Experience

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Category Planning Manager - Canada

  • Oct 2018 - Present

• Catergory Planning Manager - OE

  • Jan 2016 - Sep 2018

  Category manager for Commuter Touring OEM B2B segment. Primary activities include initiatives to grow business utilizing Stage/Gate process to gain cross functional approval on bid strategy and Cap Ex investment as needed for future OE fitments using Commuter Touring portfolio of tires with global OEM vehicle manufactures such as GM, Ford, Honda, Toyota.

• Category Planning Manager

  • Feb 2007 - Dec 2015

  In a business critical role making a substantial contributions to the future growth of the company. Responsible for all-terrain tire category coordinating activities between field sales organization, R&D, and supply chain for US and Canada. Able to quickly understand customer needs and deliver timely and cost-effective solutions. • Leadership role in establishing price strategy for multiple retailers, wholesale, and OE sales channels including policies, terms, and conditions on over 500 skus in All Terrain category. Establish pricing for special channels such as military, national fleet accounts, state and local governments. Annually evaluate & approve/reject over 500 special tactical price requests from field associates for immediate and long term competitive pricing action. Show less

• Brand Manager

  • Jun 2005 - Feb 2007

  Goodyear Light Truck Brand Manager. Enterprise level leadership for GY LT new product programs- Coordinate with all levels of business to ensure successful launches

• Team Lead Manager

  • Jan 2005 - May 2005

  Oversaw activities of (5) analysts to generated product adjustment reports and presentations for all NAT products.

• R&D Project Leader

  • Jul 1995 - Dec 2004

• Qtech Engineer - Topeka Factory

  • Sep 1993 - Jun 1995

• R&D Development Engineer

  • Jun 1986 - Sep 1993