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Hockessin, De, Us

Hockessin, De, Us

Wilmington, De, Us

Drove / improved EHS, operational discipline, process capability, total production, fixed costs, maintenance reliability, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE3) & team renewal/ restructuring.

Wilmington, De, Us

Enhanced integrated PS&R team accountabilities and business priorities with streamlined Chemours team, strengthened regional commercial team roles to address ongoing PS&R capability.

Wilmington, De, Us

Commercial leader driving and integrating key global and regional programs and improvements to deliver sustainable earnings and cash improvement in this $2.5B industry leading business.

Wilmington, De, Us

Global Sales Executive in a $2 billion industry leading chemicals business, responsible for strategic planning, revenue and relationship growth with leading global coatings (paint) and plastics customers / partners while driving mutual profitable business growth. Direct revenue accountability of $80 million+ per year.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

Consultant / contract program manager role. Drove North America Procurement regional program to define and deliver variable cost improvement through supplier development and strategic supplier / raw material projects. Engaged cross-functional teams including Axalta Procurement, Technology and Operations as well as supplier team members to assess and drive variable margin productivity and supplier development.

A former DuPont business (DuPont Performance Coatings), $4.5B companyProductivity program leader, with a continuous improvement team of 14 people. Keys to success: cross-functional team and leadership engagement, coaching and developing project leaders, program management planning and results (PMO) aligned with business strategy. NA S&OP, integration leader, aligning short- and long-term supply capability, plans, goals and needs across three business segments with continuous improvement goals / plans and financial / business objectives. ➢ Achieved $23 million variable cost improvement as program leader of a cross-functional VCOGS improvement team. ➢ Validated $5 million Operations Lean Six Sigma benefits in 2013, integral to total NA Six Sigma PTOI benefits of $15 million. ➢ Restructured Global Operations continuous improvement processes, leading development of global continuous improvement principles. Led NA CI process implementation with Operations leaders and teams across 5 manufacturing sites, 3 supply chain teams and 7 distribution centers.

Wilmington, De, Us

Led DuPont Production Systems (DPS) implementation and integration, the DuPont Operations operational excellence program, at 23 global manufacturing sites. Actively engaged core team member of the Corporate DPS Project Management Office, further refining DPS processes, roles, capability and impact. North America Operations Lean Six Sigma program leader for a team of 11 people. ➢ Delivered NA regional LSS program / project cost and working capital productivity improvements of $10 million in 2012 and $8 million in 2011.➢ Drove global DPS / operational excellence implementation and capability, essential to delivering against annual operations productivity improvement objectives of 4.5% fixed-cost, $50 million+ variable-cost, and 2%-3% working capital.

Wilmington, De, Us

Global finished product supply chain leader for a $2B+ revenue business. Managed a $200 million budget, effectively planning and executing short- and long-term supply chain strategies, goals and objectives. Led global supply / demand, production, capacity, warehouse, distribution, and logistics planning for 1 million tons/year across five manufacturing sites, delivering quality titanium dioxide (TiO2) products to customers while optimizing cost-to-serve, working capital and supply chain SCOR performance metrics / KPIs. Managed a global team of 40+ supply chain resources, direct and indirect reports.➢ Led a cross-functional global supply chain assessment program focused on significant cost and inventory improvements. Drove program from scope | contract development through implementation planning, acting as program leader and member of the program steering team. This initiative delivered in excess of $5 million of business cost and working capital improvement; reinforced priority for uptime improvement to drive production capability with minimum capital investment.➢ Generated 20% inventory reduction vs. plan, delivering $25 million cash benefit while exceeding global 2009 sales goals.➢ Guided global, integrated supply team to effectively manage through the 2008 market demand reduction / economic crisis and 2009 recovery. Collaborated cross-functionally to quickly adjust supply, production, inventory and cost, focusing on clear internal and external communications. Effectively positioned supply capability for rapid 2009 market recovery, leveraging inventory management capability while reestablishing constrained production capacity, supporting a 1% market share growth.

Wilmington, De, Us

Responsible for $160 million revenue, leading a team of sales account executives selling TiO2 into the NA plastics market. Defined and led plastics market segment sales, marketing and customer relationship strategies and objectives as part of the NA business leadership team.➢ Retained a market share position in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina caused a six-month shutdown of the Delisle, Mississippi TiO2 plant (30% of global capacity). Developed and led internal and external communication plans and processes to minimize customer impact.➢ Revenue growth of more than 20% in a 4-year period with market growth of less than 2% annually during this period. Developed strategies and plans to strengthen strategic customer relationships, total value offering, portfolio segmentation, effective price management, and targeted share gain.

Wilmington, De, Us

Led a global cross-functional team to deliver $2.7 million cost savings, identifying industry best practices, leveraging best practices and capability across five manufacturing sites, and focusing on step-change process improvement.

Wilmington, De, Us

Site production leader of a 130+ person production team at a high-hazards manufacturing site in a difficult union environment. Played a key role in defining and implementing site transformation strategy, including significant resource restructuring, while producing 120,000 tons/year TiO2, supporting $200 million/year revenue and meeting customer needs.