Joseph Rinke

About Joseph Rinke

Accomplished Sales and Program Management Executive with a proven track record of driving revenue growth, operational excellence, and innovation. Adept at bringing new technologies to market efficiently through strong program management, business development expertise, and exceptional cross-functional collaboration. Known for delivering record-breaking sales growth while improving cost models, enhancing net operating income, and securing incremental growth opportunities.A strategic leader with extensive experience in sales, business development, and program management across diverse industries, including the automotive sector. Skilled at leading global teams to execute go-to-market strategies, improve product lifecycle performance, and align technical roadmaps with market trends and customer needs. Proven ability to create customer value by developing innovative solutions that drive operational improvements and transformative financial success.Passionate about fostering high-performing, collaborative environments while addressing complex challenges, facilitating operational turnarounds, and delivering sustainable stakeholder value.SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Directed sales, program management, and development of high-tech digital solutions for automotive infotainment, antenna, and vision systems with multimillion-dollar wins with innovative camera and interconnect solutions for the world leader in RF connectors, driving 60% record revenue growth in the automotive business unit.• Drove new business acquisition and incremental sales growth as CCO for a precision machining company by doubling year-over-year win rate, revised product line strategy to prioritize targeted business list, renegotiated piece price increases to improve short-term revenue, modernizing cost model to achieve 28% long-term revenue growth while enhancing EBITDA performance by 200 bps.• Led the rollout of a global APQP program management process in Asia, managing quote documents and competitive benchmarking, improving customer interface communication, and successfully launching 54 critical programs across four countries, doubling the annual revenue for a leading supplier in the region.• Development and standardization of plant cross-functional launch playbook to seamlessly open six new manufacturing locations across Asia, supporting $300M in sales growth.OTHER CORE COMPETENCIES:Process Improvement | P&L Operational ExcellenceBudget & Forecast ManagementCross-Functional Collaboration & Team BuildingGlobal Complex NegotiationsSupply Chain Management

Experience

1. Vice President

   Strategic Manufacturing Solutions, Llc

   Jun 2025 — Present · Troy, MI, US

   Leading sales, program management, and field projects to help our clients succeed.Strategic Manufacturing Solutions (SMS) offers manufacturing services and support across various industries, with a strong focus on automotive expertise. Assisting businesses with turnaround objectives in manufacturing, quality, maintenance, program management, and supply chain. Keys to success are the right talent to implement sustainable change and optimize costs. Check out our work at Strategic Manufacturing Solutions, LLC.

Education

• Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business

  Master of Science - MS, Manufacturing & Innovation

• Michigan State University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Packaging Engineering