management &

inventory control)

. Responsible for price negotiations and ordering of raw

materials, as well as scheduling part blanks and

supplemental parts from parent company, as necessary.

. Responsible for developing and maintaining packaging for

all product lines. (internal and external)

. Responsible for setting departmental annual policy

points, objectives & budgets for Sales & Production

Control.

. Involved in revision of wage structuring, job

classification and general company policy.

7/98-4/03 Freelance Translator/Interpreter

Interpreter/Translator

. Interpreted/translated for the training, operation and

troubleshooting of various CNC lathes, robo-drills,

presses, sintering furnaces, CMMs, machining centers,

contracers, surface testers, calipers, burr removal

machines, grinders, washing machines, oil impregnators, and

other inspection equipment.

. Translated extensively in the preparation of work

instructions, inspection standards, flow standards, TPS

training material, kaizen activities, countermeasure

proposals, and other related documentation. Have also

translated for various meetings regarding all aspects of

the company.

EDUCATION

Franklin University Columbus, Ohio

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Operations and

Supply Chain Management)

- In-Process (online), scheduled to finish in December, 2011

2 ADITIONAL SKILLS

. Languages: Japanese (business level in speaking, reading and writing),

Portuguese (intermediate)

. Experienced with the Toyota Production System (e.g. lean

manufacturing), such as kaizen, kanban, just-in- time, jidoka,

pokayoke, 5S, the 7 wastes, PDCA, etc.

. Experienced with developing and presenting proposals.

. Experience with reading blue prints.

. Microsoft Software: Windows, Word, Excel, Access, Power Point,

Internet Explorer, and Outlook

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

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