Kawasaki announces promotion
On July 11, Kawasaki Engines and Power Products, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based division of Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A., announced the promotion of a key member of its staff since 2002. Andrew Heilman was promoted to business projects specialist, giving him a broad opportunity to aid the company’s growth. His responsibilities will be focused in the areas of relationship management, strategic planning, and communications as they apply to the formulation of new business opportunities and projects.
Joining Kawasaki as a Dealer Technical Trainer, Heilman became OEM Applications Engineer in 2006. His primary role included interaction with the company’s sales managers, as well as engineering and sales staffs at partner OEM companies. Together, they performed and revised engine testing specifications and monitored installation configurations to ensure top-level performance and warranty compliance.
In his new position, Heilman will link Kawasaki’s business goals into multi-year projects, while maintaining priority oversight and ensuring continuity of project elements so that they meet completion goals in a timely manner.
According to Rodger Howe, executive director of the division, “Drew’s involvement in various aspects of our recent growth easily qualifies him to assume this very important post. We anticipate that his contributions to our future will be significant, and we’re all looking forward to working with him in this new capacity.”
Heilman is a graduate of Michigan State University’s MBA program, with an emphasis in supply chain management and leadership and change management. He also has a bachelor of science from Western Michigan University in automotive engineering technology and business management.
