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KEN MARBERT

*** ******* ***, *******, ** 30024

864-***-**** ad2fbz@r.postjobfree.com

Education

APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Boone, NC, 1991-1995

B.S. Business Administration

Experience

REGIONAL SALES MANAGER 9/2023-Present

HMI Solutions, Inc., Duluth, Georgia

REGIONAL SALES MANAGER 4/2016-9/2023

Abatek (Americas) Inc., Duluth, Georgia

• Outside sales with extensive travel covering East/West Coast territories, working in conjunction with manufacturer's reps to maintain existing accounts and identify new opportunities for custom molded rubber/plastic parts, keypads, and membrane switches; servicing automotive, medical, instrumentation and consumer industries.

• Consultative/solution based sales, reviewing technical drawings, working with local engineering and Asian factory teams to forward customer designs thru prototype/production tooling and final part manufacturing process.

• Worked with multiple factories overseas throughout quotation phase, evaluating capabilities of each to determine manufacturing locale.

• Prepared final quotations and proposals on tooling, part pricing, and lead times. SALES ACCOUNT MANAGER 03/2014-04/2016

Norfolk Wire & Electronics, Greenville, South Carolina

• Working for wholesale distributor, sourcing and sales of telecom, network, structured cabling, audio/video, and security cabling tools and products to integrators and installers.

• Generated quotations based on buyers budget and provided technical consultation based on application requirements.

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR 10/2011-8/2013

Fukoku America, Inc., Laurens, South Carolina

• Managed injection molding department at automotive Tier 2 manufacturing facility.

• Responsible for the management, scheduling and safety of 27 direct reports. Conducted daily shift meetings to relay quality and process issues, delivery status, and communicate any safety concerns.

• Developed monthly production plan based upon order forecasts, making continual adjustments to maximize the efficient usage of labor and capital equipment.

• Oversaw operation of 15 injection presses, utilizing EPDM, NBR, and SBR rubber.

• Scheduled raw material production, coordinating with mixing dept. to fulfill needs based on production.

• Worked with QA/QC to identify, correct and eliminate potential and ongoing issues. Issued NCR’s, Quality Alerts, and Hold notices involving non-conforming products and subsequent follow-up to insure countermeasures were effective. ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR 3/2004-4/2010

Kinki University Junior/Senior High School (attached), Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR 9/1999-9/2003

Wright Language School, Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR 8/1998-7/1999

Northeast YuCai School, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China Additional

• CSP, Certified Sales Professional, 2016

• Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 3 December 2005

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