Jim Gregorec

About Jim Gregorec

Leader who grows businesses through strategic product/market initiatives and working through others to accomplish goals. Success achieved through a customer focus, addressing talent needs, mentoring, executing winning strategies. Experienced in managing a technical product business and partnering with design/manufacturers globally. Action driven through a balance of process and entrepreneurial spirit.CORE COMPETENCIES• Lead by Example • Trustworthy • Integrity • Team Building • Optimizing Talent• Continuous Learner • Inclusive • Issue Resolution • Strategy • Action-Oriented• Ability to Simplify • Authentic • Connectedness • Budgeting • Anticipating Issues

Experience

1. Vice President of R & d

   Fieldpiece Instruments

   Jan 2016 — Present · Orange County, CA, US

   Establish strategic direction of the company\'s expanding product portfolio in HVACR. Lead engineering team members on all related activities. Encourage and foster innovation throughout the company\'s people and product roadmap. Manage progress to project schedules. Continually improve processes. Expand strategic development and sourcing capabilities. Hire, inspire, mentor, and manage performance. Key role in guiding company direction.Key Achievements:• Instituted ideation and npd stage gate processes. • Generated +20%/yr in new product sales to total sales.• Created five new product lines and vetted/added three new suppliers to expand/diversify.• Elevated team thinking on winning product strategy. Improved new product quality. High success rate.• Reduced supply risk by writing and negotiating contracts with key suppliers and by generating design/manufacturing packages for core products.• Unified Sales, Marketing, QA, and Engineering into a connected, functioning team.• Improved talent.• Implemented Sales-Production-Inventory management to optimize inventory levels.• Earned a high level of trust and respect throughout the company as a mentor, problem solver, team builder. • High staff satisfaction and retention rates.

Education

• Milwaukee School of Engineering

  BSME, Mechanical Engineering

  1985 — 1989

• Northern Illinois University

  MBA, Marketing

  1998 — 2001

Skills

• Focus Groups
• Competitive Analysis
• Contract Negotiation
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Kaizen
• Supply Chain Management
• Strategic Planning
• Operations Management
• Purchasing
• Process Improvement
• Sales Operations
• Pricing Strategy
• Six Sigma
• Product Launch
• Financial Analysis
• Marketing Management
• Engineering Management
• Electrical Design
• Product Marketing
• Manufacturing
• Channel Partners
• User Acceptance Testing
• Lean Manufacturing
• Business Development
• Design Research
• Electric Power
• Management
• Product Management
• Product Development
• Forecasting
• Continuous Improvement
• Product Design
• Key Account Management
• Electronics
• Team Leadership
• Strategy
• B2b
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Direct Sales
• P&L Management