Manager Engineer

STACY PESHKOPIA

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Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Email: *******@*******.***

EDUCATION

MBA, Business Administration, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2003

MS, Manufacturing Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 1995

BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1992

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

KOHLER, Kohler, WI 2007-Present

Kohler is a world leader in products for the kitchen and bath, power generation - engines and

generators, interiors, and hospitality: $5B sales

Marketing Manager – Residential / Light Commecial Generators 2008-Present

Reporting to Business Manager of Kohler Power Systems – Residential/Light

Commercial

Responsible for strategic development and growth of the Kohler Power Systems

Residential / Light Commercial generators by introducing new generator products and

marketing these products to grow the sales of the Residential Strategic Business Unit.

• Doubled sales from 2011 to 2012 and increased margins by cost reducing existing

product, and introducing new products defined specifically for the residential / light

commercial generator market.

• Developed and executing 5 year strategic and financial plans to grow the residential

generator business 500% from 2013 to 2017, through new product development, more

competitive pricing, increased promotion and advertising, and expanding into retail,

wholesale and direct dealer channels.

• Managed genset product revenue, margins, and profitability by increasing market share,

controlling product costs and establishing product pricing.

• Define and direct all marketing communications and training for Kohler distributors as well

as end customers

Sr. Product Manager – RV/Mobile Generators 2007 - 2008

Reporting to Mobile SBU Director

Responsible for strategic development and growth of the Kohler Power Systems

Mobile-RV Generator Product Line by introducing new generator products and

marketing these products to grow the sales of the Mobile Strategic Business Unit.

• Managed all marketing, engineering and manufacturing tasks for the Mobile generator

product line to ensure timing, cost and marketing objectives were met.

• Managed mobile genset product revenue, margins, and profitability by increasing market

share, controlling product costs and establishing product pricing.

• Frequent contact with Finance and Accounting to monitor and manage product line profit

and loss statement and project costs, and justify new programs.

LEAR CORPORATION, Troy, MI 2004-2006

A worldwide supplier of automotive interior systems: $16B sales.

Program Manager – DaimlerChrysler Division

Reporting to the Platform Manager

Responsible for delivery for seating systems including, design, quality, engineering

changes and costs and warranty issues.

• Managed all engineering and manufacturing tasks for $100M Dodge Durango and

Chrysler Aspen all row seating to ensure timing, cost and customer objectives were met.

• Determined action plans on major changes requested by customer and collected important

criteria from customer and suppliers to ensure changes made on-time and were cost

effective.

• Recovered $4M in tooling from DaimlerChrysler on time by working closely with Supplier

Quality and obtaining full production approval (PPAP) in timely manner.

• Developed action plan that resulted in cost avoidance of $400K in tooling expenditures for

production trim tooling and protected launch date.

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ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION, Farmington Hills, MI 2000-2004

( latch division sold to Brose NA in 2002 )

A worldwide supplier of automotive equipment: $41B sales.

Senior Account Manager – Ford Business Unit

Reporting to the Customer Team Director

Responsible for all commercial issues as well as program management, including APQP of

the Ford MY 2003 C170 Focus Side Door Latches generating sales revenue of $30M per

year. Quoted and negotiated all changes with Ford Buyer.

• Negotiated $1M settlement from Ford Motor Co. as cancellation costs when the Mercury

Cougar side door latch program was cancelled six months prior to launch.

Senior Account Manager

• Successfully transferred latch module assembly lines from Bosch to Brose facilities, while

keeping production running.

• Communicated extensively with colleagues in Wuppertal, Germany and traveled to

Germany as required for the implementation of the Ford Focus side door latches in North

America.

JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC., Plymouth, MI & Sindelfingen, Germany 1996-2000

A worldwide supplier of automotive interior systems: $27B sales.

Expatriate Project Engineer – DaimlerChrysler Business Unit 1998-2000

Reporting to the Engineering Manager

Managed all engineering activities for 2000MY launch of the Mercedes M-Class complete

seats – 1st and 3rd Row at the JCI plant in Cottondale, Alabama.

• Requested by customer to relocate to Germany to complete seating project for M-class.

• Engineered and evaluated all aspects of comfort and function of seats.

• Worked closely with Mercedes engineers and all Tier 2 suppliers to ensure tooling and

parts met specifications and timing.

Project Engineer – Mercedes Business Unit 1996-1998

Reporting to the Engineering Manager

Responsible for design, production release and improvement on 1st and 2nd row

complete seat foam, trim and plastic for the Mercedes M Class. Had extensive

interaction with customer engineering in Germany and Alabama.

• Appointed to Lead Engineer for VA / VE program, designing comprehensive MS Access

database to track entire program status.

ITT AUTOMOTIVE, Auburn Hills, MI ( Now Valeo Corporation ) 1994-1996

A worldwide supplier of automotive equipment.

Project Engineer – Ford Division

Reporting to the Engineering Manager

Cross Functional Team leader for the FORD Mustang and the SATURN Wiper Systems.

Responsibilities included coordination of design, manufacturing, procurement, quality and

warranty functional groups to meet customer needs.

MCDONNELL DOUGLAS, St. Louis, MO ( Now Boeing ) 1992-1994

Military Aerospace company

Associate Engineer

Supported the Mechanism and Landing Gear Teams for the F / A-18 Hornet aircraft. Primary

involvement was in the evaluation and negotiation of engineering labor hours in Subcontractor

proposals.

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