Desired Salary/Wage: $110,000.00 Annual

James Hayden , Product Marketing Manager Seeking Strategy
1102 Stuart Court
Chicago, IL 64542
Home (323) 656-2232 / Mobile (323) 656-1257
James.Hayden@hotmail.com

Objective:

My career objective is to make a significant impact on a technology or business unit, in an environment where I can contribute to the professional and personal success of those around me while continuously improving my skills and abilities.

Experience:

Michelin1/2005 - Present, Chicago IL
Product Marketing Manager
Industry: Automotive/Parts

• Manage Product Marketing team and lead business development effort for automotive product line. Engage customers to promote new technologies, develop future business opportunities, and understand customer requirements. New business wins exceed $300M in 2006 and exceeding technology implementation targets.
• Lead Market Research to gain consumer insight and translate into new technology proposals.
• Identify gaps in global product portfolio, develop product and technology roadmaps, and direct engineering development accordingly.
• Determine market potential and develop pricing strategy for advanced technologies and products.
• Engage customers as product expert to establish relationships and gain market insight.
• Team Leader for Innovation Cell that developed a unique and patent-pending consumer product.

Snap-On 10/2002 - 1/2005, Allen Park, MI
Business Development Analyst
Industry: Automotive/Parts

• Led international team of technical and business resources to develop $100M+ quotations for a diverse line of automotive products. Responsibilities included identifying investment requirements and manufacturing costs, analyzing competitive position, and developing pricing strategies.
• Analyzed manufacturing costs and strategies for market competitiveness and implemented recommendations with plant management as part of profit improvement initiative.
• Provided strategic direction to Program Management and Sales team for pricing new products and technologies.
• Assessed process and performance improvements for various advanced manufacturing and new product technologies. Evaluated proposals for profitability and marketability, and presented recommendations to management.
• Identified and implemented improvements to corporate-wide price quotation process.

Snap-On 5/1999 - 10/2002, Allen Park, MI
Product Design Engineer

• Led design team in development of automotive interior products from idea conception to production-level design for two unique Chevrolet vehicle programs.
• Managed project development and authored detailed design guidelines for innovative airbag technology currently in production on multiple vehicles.
• Developed and presented engineering alternatives for customer and provided insight for internal pricing strategy.
• Implemented product design validation processes being followed by subsequent design teams. Process reduces design errors and expenditures for changing prototype and production tooling.

Chevrolet GM 7/1996 - 5/1999, Chicago IL
Manufacturing Process Engineer

• Implemented process changes on multiple assembly lines to reduce labor utilization resulting in annual savings of $2.4 million.
• Analyzed, identified, and implemented process and product improvements to improve productivity on Instrument Panel assembly line by 11%. Overall product quality and customer satisfaction were improved.
• Led Y2K plant equipment validation effort for assembly department.
• Supervised up to seventy UAW employees in a production environment. Responsible for productivity, safety, quality, and overall management of employees.
• Initiated alternative processes that improved flexibility in dealing with labor and input material shortages.

Education:

University of Chicago Business School 12/2000
Master’s Degree
Masters of Business Administration

• Graduated with Distinction.
• Emphases in Technology Management and Strategy.
• Member of High Tech Club, Marketing & Communications Team Leader for 2000 West Coast Forum.

Purdue University’s School of Mechanical Engineering, US-IN-West Lafayette
Bachelor’s Degree
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

• Graduated with Distinction (3.8/4.0). Dean’s List all eight semesters.
• Design project published in Purdue Engineering Alumni magazine, Extrapolations, with circulation of 56,000 copies.
• Selected for Pi Tau Sigma honorary engineering fraternity. Elected to multiple leadership positions.

Additional:

• Recent travel experiences include Australia, Germany, Austria, Hong Kong, Belgium, Ukraine, Russia, England, Ireland, and France.
• Interests include skiing, golf, mountain biking, basketball, and running.
• Fluent in German, English

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