John Wojdyla

Experience

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  The Timken Company

  Jul 2005 - now

  Account Executive Responsibilities:-Corporate account management responsibilities for BDI (a global industrial distributor) and their executive leadership team-Tasked with delivering profitable sales growth via P&L management strategies-Responsible for directing activities of Timken's field sales engineering team that handles BDI branches-Customer inventory management responsibilities via Vendor Managed Inventory program-Developed and coordinated various marketing programs to drive growth on target product lines-Constructed programs to deliver sales growth at a variety of end user customer accounts-Expanded market reach of BDI into the wind energy marketProject Manager Responsibilities:-Development & execution of product line expansions as cross-functional team lead-Creation of industry programs to deliver market share expansion with primary focus on the machine tool sector-Subject matter expert (sales engineering and industrial distribution) training responsibilities for new sales engineering hires in our development program Show less -Territory consisted of Northwest Indiana, portions of the Chicago area, and Eastern/Central Iowa in the industrial distribution market-Delivered sales growth across territory with significant gains at largest distributor branch in Timken's US distribution customer base-Primary focus on primary metals industry accounts-End user application support combined with on-site service engineering yielded several million dollars of documented cost savings-Managed corporate relationship with a steel industry end user customer-Managed distributor field-based management relationships with several customers throughout territory-Developed new product solutions to improve customer equipment performance and increase uptime Show less -Territory consisted of Northwest Indiana, portions of the Chicago area, and Eastern/Central Iowa in the industrial distribution market-Developed new business in primary metals, food processing, forest products/paper, and power generation markets-Drove sales recovery and growth throughout economic downturn-On-site service engineering efforts delivered consistent cost savings across a wide range of industries and applications-Managed collaborative inventory program for primary metals industry customer base Show less

  • Sales Manager - Metals

    Nov 2023 - now

  • District Manager

    Apr 2015 - Jan 2024

  • Account Executive & Project Manager

    Feb 2014 - Apr 2015

  • Principal Sales Engineer

    Apr 2012 - Jan 2014

  • Senior Sales Engineer

    Jan 2009 - Mar 2012

  • Senior Sales Engineer

    Aug 2006 - Dec 2008

  • Associate Sales Engineer

    Jul 2005 - Jul 2006