Sales Customer Service

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Katy, Texas ***** Email: ***********@*****.***

Cell: 832-***-**** Kenneth J Wlodkowski

Objective Interested in furthering my career in

Product/Marketing Management with a progressive

firm that will allow me to utilize my Technical,

Sales and Marketing talents.

Experience 2005- Present National Bronze & Metals Houston,

Texas

Specialty Products and Technical Sales Manager:

Responsibilities include new product development,

application engineering, pricing, costing, sales

training and the overall commercial and technical

performance of assigned products.

Communicate new products, target markets, and

special market segments gathered through field

activity to appropriate company staff.

Provide technical assistance to Quality Control,

Purchasing, foundry and customers to design and

implement product offerings.

International Business travel; South Africa

Traveled throughout South Africa training

International Distribution sales force in Specialty

Copper alloys.

Team leader in charge of solving customer's quality

issues; developing Cause and Corrective Action

reports through technical writing.

Development team leader for Model 3 No Lead Brass

alloy for California Law "AB 1953".

Developed new markets both Domestic and

International; Tier 1, 2 and 3.

2000-2005 Nonferrous Products Inc. Franklin,

Indiana

Director of Sales & Marketing: Managed sales,

customer service, employee training/development,

planning, budgeting and forecasting. Provided sales

management direction for inside/outside sales

associates. Responsible for implementing and

executing corporate sales/marketing plan. Developed

sales recognition and recruiting criteria.

Strong background encompassing sales, distribution,

marketing, and promotion, finance and staff

motivation.

Implemented highly effective vertical selling

techniques.

International Business travel experience; Germany,

Portugal, France, Netherlands,

Developed/Trained distributor network;

International/Domestic

Managed development of product sales brochures,

website and advertisement media.

Technical Presentation Speaker at Professional

Industry Groups

Extensive knowledge of metallurgy

Diverse market industry knowledge; Automotive,

Plastics, Ship Building, Aerospace, Steel Casting,

Die Casting, Stamping, Oil Field Exploration, Mine

Extraction, Power Generation, Welding.

1984-2000 Brush Wellman Inc. Cleveland, Ohio

Senior Products/Application Specialist: Directly

responsible for new application development to meet

customer needs and maintain market dominance.

Interact with customer engineering groups; identify

problem areas, immediate and long range needs.

Apply expertise to development and/ or enhancement

of appropriate applications and materials to

provide solutions to critical needs.

Lead product/ market development team for new

resistance welding casting alloy system. Patent in

2000.

Introduced copper plastic mold materials to reduce

process cycle time from 160 seconds to less than 60

seconds.

Lead product/ market development team to resolve

hydraulic pump problems experienced on F-18 E/F

Fighter and Commercial aircraft.

Major automotive and Tier 1, 2, 3 supplier

experience.

SAP Trained

Education 1995 Northwood University Midland, Michigan

B.A., Business Administration / Majors: Marketing

Management

Graduated Cum laude.

Extended Training 2009- 2010 Houston Metallurgical Laboratory

Houston, Texas

. Level 2 Lab Technician

o Technical Failure Analysis Writing

. Ferrous & Nonferrous Alloys

. Commercial Applications-Oil & Gas/Welding

o Macro/Micro Sample Prep Knowledge

o Knowledge of Mechanical Testing Procedures

. Hardness/Charpy/Tensile/Chemistry

o Knowledge of Commercial Lab Quality Systems

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