Sam Palombo MBA, BAS

Sales Professional at Applewood Chevrolet Cadillac Buick GMC
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Yi Guo, P.Eng MBA Candidate

Sam is a consumate professional with the ability to look at the big picture from technical and business side. I had the pleasure of working with Sam on multiple projects and he consistently delivered above expectations. Sam's experience in a variety of industries allowed him to propose solutions that are unique and insightful. He would be an asset to any organization in need of talent and looking to step up to the next level of quality.

Nadereh Nasrollahnia

Sam is very knowledgable and dedicated employee and very helpful . It was great to work with him and I would highly recommend him.

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Credentials

  • Corrective and Preventive Actions in ISO 13485:2003
    BSI
    Jun, 2016
    - Nov, 2024
  • ISO 13485:2003/CMDR Risk Management and Internal Auditor Course
    Intertek
    Nov, 2013
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Applewood Chevrolet Cadillac Buick GMC
    • Canada
    • Retail Motor Vehicles
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sales Professional
      • Nov 2020 - Present

      Establishing and building customer relationships for the purpose of selling New or Pre-Owned vehicles. Handling incoming sales traffic (on the telephone, and in person). Qualify prospects. Arranging trade-in appraisals through the Pre-Owned Sales Manager. Liaise between prospect and sales management during negotiations. Turning over sales customers to the finance office. Arranging New and Pre-Owned deliveries through sales management and the finance office. Prospecting new customers. Following up with past deliveries ensuring the customers’ expectations have been satisfied. Research and study product changes. Participating in weekly sales meetings. Keeping apprised of competitive products. Reviewing historical performance vs. objectives together with management to set annual sales objectives for the year. Participating in off-site/onsite product and skills training programs. Close sales by overcoming objections; asking for sales; negotiating prices; Keeping apprised of all applicable federal, provincial and local laws which govern retail auto sales.

  • Excelitas Technologies Corp.
    • United States
    • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Quality Engineer
      • May 2018 - Apr 2020

      Reporting to the Quality Manager: Managed CAPA system within a ISO 9001 2015, ISO 13485:2016 and FDA 21 CFR part 820 environment; approved and escalated NCR’s; consulted with suppliers, design engineering and procurement personnel regarding out of spec components to implement corrections; setup inspection criteria and conducted inspections for inter plant transferred finished product; developed root causes, corrections, corrective actions and effectivity check for CAPA’s with appropriate SME’s; trained personnel on corrective actions; created rework instructions, developed deviations, work instructions and SCARs; approved engineering changes and SOP’s within Agile PLM; QA representative for risk analysis team of new products.

  • Ohio Medical
    • United States
    • Medical Equipment Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Quality Assurance Specialist
      • Dec 2017 - Apr 2018

      Reporting to the Senior Director of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, fulltime contract position until April 13/18 in QA due to a delay in company closure. Assisting in the transition process of all product lines from the Toronto manufacturing location to the US facility. This includes: Assuring all QC Inbound components conform to design, consulting with engineering and suppliers on nonconforming products and determining resolution, and maintain all calibration measuring equipment records. This role is to assist in the transition process of all product lines from the Toronto manufacturing location to the US facility. This includes: Assuring all QC Inbound components conform to design, consulting with engineering and suppliers on nonconforming products and determining resolution, and maintain all calibration measuring equipment records.

  • Ohio Medical
    • United States
    • Medical Equipment Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Quality Assurance Investigator
      • May 2011 - Jul 2017

      Reporting to the Senior Director of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs. Lead for multisite and supplier: ISO 13485:2003/CMDCAS and FDA 21 CFR part 820 compliance auditing. Responsible for leading root cause analysis and implementing corrective action and plans, their effectiveness checks, as well as train employees and suppliers on corrective actions. Lead teams including quality control inbound inspectors, suppliers, engineering department and external metrology labs ensuring conformity to company QMS and Regulatory requirements. Key resource for reviewing and approving engineering changes, validation and verification reports, and CAPA's.

  • Keilhauer
    • Canada
    • Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Manufacturing Engineer
      • Feb 2005 - Jan 2006

      Reporting to the Plant Manager for office chair manufacturing. Responsible for reducing costs and production footprint, increasing output, through leading teams of 4-10 for Kaizen activities as well as for longer term projects to optimize production processes. Reporting to the Plant Manager for office chair manufacturing. Responsible for reducing costs and production footprint, increasing output, through leading teams of 4-10 for Kaizen activities as well as for longer term projects to optimize production processes.

  • Bayer
    • Chemical Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Manufacturing Engineer
      • Jan 2001 - Jun 2004

      Reporting to the Director of Manufacturing and Operations. Responsible for preparing process instructions, training production personnel, leading product transfer to an international facility, decreasing scrap, and improving manufacturing processes and products. Reporting to the Director of Manufacturing and Operations. Responsible for preparing process instructions, training production personnel, leading product transfer to an international facility, decreasing scrap, and improving manufacturing processes and products.

  • Omron Dualtec Automotive Electronics Inc.
    • Canada
    • Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Manufacturing Engineer
      • Aug 1998 - Dec 2000

      Reporting to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager. Responsible for leading team of 4 for the implementation of OCR vision systems on three automated lines and directed 20 employees. Decreased scrap through the improvement of existing and implementation new processes. Reporting to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager. Responsible for leading team of 4 for the implementation of OCR vision systems on three automated lines and directed 20 employees. Decreased scrap through the improvement of existing and implementation new processes.

Education

  • Texas A&M University-Commerce
    MBA, Business Administration
    2007 - 2012
  • Bemidji State University
    Bachelor of Applied Science, Technology Management
    2004 - 2007
  • St. Clair College
    Mechanical Engineering Technology Diploma
  • York School of Technology
    Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate
    2003 - 2004

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