Andre Potempski

Current

Dir. of Marketing at Armet Armored Vehicles
Sales Manager at Cintec North America

Past

International Account Manager at Streit Manufacturing Inc
Plant Manager at Injectech Industries Inc.

Education

Ryerson University
Politechnika Gdanska

Connections

51 connections

Industry

Automotive

Andre Potempski’s Summary

Highly motivated, well organized, with a strong technical background, project management and excellent ability to work with both entry-level employees and all levels of management and a passion for customer focus.
Results-driven professional with progressive successes in business systems, sales, management field, mechanicals, plastics process manufacturing, and automotive industry experience. Skilled motivator, trouble-shooter, leader and negotiator with excellent communication and team building skills. Particularly effective in achieving significant operational excellence in process improvement, process efficiency, sales, production, safety, quality, service, team and profitability metrics. Sets high expectations and standards, creates vision, develops goals and implements for success. An executive with full P&L experience managing all aspects of manufacturing operations. Skilled at relationship building, channel and OEM sales, contract negotiations, and closing sales.
I am working also in Public Safety & Security Industries as consultant. My consultant Group is the exclusive sales, marketing and customer support for armored vehicles, armored trucks, money transport vehicles, tactical / swat trucks and prisoner transport vehicles, security & safety products, bullet proof products, blast protection products, Police & Military Supplies , Personal Protection & Self Defense and many, many more.
I provided assurance to the new millennium through state-of-the-art security solutions to Law Enforcement, Homeland Security, Military, Emergency Services, Rescue and Response Teams and Private Security Company.

Andre Potempski’s Specialties:

I am a successful and experienced Marketing Executive, who knows the sales process, the market, and has lots of customers and contacts.
I am also a Security Consultant specializing in security risk assessment, design solutions, project management, and the promotions, sale and support of security and protection products.
Member of Society of Plastics Engineers since 1988 Ontario Section.
Member of International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators.

Andre Potempski’s Experience

Dir. of Marketing

Armet Armored Vehicles

(Automotive industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

In December of 2006, Bill Whyte, the owner of Armet Armored Vehicles Group offered me a position as Group Director of Marketing/General Manager. In the next few months I signed a large contract with the US Army and started a Joint-Venture Company in India and in Poland. In March 2007 I opened new production plant in Bradford, Ontario, which after four weeks was running full production.
Sales Manager

Cintec North America

(Defense & Space industry)

2007 — Present (2 years)

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The Waterwall blast protection products are walk-through portal units, provide highly sophisticated yet safe technical solutions for the government, corporations, airports, national landmarks, courthouses, port security, mass transit, casinos, stadiums, amusement parks, academic institutions, special events, and numerous other locations.

Cintec serves a worldwide client base, and we claim to be one of the most respected names in the Blast Protection Industry.
Cintec has had the privilege of supplying many Governments, including US Military, US Munitions Factory, British Armed Forces, Royal Navy UK, International Police Force, Swift International Banking organization for UN clients.
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International Account Manager

Streit Manufacturing Inc

(Automotive industry)

January 2005 — December 2006 (2 years)

In the year of 2006 in Dubai, UAE, I built a new sales office. My responsibilities included utilizing diverse measures to improve the sales of the armored vehicles. The company has expanded its activities in recent years to include sales of vehicles for myriad of uses for the private sector, in addition to the commercial clientele and government client base all around the world.
Plant Manager

Injectech Industries Inc.

(Plastics industry)

March 1998 — September 2003 (5 years 7 months)

Achieved an 83% increase in revenues, leading the company to be recognized as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Private Companies, contributed to the development of annual business and strategic plan, full P&L responsibility
Responsible for overall direction and management of plant operations in unionized injection molding company with 42 lines and 200 employees in automotive industry