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Saint Simons Island, GA, US

Jacksonville, Florida, US

• Spearhead company's sustainability program, providing strategic vision and leadership in response to evolving customer and investor expectations
• Lead company's external affairs efforts, directing both internal and external lobbying strategies
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key stakeholders within industry associations, fostering collaboration and partnerships
• Conduct comprehensive analysis of legislative and regulatory policies, providing strategic guidance to executive team on potential impacts
• Collaborate with legal and compliance teams to ensure company's adherence to relevant laws and regulations
• Actively engage with political stakeholders, including government officials, agencies, and elected representatives, to build alliances and influence policy decisions

Jacksonville, Florida, US

• Responsible for leading RYAM's sustainability program, under the direction of the CEO with board oversight and engagement.
• Developed and implemented comprehensive sustainability program, including environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives
• Chair RYAM's sustainability council, overseeing cross-functional team of senior leaders responsible for executing annual sustainability plan
• Lead and manage internal team and external consultants in compiling and creating annual sustainability report and associated disclosures, including alignment with TCFD and SASB standards
• Address customer inquiries on RYAM's sustainability capabilities and initiatives, resulting in notable score increases from ESG rating firms including ISS, Sustainalytics, MSCI, CDP, and Ecovadis
• Support Investor Relations team in engaging with and presenting to investment firms, prioritizing ESG discussions

Jacksonville, Florida, US

Manage the ongoing enhancement of RYAM's commercially focused systems including - SAP S4, Integrated Business Planning, Salesforce and various Microsoft 365 solutions - to increase connectivity and collaboration both internally and with our customers.

Jacksonville, Florida, US

• Sales, Marketing and Operations Strategy:
• Manage key commercial relationships of North American portfolio responsible for >$90MM in annual sales.
• Pursue new customer opportunities to grow RYAM’s specialty cellulose portfolio.
• Collaborate with new business development and establish customers for our scientific innovations.
• Drive optimization opportunities in supply chain, reliably meeting our customer’s needs more efficiently.
• Lead evaluation of new CRM tool Salesforce on behalf of global sales team.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Manage key commercial relationships in North American portfolio responsible for >$50MM in annual sales
• Optimize supply chain routing across key NA accounts to both reduce costs and increase customer satisfaction
• Develop reporting capabilities that allow business to predict inefficiencies before they impact customers

Atlanta, GA, US

• Customer Strategic Planning and Execution
• Lead and manage a team of nine Customer Account Specialists supporting the GP Cellulose North American business, responsible for sales of >750K metric tons of pulp to 200+ customers across the USA and Canada.o.
• Bolster efficiency and effectiveness of customer support team by defining meaningful KPIs, providing clarity on current state of business and developing enhanced analytical tools and processes.
• Co-led design and currently implementing an internal supply versus demand balancing tool to allow business to more efficiently and consistently meet or exceed customer supply expectations with the end goal of.
• Lead cross functional teams in strategic projects focused on improving supply chain effectiveness, including: (i) developing long-term sourcing strategy for key global accounts; (ii) evaluating third party warehousing.
• Drive constant development of the customer account team’s technical and managerial skills through both formal and informal training.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Business Intelligence and M&A
• Supported internal cross functional team in due diligence efforts that resulted in GP’s offer to purchase Buckeye Technologies, Inc. – a market leader in the production of specialty cellulose – for $1.5Bn.
• Performed screenings and initial due diligence of potential market pulp M&A targets in North and South America.
• Developed long-term pricing forecast for both market and dissolving pulp through the analysis of market data and external consultants’ studies to be leveraged in all potential M&A assessments in the space.
• Co-led design and implementation of company’s automated financial forecasting process and tool (CAFFT); significantly increasing process efficiency, accuracy and accessibility of data companywide – with savings.
• Headed in-person and webinar training of corporate and regional sales offices in the use of the newly developed financial forecasting tool.

Alpharetta, Georgia, US

Offering business-to-business and business-to-consumer sales expertise, the company serves clients in the information technology, automotive, consumer electronics, and telecommunications industries with customized outsourced sales support, training, and recruiting, as well as various marketing services.; Assist in preparation of individual program budgets.

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Executive Education, Corporate Sustainability

Executive Education, Corporate Sustainability Management: Risk, Profit, And Purpose

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Finance