Perrin Hardee
Product Marketing Manager- Power Film Capacitors and Circuit Protection @ KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation
About
With extensive experience in product marketing and management, I specialize in deploying strategic go-to-market initiatives, pricing strategies, and market research to drive business growth. At KYOCERA AVX, I lead efforts to enhance product positioning, develop targeted Account-Based Marketing campaigns, and analyze market intelligence to identify new opportunities in evolving markets. Collaborating with senior leadership, I contribute to strategic decision-making by delivering performance insights and recommending improvement plans. My work is grounded in a commitment to elevating sales performance and aligning pricing strategies to meet organizational goals, all while ensuring data-driven solutions and cross-functional collaboration.
United States
Fountain Inn
Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing
Direct Sales, Digital Marketing, Manufacturing Engineering, Product Management, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Operations, Business Development, Manufacturing Operations, Marketing Strategy, B2B Marketing Strategy, Project Management, Quality Control, Costing, New Business Development, B2B Marketing, Product Marketing, Forecasting, Product Costing, Continuous Improvement
Experience

Product Marketing Manager- Power Film Capacitors and Circuit Protection
Fountain Inn, South Carolina, United States
-Deploy product positioning and go-to-market strategies that elevated product line sales by 15–25% through targeted Account-Based Marketing campaigns. -Interpret the findings of ongoing market intelligence research to identify opportunities in new verticals and adapt messaging based on competitive activity. -Liaise with senior leadership to review performance data and establish quarterly improvement plans to support strategic decision-making at the district level. -Deliver quarterly executive updates on product performance that incorporate trend analysis and campaign effectiveness insights. -Determine optimal pricing strategies and negotiate with enterprise customers to harmonize pricing with market demand and value proposition. -Interface cross-functionally with R&D, engineering, finance, and sales teams to develop product roadmaps that reflect production capabilities and sales goals. -Champion customer resolution initiatives to deescalate high-stakes issues with data-backed solutions under tight deadlines. -Produce marketing enablement resources such as quoting manuals, fast facts, sales presentations, datasheets, and campaign documentation to ensure process repeatability and sales readiness. -Independently represent the marketing team at customer meetings and industry events to articulate products’ technical advantages.

Americas Product Marketing Manager- Connectors
Greenville, South Carolina, United States
• Formulate and execute pricing initiatives for product lines that engage key customers, distribution channels, and CEMs; outline prospective sales and future deliveries for Connector division based in Americas. • Spearhead the latest development and launch for products to market that drive sales, generating additional annual revenue. • Collaborate directly with multi-functional teams composed of business development, sales, and engineering to align operations with business priorities. • Oversee the complete production and sample inventory process, monitoring authorized and safety stock levels to reconcile P&L statements. • Advise on 76+ product lines with a gross margin of +70%, handling a total business valued at $30 million. • Execute 16 new production introductions into the market forecasted to generate +$8M across the next five years.

Owner/Project Manager
Hardee Investments LLC
Greenville, South Carolina, United States
• Orchestrate residential home construction projects from end-to-end, planning the land development to completing real estate sales. • Coordinate with home inspectors, development contractors, supply vendors, and real estate agents to finalize projects and create engaging sells in a highly competitive market. • Shape and supervise the overall project plan, coordinate schedule, and define scopes of work; monitor, control, and document financial performance for projects. • Balance project budgets with close monitoring, expense reporting, and cash flow tracking; identify and evaluate financial variances to adopt effective actions that maintain profitability; monitor and manage budgets to guarantee profit objectives are met.

Product Manager
Greenville, South Carolina Area
• Handled the pricing strategy, gathered specifications, conducted extensive analysis, and delivered targeted sale support across the 64-product suite; led new products from conceptualization to market debut. • Accelerated sales performance by leveraging adaptive marketing and target customer communications with a $20M high-volume and a cost-efficient department; upheld an exceptional 85% profit margin. • Championed the latest products and services to internal and external customers, widening the clientele base; bolstered market share and deepened business network by serving as ambassador at industry meetings, sector conferences, and investor presentations. • Prepared and delivered presentations for data-backed business reviews to senior management; emphasized new production launches and service transitions. • Comprehended technical requirements for partners and collaborated directly with internal development teams to guide machine manufacturing activities. • Participated and applied Lean Manufacturing practices such as Six Sigma and Problem Analysis; incorporated improvements for cost reduction, quality assurance, and production objectives. • Facilitated new product development to create a 25% increase in additional revenue.

Platform Process Engineer
Beech Island, South Carolina
• Conducted machine risk evaluations to proactively identify all hazards in work environment; cooperated with platform team to drive down risks by 12% in 2017. • Reinforced platform operations by monitoring and assessing manufacture operations performance, streamlining machine process settings, and diagnosing machine process health gaps. • Pioneered delay and waste action plans with forward-thinking and scrutinization of existing processes, reducing machine waste 50% and cutting delays 70% in critical areas. • Performed quality procedures to validate new material revamps, process configurations, and equipment modifications to bolster product integrity; united with quality lab and asset teams to validate products meet required standards. • Accelerated platform improvements that increased OEE by 8% across three, $20 million machines.

Continuous Improvement Process Engineer
Beech Island, South Carolina
• Charted plant operations for a new core waste material initiative that drove down assets by 25% and conserved $500K in cost-efficiencies. • Completed analyses essential to material processing, steering the plant across the KATA to develop scalable solutions; accomplished machine waste and delay decreases in various assets. • Deployed the design to value material rollouts and qualifications for several phases, achieving cost-reduction goals of $10M+ while upholding optimal machine performance. • Instituted quality enhancements to plant materials through dedicated supplier relations, manufacturing performance monitoring, and rigorous material testing for process windows. • Decreased packaging waste 50% to generate $400K in annual savings.

Packaging Engineer Co-op
RKW Danafilms
Franklin, KY
• Organized and performed experiments to discover effective slip package for meeting medium COF film formulations; streamlined and improved packaging instructions to decrease total quantity of SKUs and elevate operator accuracy. • Advised quality investigations to proactively resolve customer concerns and thoroughly address complaints; composed ISO procedures to enhance quality, drive down opportunity for operator error, and enhance overall machine efficiency. • Brainstormed and realized co-extrusion film blends as well as product recommendations that fulfill customer application requirements.

Employee
Frankies Fun Park
Greenville, SC
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