Paul L
About
Paul L is from Tucson, Arizona, United States. Paul works in the following industries: "Consumer Goods". Paul is currently Vice President - Landscape Irrigation at Rain Bird Corporation, located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. In Paul's previous role as a Director - Landscape Drip Division at Rain Bird Corporation, Paul worked in Tucson, Arizona, United States until Mar 2021. Prior to joining Rain Bird Corporation, Paul was a Director - Contractor Division at Rain Bird and held the position of Director - Contractor Division at Tucson, Arizona. Prior to that, Paul was a Marketing Manager - Contractor SBU at Rain Bird, based in Tucson, Arizona Area from Mar 2012 to Sep 2012. Paul started working as Contractor SBU Quality and Operations Manager at Rain Bird in Oct 2010. From Jan 2008 to Nov 2010, Paul was General Manager at Truck Accessories Group (TAG). Prior to that, Paul was a President at Fiber Glass Industries from Oct 1999 to Jul 2007. Paul started working as Manufacturing Manager at Albany International in Jul 1997.
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Paul L's current jobs
Responsible for the three Strategic Business Units within Rain Bird that provide solutions to the Landscape Irrigation industry globally. The reorganization we rolled out in 2021 allows us to better serve our customers going forward.
Paul L's past jobs
In this role I continued to work with our Contractor Strategic Business Unit but also led our SBU that is focused on micro-irrigation products for the Landscape Irrigation industry.
Leading this division of Rain Bird that focuses on the residential irrigation market in the U.S. markets and abroad.
Product Specialist who excels at leading teams to bring new products to market and achieving new levels of relations with distributors.
Business Unit's Customer and Quality Champion: drive improvements in all aspects of customer satisfaction; work with plants and distribution facility to improve delivery; drive implementation of best practices throughout the organization.
Truck Accessories Group is a division of an $800 Million company focused on the transportation industry. This division designs, markets and manufactures composite truck accessories (caps and tonneaus) under the brand names Leer, Century and Raider. Have taken this $45 million business from a significant loss position to profitability while the market around us shrank 45%.
Oversaw product development, sales force training, P&L and other financial functions as the manager of 10 direct reports at 2 manufacturing facilities with 155 employees. Worked directly with customers in the construction, marine and boating, infrastructure, wind energy and corrosion industries. Kept profit margin above 20% while expanding the knit product line offerings by a factor of 10, maintaining the average selling price while sustaining market share and countering offshore competition.
Directed a 160-employee unionized plant as the manager of the administrative staff and 6 department heads helming the manufacturing, maintenance, quality, purchasing, and human resources divisions. Coordinated product flow, ensuring product quality consistency.
Supervised 6 direct reports at 70-person plant as the onsite leader of the company’s only location in the western U.S., generating $15M in annual sales by supplying polyurethane coating for fabrics to the paper industry.
Line Supervisor for small frame electric motor line. Supervised 15 people in a 3-shift environment. Processes included motor winding, assembly, welding, painting, final assembly and packaging. Ramped up prototype assembly line to full operation in 7 months.