May 2002 to Present Vice President of Sales/Operations
(Highway Construction & Structural Division)
- Manage Sales and Marketing Groups
- Manage Highway Construction Contracts
- Communicate Closely With State Departments
- Work Closely With Project Managers
- Construct and Forecast Sales Budgets
- New Business Development
- Negotiate Long Term Sales Contracts
-Develop Products Beneficial to End Users
- Purchasing of Coatings and Steel Products
- Travel Throughout The United States
- Orchestrate Equipment Installations -Develop Quality Control Procedures
Valspar Coatings Corporation
Minneapolis, MN.
July 1999 to May 2002 National Accounts Manager
(Pipe and Tube Industrial Division)
- Construct Sales Budgets
- Manage Large Manufacturing Accounts
- Marketing and Sales of High Speed Coatings
- New Business Development
- Negotiate Annual Sales Contracts
- Orchestrate Coating Equipment Installations
- Assist in Formulating of Patented Coatings
- Identify Products That Custom Fit Accounts
- Travel throughout the U.S. and Canada
- Work Closely with Pipe/Tubing Manufacturers
Ray J. Jackson
Midwest Pipe Coating, Inc.
Schererville, IN
January 1996 – July 1999 Sales and Operations Manager
(Highway and Bridge Division)
- Managed Sales and Estimating Departments
- Identify and Pursue Key Accounts
- Marketing and Sales of Coated Products
- Customer Service and Relations
- Manage New Equipment Installations
- Work Closely With Engineering Departments
- Assist in Coating Development
- Work Closely With State Departments
- Install Coating Equipment
- Develop a Market for This Division
- Manage Sales & Estimating
- Construct Sales Budgets
- Customer Relations & Service
- Research New Product Lines
- Direct (2) Powder Coating Operations
- Set Up Production Schedules & Staffing
- Direct Facility Supervisors
- Safety Committee Member
- Negotiate The Purchasing of Raw Materials
- Shipping and Receiving
- Monitor Customer Accounts
- E.P.A. Compliance
Midwest Pipe Coating, Inc.
Schererville, IN
August 1993 - Sales and Estimating
August, 1991 - Manager of Custom Powder Coating Division
March, 1990 - Class X - General Foreman, Powder & Liquid
March, 1989 - Class IX - Production Foreman
April, 1988 - Class VIII - Coating Production Foreman
November, 1987 - Class VI - Coating Production Foreman
July, 1985 - Class V - Coating Operator
August, 1984 - Class IV - Coating Inspector
August, 1983 - Class I - II - III - General Laborer
Ray J. Jackson
- Sub-Committee Task Group Member for developing a powder coating specification for welded wire fabric.
S.M.E. (SOCIETY OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS)
- Senior Member: Manufacturing Engineering
- Senior Member: Industrial Finishing and Coating
- Training Course: Optimizing Profits in Powder Coating
NORDSON POWDER COATING EQUIPMENT
- Training Course: Applications of Powders
R.B. VOLLUM & ASSOCIATES
- Training Course: Synchronous Flow Management
THE EXECUTIVE GROUP
- CEO Productivity Symposium
- Training Course: Behavior Based Management
Ray J. Jackson
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
- Employee Drug and Alcohol Awareness Program
- Monthly Safety Meetings
- Certified C.P.R. and First Aid Administrator
- Member of Safety Committee
HIGHLIGHTS: Production Environment:
- Manage All Plant Operations
- Supervision of Various Production Operations
- Manager of the Custom Coating Division
- Training of Inspectors, Operators, and Supervisors
- Direct Crews of 15 - 100 Employees
- Set Up Coating Lines For Production
- Implement Productive Coating Procedures
- Monitor Production Rates & Quality Control
- Supervise Packaging and Shipping
- Supervise Steel Cleaning Operations
- Knowledge of Production Equipment & Repairs
- Overhead Crane & Forklift Operating Experience
- Construct Daily Progress Reports For Various Production Operations
- Responsible For Monthly Inventory Reports.
HIGHLIGHTS Corporate Environment:
- Finance and Accounting
- Sales Manager
- Sales Department, Quoting & Estimating
- Assemble Product Cost Reports
- Interpretation of Coating Specifications
- Submit Special Coating Specifications to Various States
- Assist A.S.T.M. Committee Members In Developing New Specifications
- Company Liaison to State Inspectors & Customer Relations
- Work Directly For Company President & Vice President
- Assist Human Resource Department
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