Jonathon Davis

Background

About Jonathon Davis

After earning a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering, a manufacturing environment was the perfect place to begin my career. I spent the next three and half years in various roles including floor level supervisor (managing a team of 40+ associates in a union environment), Industrial Engineer, and Plant Customer Contact Engineer. Key deliverables in these roles include- Completed Continuous Improvement equipment relocation project showing a reduction machine footprint (40%), overtime hours (50%), and labor (8 associates) for a cost savings of - Developed new process to decrease cured tire scrap resulting in a savings of - Used Visual Basic programming in Microsoft Excel to develop a quality control tool that empowered Uniformity team to quickly and easily identify tire machines that were producing tires outside of specification; as of 2016, tool is still used in plant on daily basis. After three and a half years spent in manufacturing in various engineering roles, I decided to seize an opportunity in sales to learn how to talk to people. Imagine that, an engineer that can communicate with others! Key deliverables in this field sales role include- Achieved YOY increase of 17.2% across all accounts resulting in additional units sold - Achieved 21.4% YOY unit increase in targeted accounts by developing SWOT analysis for key customers - Created new sales contest process to focus on main objectives such as merchandising, training, and meeting unit sales objectives which resulted in an average unit increase of 24.5% YOY across multiple markets I have had varied experiences to strengthen my skill set, but there are a few things that drive me whether dealing with a new customer, new job, or new process: eliminate waste, increase efficiency, and rely on the experts around you to gain new knowledge and skills.