Sandy Emry, Account Application Engineer,Würth产业北美
BS金融,辅修商务高级tration, University: Illinois State University
Sandy Emry began her career in the fastener industry in 2001 as part of a Sales Development Training Program with a fastener manufacturer. She completed the program in seven months and was relocated to Kansas City and became a member of the field sales team working with distributors. In 2016, she became Vertical Team Leader specializing in the Recreational Vehicle market industry. In 2019, she was promoted to Director NA Distribution Sales where she managed a $168M piece of business. In 2020, she began her engineering career with Würth and currently supports two different OpCos at various customers.
Talk about the culture at your company. What makes it inclusive or supportive of women in engineering and automation?
Wurth是世界上最大的工业经销商，非常有一个家庭对业务的感觉。文化是基于团队，诚实，客户的第一和员工的增长。整个Wurth家族基于每个成员成为一个更好的人/员工。门打开了任何人追求职业选择，他们觉得他们最好。有一个促进员工的氛围，在新的发展中培养了行业特定的和商业环境本身。鼓励每个员工追求最适合其技能的利益领域。我们的工程团队是多元化的，包括不同专业领域的人，经验和教育。我们都在一起工作，帮助解决一些更复杂的机会。
Give an example of your involvement in, a design project, a product launch, the development of a new technology, or the adoption of a new technology or process.
Throughout the past years, it was a common belief baking electroplated parts with hardness of RC 39+ would alleviate the risk for hydrogen embrittlement. Through extensive testing, the fastener industry has found that baking parts with this hardness after electroplating does not alleviate this risk. In an effort to protect both our company and, most importantly, our customers, Wurth has mandated not selling product with hardness RC 39 or harder that have been electroplated. I have been working with our Quality and Sales teams to identify those parts that are at risk. I have then been reaching out to our customers’ engineering contacts to discuss their corrosion requirements and provide options for a finish that will alleviate this serious risk. This project is one I am proud of because I know we are making a big difference, not only for our customers, but in the consumer market as well.
首先让你到工程？
我一直被吸引到研究和了解如何制造的事情以及所有所涉及的过程的推理。在我的职业生涯中，我发现它令人着迷于紧固件的设计和制造。以前，我的心态是“螺丝是螺丝”。我很快就发现了这不是这种情况。进入设计和生产紧固件的细节和工程的数量是惊人的。在与客户合作储蓄/改进项目时，我喜欢看他们的产品是如何设计/制造的。当我能够协助设计一个允许我们的客户来改善他们的产品生活，生产过程并同时节省资金时，我会发现很满意。我与一个客户合作，我们设法将五个紧固件合并为一部分，并挽救了我们的客户数万美元。
描述您最大的工程挑战。你是如何征服或解决它的？或结果是什么？
在我曾经工作过的两家行业的我最大的职业挑战是一个男性主导的行业的女性。为了克服这种自然偏见，我努力证明我是我领域的专家，并拥有所需的知识库/理解，以便最好地为我工作的客户服务。我最喜欢的故事是当我在机床公司内部销售时。我正在手机上向客户解释，他们需要修理他们的机器所需的部分。他们不相信我知道我在谈论什么。然后他们打电话给我的男性同行，没有我的知识。我给了他讲述了我告诉过这个客户的剧本，他重复了这个词，销售了！从那时起，我决心克服这一偏见，并被视为我是谁。
你会给你的年轻人提供什么职业建议？
首先，我会告诉自己相信你是谁。每个人都有特殊的才能/技能，值得有机会成为他们想要的任何东西。然后，我会告诉自己坚持不懈，自信，跟随你的梦想，永远不要回头。生活并不容易，所以不要气馁，并耐心地根据您的工作道德在您面前开发的机会。生活是一段旅程，而不是一场比赛。
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