Member of product management team for our Specialty Blends and Compounds portfolio. Support strategy development, execution and long range planning. Lead effort to incorporate Product Lifecycle Management (PLCM) principles as we look to imporve overall profitability of our portfolio.

Finance leader for polypropylene business in Bay St. Louis with full P&L responsibility. Work closely with operations, supply chain and commercial teams to deliver operating results. Exatec CFO responsible for budgeting, forecasting and analysis related to automotive glazing. Responsible for global automotive base cost, services analysis and headcount reporting. Manage working capital objectives for global automotive portfolio including AR / DSO / PD and DIOH metrics. Lead CAPEX reporting and planning for automotive investments. Conduct benchmarking and competitive analysis of key metrics and stakeholders within automotive landscape. Review and compile build information from LMC/JD Powers to support strategic business decisions across all poles.

Work with business units to accurately reflect sales and other sales related items such as: rebates, claims, discounts, licensing income, consignment inventory.

Work with Sourcing team to plan and track spend for indirect categories such as utilities, business services, packaging and information technology. Participate in vendor evaluation and selection meetings in order to ensure CTQ's will be/have been met. Analyze natural gas hedging program and present current position and recommendations for future actions.

Worked for Specialty Paper Division initially as a Financial Analyst. Shorlty after starting became financial implementation lead for global roll-out of SAP. Opportunity presented itself to learn about the front end of our business and I accepted the position of Senior Marketing Analyst. As part of my continued learning, I took on some account management resposibilities for Life Sciences and medical customers. I left to pursue opportunities outside of the paper industry.