Ron Collman
Head of Automotive @ Arkestro | Driving Procurement Process Transformation
- Role
- Senior Enterprise Account Manager at Arkestro
- Location
- Charleston, SC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ron Collman
Ron Collman leads the Automotive division at Arkestro. Partnering with OEMs, and tiered suppliers to reimagine how the industry sources, negotiates, and manages risk in an AI-driven world. With a decade-plus in the automotive sector, he brings deep domain expertise in procurement, ERP transformations, and MES implementations, helping leaders connect plant-floor reality with top-floor initiatives.In his current role, Ron advises automotive executives on moving beyond traditional, event-based sourcing toward continuous, predictive decision-making. He helps automotive companies reduce COGS, improve margins, and build resilience into every sourcing decision.SpecialtiesERP, HCM, MES, QMS, shop floor operations, Inventory management, Talent Management, Recruiting, Learning Management, Workforce Planning and Analytics, Procurement and sourcing transformations.Artificial intelligence, Machine learning.
Experience
Senior Enterprise Account Manager
Apr 2025 — Present · US
Arkestro\'s Predictive Procurement platform accelerates enterprise spend transformation, using AI and game theory to unlock trapped savings and reduce risk in a fraction of the time, enabling teams to influence significantly more spend. Learn more at Reduce procurement event time from months to weeks- Reduce direct and indirect spend by 15-25% or more- Expand supplier base
Education
Western Kentucky University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Psychology, Sociology & Criminology
1999 — 2004
Skills
- Sales
- Business-to-Business (B2b)
- Strategy
- Selling
- Cold Calling
- Leadership
- Closing Deals
- Sales Operations
- Team Leadership
- Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
- Lead Generation
- Sales Process
- Team Building
- Software as a Service (Saas)
- Business Development
- Inside Sales
- Saas
- Human Resources Information Systems (Hris)
- Deal Closure
- Solution Selling
- Demand Generation
- Account Management
- B2b
- Telephone Skills
- Direct Sales
- Training
- New Business Development
- Enterprise Software
- Sales Management
- Salesforce.com
- Crm
- Software Sales
- Business Strategy
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