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Jason Baylay

Penkridge,Staffordshire,

Summary

Highly motivated, loyal professional with a strong engineering background and over thirty years experience in the automotive, off highway, truck, bus and rail manufacturing industries. Member of the institute of engineering with a proven track record of generating business growth.

A firm believer in clearly understanding customer needs and building transparent, productive long term relationships.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Group Head of Technical Sales

Fablink Group
01.2018 - 01.2025

Responsible for all commercial aspects of an OEM customer portfolio in excess of £60M annual sales.

Including:

Promote and maintain close customer relations with a partnership philosophy rather than Customer/Supplier.

Meet with all relevant customer personnel to assess and communicate upon customer and supplier performance across all departments.

Provide leadership for successful team performance.

Identify opportunities for sales growth with current and new customers whilst maintaining a diluted reliance on individual market sectors.

Produce and maintain a central enquiry log with a view to generating estimates/QAF's and submitting quotations in a timely manner enabling specific KPI reporting.

Liaise with both external and internal customers with regards to product feasibility, design for manufacture, built in quality, finance, cost and capital expenditure.

Maximise profit through cost recovery, cost reduction, VA/VE, continuous Improvement and automation.

Produce accurate, detailed, line by line, sales forecasts for all company divisions.

Head of Commercial Operations

Fablink UK Ltd
04.2006 - 01.2018

Sales director

Eliza Tinsley Group
01.2004 - 04.2006

Engineering manager

Eliza Tinsley Group
01.2000 - 01.2004

Commercial/Estimating Manager

G.R.Smithson & Co
01.1995 - 01.2000

Commercial manager

Dart Cash Engineering
01.1996 - 01.1998

Cost Estimator

Dart Cash Engineering
01.1993 - 01.1996

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Aeronautical Engineering

University of Salford
Salford
09.1985 - 06.1988

Ordinary National Diploma - Technology (Engineering)

Stoke On Trent Technical College
Staffordshire
09.1983 - 06.1985

GCSE's

Endon High School
Staffordshire

Skills

    Highly focused on customer relations and relationships

    Meticulous!

    Thrives under pressure

    Excellent communication skills

    Reliable

    Dedicated


Affiliations

  • Classic Motorcycles, Competitive Darts, NHS Responder
  • Football, although a Port Vale fan and so this is a loose connection.

Timeline

Group Head of Technical Sales

Fablink Group
01.2018 - 01.2025

Head of Commercial Operations

Fablink UK Ltd
04.2006 - 01.2018

Sales director

Eliza Tinsley Group
01.2004 - 04.2006

Engineering manager

Eliza Tinsley Group
01.2000 - 01.2004

Commercial manager

Dart Cash Engineering
01.1996 - 01.1998

Commercial/Estimating Manager

G.R.Smithson & Co
01.1995 - 01.2000

Cost Estimator

Dart Cash Engineering
01.1993 - 01.1996

Bachelor of Engineering - Aeronautical Engineering

University of Salford
09.1985 - 06.1988

Ordinary National Diploma - Technology (Engineering)

Stoke On Trent Technical College
09.1983 - 06.1985

GCSE's

Endon High School
Jason Baylay