Samuel Parsons

About Samuel Parsons

Sam has created long-lasting global relationships by proving he is \"NOT just another vendor or supplier\" but a PARTNER with a number of OEMs and end-users while serving as a Global Project Manager at Keyence Corporation, a manufacturer of sensors, safety, machine vision and measurement products for manufacturing automation. Since graduating from Clemson University and while working at Keyence, he has continued to feed a passion to solve problems in manufacturing including eliminating bottlenecks and improving product quality while increasing throughput, fine-tuning processes, planning capacity increases, waste reduction, energy efficiency & metering and automating manufacturing with his customers. Sam is a father, husband, Eagle Scout, master of grilling & BBQ (seriously, ask any of his friends) and entrepeuner who is always eager to learn more about life and everything God throws his direction. As an avid and experienced outdoorsman, he spends spare time kayaking, running, swimming, mountain biking, fishing, hiking and discovering new projects to compliment his 98-year old historic home in downtown Greenville, SC.Specialties: global business development and networking, sales, closing, relationship building, promotional strategy, application engineering, workplace communication, consumer behavior, purchasing, training, sales negotiation, product marketing, manufacturing engineering, AI, machine vision, measurement, inspection, quality, building a positive brand-image and developing top-of-mind brand awareness.

Experience

1. Senior Project Manager, Global Business Development

   KEYENCE CORPORATION

   Sep 2018 — Present · Greenville, SC, US

   Global Project Manager with specific focus on the Tire Industry and major brands in that space.* Developing strong relationships with Director-level contacts in order to better understand larger-scale and longer-term initiatives so our Teams across multiple countries can be best aligned and armed with strong communication to provide superior hardware, training and support in a timely manner.* Training our sales teams on the tire manufacturing process, highlighting key areas of how to be successful in Quaility Measurement & Inspection, Process Improvement, Waste Reduction, Machine Safety, Energy Monitoring & Cost Savings and Variation Reduction scenarios.

Education

• Clemson University

  BS, Business Management

  1998 — 2002

• Clemson University

  MA, Professional Communication

  2002 — 2004

Skills

• Product Marketing
• B2b
• Sales
• Strategy
• Solution Selling
• Online Advertising
• Automotive
• Team Management
• Public Relations
• Business Strategy
• Lead Generation
• Competitive Analysis
• Contract Negotiation
• Selling
• Forecasting
• Budgets