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Temecula, Ca, Us

Ludwigshafen, De

I lead BASF’s Western US Automotive Coatings team (65+ customer-facing employees) to deliver profitable growth through providing our customers with the best and most sustainable products in the industry. I direct my team of Regional Business Managers, Business Development Managers, and Technical Managers to lead their teams to success across the 27 states that are under my responsibility.

Kingsport, Tennessee, Us

Promoted to Sales Director for North America & Latin America for all adhesives products when Business Units were combined.(Synthomer acquired Eastman's Adhesive business on 04/01/22).

Kingsport, Tennessee, Us

(Synthomer acquired Eastman's Adhesive business on 04/01/22) - Adhesives Business Unit - Commercial Leader and Sales Manager for North America and Latin America who drove growth through managing and leading a team of top-class technical sales and business development professionals.

Brussels, Be

Sales Director of the Technology Solutions' GBU responsible for growing distribution revenue through managing both internal resources and an extensive network of external channel partners on six continents while developing and implementing corporate commercial excellence strategies. GBU Product Categories: Polymer Additives, Phosphorous Specialties, Mining Chemicals.

Brussels, Be

Drove product line growth (sodium percarbonate) for the peroxides GBU by leading initiatives in marketing, promotions, pricing, channel selection, and directing Account Managers' activities.*Held this position and my Sales & Distribution Manager role concurrently.

Brussels, Be

Sales Manager and Commercial Leader responsible for driving my team's success in Western North America for the Hydrogen Peroxide GBU. Markets: Pulp & Paper, Medical, Hygiene, Chemical Synthesis, Industrial.

Houston, Tx, Us

Grew PVC & CPVC compound sales directly at strategic key accounts and through managing a regional distribution network to deliver exceptional results in a competitive market through relationship building and product differentiation (Axiall was acquired by Westlake Chemicals in 2016).

Farmington, Ct, Us

Led all direct and distribution sales activities in Western US through hunting/closing new business in an unestablished / greenfield sales territory for a leading independent thermoplastic compounder.

Boston, Ma, Us

Grew territory revenue through direct technical sales and OEM driven specification for General Electric's thermoplastics division (GE Plastics was acquired by SABIC in 2007).

Petaluma, California, Us

Managed and grew a large territory in the value-added building materials industry through direct sales and pull-through specification of high-end trim boards and moldings.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

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