Dennis Marlow

• Maintained a Small Dairy Herd which included the daily milking, feeding and caring for the animals.
• Sold the dairy herd 1995 when the Spudnik Job and milking the cows were too time consuming.
• Enforced proper storage of crops, fertilizers and materials used in agricultural production.
• Selected and purchased supplies and equipment such as seed, farm machinery, and livestock.
• Improved overall farm efficiency with the adoption of modern agricultural technology and equipment.
• Raised alfalfa, corn, sugar beets, potatoes, wheat, and barley.

Generated sales for Potato machinery in various countries of the world.

Locations included Russia, China, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico.

I trained customers in the operation, repair, and maintenance of their machines.

I helped the customers to improve the techniques for their potato production and harvesting during my onsite visits.

I helped to provide spare parts recommendations for the potato machinery that they purchased.

I provided shipping solutions for the machines that were shipped via ocean containers, which included some design changes by our company, as well as our shipping preparation team.

• Sourced vendors, built relationships, and negotiated prices.
• Purchased new products and oversaw inventory stocking and availability.
• Managed supplier relationships to ensure timely delivery of products and services.
• Achieved cost savings by negotiating contracts and pricing with suppliers.
• Performed monthly reconciliation of open purchasing orders.

• Rearranged parts department to better serve changing trends and keep workspaces organized.
• Conducted regular audits on inventory levels, ensuring accuracy and preventing discrepancies between physical counts and system records.
• Increased efficiency in the parts department by implementing an improved inventory management system.
• Offered hands-on assistance to customers, assessing needs, and maintaining current knowledge of consumer preferences.
• Ordered parts for our outside shops to keep an adequate supply of spare parts for our customers in other locations.

• Disassembled and repaired any defective parts on potato machinery
• Installed new equipment and explained operation and routine maintenance protocols to customers.
• Inspected equipment to diagnose operational issues.
• Diagnosed and troubleshot problems, repairing, and restoring machines to peak performance.
• Responded to customer inquiries quickly and professionally to increase satisfaction.