Chris Stran
Leading employees into the next generation of wiring harness design for both EV and ICE platforms. Current but not limited to Automotive and Commercial vehicles, providing solutions for the most challenging design areas
- Role
- Director of Engineering and Sales at Nexans Autoelectric Group
- Location
- Belleville, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Director of Engineering and Sales
Jan 2022 — Present · MI, US
Responsible to build and manage a core engineering/sales department consisting of managers, engineers, and product designers to deliver local and global projects• Lead integration of engineering and sales to create technical sales staff• Responsible for all USMCA engineering projects and deliverables• Responsible to work with global engineering peers for both knowledge share and jointly executed projects• Responsible for quoting of new projects and customer • Oversee project delivery according to program metrics including timing and budget while meeting customer expectations• Represents Design Engineering & Sales in company cross functional meetings• Directs and participates in engineering impacted cost reduction efforts• Responsible for the creation and implementation of the company technical and sales strategy• Provides for training, personnel enhancements, and staff development to insure a highly efficient and technically competent work force• Directs the establishment of regular engineering meetings with major customers to elicit current product update needs and to insure proper future design planning• Represents the company in customer relationship and business acquisition
Education
Youngstown State University
BEME, Mechanical Engineering
1990 — 1995
University of Dayton
MSEM, Engineering
2002 — 2004
Skills
- Vehicles
- Continuous Improvement
- Design for Manufacturing
- Program Management
- Automotive
- Six Sigma
- Dfmea
- Dmaic
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Toyota Production System
- Automotive Engineering
- Ppap
- Advanced Product Quality Planning (Apqp)
- Catia
- Fmea
- Apqp
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