Managed $340 M division, including all business operations, growth initiatives, and strategic planning worldwide. Span of control included leading commercial, technical, and product management functions, optimizing asset utilization across 6 production sites and providing advisory leadership for 2 Asian JVs.• Spearheaded profitability turnaround delivering +8% CAGR EBITDA over last 8 years getting the team, company management, and the marketplace to believe in this business unit again.• Created a more responsive and market-driven organization through effective organizational redesign, change management, and (re) branding strategies that substantially increased customer satisfaction and retention• Strengthened culture of operational productivity and quality, integrating program of capacity management, upgrading procurement sourcing capabilities, and selective portfolio rationalization that generated +18 kMT of incremental capacity and saving $11 M in CapEx, while reducing incompatibility defects by 94%.• Directed M&A activities including screening of 7 bolt-on targets, conducting 2 full due-diligences, and supporting $1.1 B divestiture and $1.4 B merger that delivered in excess of $11 M in revenue and cost synergies

Facilitated business in the Americas through close collaboration with 4 global BUs, interfacing with local authorities, building high performance organizations, managing fiduciary / legal duties, and strengthening cross-functional alignment and communication, ensuring delivery of regional ambitions.• Coordinated cross-functional efforts to integrate $185 M acquisition into the Americas, including legal entity mergers, harmonization of business and HR processes, and successful SAP transition.• Harmonized multi-BU channel strategy for Latin America, addressing customer segmentation, distributor selection and contracts, and performance management criteria.• Championed enterprise initiatives (e.g, Human Capital Plan) and local community outreach programs (e.g., STEM partnership) to successfully build and foster employee engagement and loyalty

Oversaw regional P&L for $124 M Asia Pacific operations, including managing commercial teams to achieve budgeted sales, EBITDA, and NWC targets; drive employee engagement, leadership development, and culture change.• Increased new customer acquisitions within first year by revising incentive program for direct sales force and re-energizing distributorship program delivering +7.6 M$ in incremental revenue• Responded quickly to 2011 crisis in Japan (Fukushima) and Thailand (Bangkok floods) via rapid re-qualification of alternative production sources and customer prioritization, enabling business unit to exceed budget• Organized a management training initiative to prepare local leadership to take on more autonomy and transition away from a multi-national “expat model”

Provided strategic direction, functional leadership, and integrating Marketing “best practices” into $445 M radiation cure coatings business.• Designed and implemented 5-year strategic plan, while restructuring business to compete more effectively in both specialty and commodity segments.• Boosted NPI productivity >30% in first year through combination of project rationalization, reprioritization, and resource reallocation, leading to $8 M in new sales.• Formed NBD team to develop new markets for inhouse technologies resulting in $22 M in prospective business.

Managed $144 M / 67-person business unit growing sales (in)organically $65 M over 4 years (+82%), including capture of 48 new customer applications.

Developed and deployed New Product Introduction (NPI) metrics and procedures adopted as corporate-wide best practice; percentage of sales from new products achieved 22%. Increased level of partnership activity across business unit, including development work with 7 global chemical suppliers and 3 equipment manufacturers / contract tollers.

Managed M&A projects across 6 SBUs including strategic targeting, financial valuation, liaising with investment bankers; analysis and recommendations provided to the CEO and executive committee

Partnered / coached senior leadership teams to improve operating performance and reduced operating costs using Six Sigma and Lean methodologies, helping meet 2-year 8% reduction in Cost of Production target.

Selected for Early Career Leadership Development Program, designed to provide rapid cross-functional, cross-business exposure to select management talent. Roles in aerospace division included:Business Manager Contracts & Pricing | Business Development Manager | Competitive Intelligence Analyst

Designed and conducted economic feasibility study to determine optimal U.S. market expansion strategies for company’s leading anti-thrombotic pharmaceutical product.