Erik Larson

About Erik Larson

Sales | Design | Engineering Management Professional• Skilled at learning new concepts quickly, working well under pressure, and communicating ideas clearly and effectively.• Ability to generate top quality engineering output while meeting timelines required.• Excellent customer service skills including presentations, phone and email etiquette. • Ability to motivate, coach, and achieve high level output from individual contributors, as I have always felt that you manage projects and lead people.• Great balance of technical and sales skills to not only be able to understand the engineering side of things, but also to be able to understand the customer and their needs as it relates to the products or ideas that are being presented to a client.

Experience

1. Packaging Sales Manager

   Allied Plastics, Llc

   Dec 2016 — Present · Twin Lakes, WI, US

   Generate new leads and business for multiple customers throughout the US.• Cultivate contacts, relationships, and networks to deliver and educate customers on thermoformed material handling products.• Participate in cost estimation and negotiate final pricing.• Lead all new projects through initial quote and concept, cost negotiation, securing of PO, design, prototype, testing, and production.• Oversee a staff 2-4 sales people.• Utilize Sharpspring to build sales pipeline and send marketing material to social media.• Manage/Update company website using Wordpress.• Assist Sales and Marketing team with content for social media: written and graphic.• Establish sales goals for reusable packaging and material handling.• Grow market share for the company through new and existing customer relationships.• Travel to customer sites for line up meetings, prototype approvals, and product demonstrations.• Deliver new technology presentations to executive level management.

Education

• Grayslake Community High School

  High School, General Studies

• College of Lake County

  Associate’s Degree, General Studies With An Emphasis On Design, Architecture & Computer Aided Design

• Arizona State University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Engineering Management (BSE)

Skills

• Management
• Engineering
• 3d Studio Max
• Cad
• New Store Planning
• Logo Design
• Ptc Creo
• Entrepreneurship
• New Business Development
• Engineering Management
• Microsoft Project
• Photoshop
• Product Design
• Interior Design
• Macromedia
• Project Estimation
• Manufacturing
• Microsoft Office
• Web Design
• Autocad
• Product Development
• Website Building
• Project Management
• Solidworks
• Dreamweaver
• Adobe Fireworks