Benjamin Benulis

Current

• Customer Account Manager at Silicon Laboratories

Past

• Inside Sales Acct Mgr at AMD
• Educational Leadership Consultant at Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
• Tutor at University of Pennsylvania

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Education

• University of Pennsylvania

Recommended

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Connections

279 connections

Industry

Semiconductors

Benjamin Benulis’s Summary

Experienced customer-facing supply chain professional

I'm a firm believer and practitioner of the fundamentals. Two books that have been a huge influence on me are "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey and "How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie.

Things that motivate me every day:
-Creating win/wins with customers and sharing success together. Our customer's success is our success.
-Being a source of positivity and inspiration to myself and others.
-Questioning assumptions and continually improving processes.
-Building and leveraging relationships to get more done.

Benjamin Benulis’s Specialties:

customer relationship management, demand management, forecasting, supply chain management, distribution, international trade and logistics

Benjamin Benulis’s Experience

• Customer Account Manager

  Silicon Laboratories

  (Public Company; SLAB; Semiconductors industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  Strategic and tactical inside sales duties for distributors in Europe and Japan including:
  -Demand management, deal pipelines, product forecast and revenue outlook
  -Handling day to day customer issues such as order status, product availability, product quality and requests for information.
  -Extensive use of SAP ERP and CRM modules
  
  Business Analytics for Microcontroller division:
  -High level demand management
  -Build plan analysis and collaboration with planning
  -Trend analysis and forecast projection for large group of small customers that drive business growth

• Inside Sales Acct Mgr

  AMD

  (Public Company; AMD; Semiconductors industry)

  June 2004 — January 2009 (4 years 8 months)

  During my time at AMD I supported a wide range of customer accounts over the years; from distributors and little guys, to big OEMs like IBM, Sun and Gateway. My main responsibilities were:
  -Demand management, customer forecasting, VMI hub replenishment & management and revenue outlook
  -Resolving day to day items such as order status, product quality, pricing & billing issues, rebates and accruals.
  -Extensive experience with SAP R/3, BW and APO modules including:
  --Initial company launch of SAP
  --Assessment and launch of SAP APO module
  --SAP instance merger when AMD acquired ATI

• Educational Leadership Consultant

  Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  June 2003 — May 2004 (1 year )

  Traveled through visiting and consulting a territory of 25 fraternity chapters in the great lakes region. Worked with undergraduates, alumni volunteers, and university administrations to help chapters succeed.

• Tutor

  University of Pennsylvania

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 2000 — May 2003 (2 years 9 months)

  Tutored university students in college level mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Benjamin Benulis’s Education

• University of Pennsylvania

  B.S.E. , Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics , 1999 — 2003

  Activities and Societies:

  Lambda Chi Alpha

Additional Information

Benjamin Benulis’s Interests:

footbag, music, self improvement, traveling

Benjamin Benulis’s Groups:

Lambda Chi Alpha, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas, IFPA

•    Austin High-Tech
•    SAP Network GLOBAL
•    Lambda Chi Alpha Alumni
•    The Logistics & Supply Chain Networking Group
•    University of Pennsylvania Alumni
•    SAP Supply chain
•    Green
•    Inside Sales Experts
•    Sales Operations Group
•    Green Jobs & Career Network
•    Demand Management & Forecasting
•    Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Alumni
•    Demand-Driven Supply Chain
•    Big Brothers Big Sisters USA
•    Supply Chain Today: Continuous Improvement, Technology Innovation, Executive Jobs, Education 10,000+
•    High-Tech Forecasting & Planning
•    Texas Young Professionals
•    PMA - Positive Mental Attitude
•    CleanTech
•    Austin - Texas Young Professionals
•    Lambda Chi Alpha Headquarters (current and former staff)

Benjamin Benulis’s Honors:

North American Sales Hero, Q206

Benjamin Benulis’s Contact Settings

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