Gregory Down Email & Phone Number

Procurement and Project Manager with a remarkable record of success in diverse and increasingly challenging assignments with DuPont and Invista. In the last 9 years at Invista, developed strategies, implemented tactics and delivered over $150M of value. Visionary thinker who has developed and successfully implemented strategies and lead multi-discipline and multi-national teams. Achieved exceptional results through superior leadership, networking, team building, customer focus and interpersonal skills.

• Procurement Manager/ Project Manager/Site Manager

  Invista

  May 2004 - Jul 2013 - Wilmington De

  • Developed strategies and maximized value of closed production facilities globally. Analyzed leadership determining which production facilities should be closed and dismantled. Reassessed assets redeployed to production sites. Managed business headquarters for 2 of 4 businesses and associated laboratories including renovation and upgrades of facilities. Lead $4.6M renovation of regional headquarters and $10.1M Capital Project of ARC (Applied Research Center) lab. • Generated over $50M value by closed or selling 9 national and global production facilities. • Avoided $73M costs by redeploying assets. • Saved over 50% in purchasing negotiations of regional headquarters by developing discount strategy. Created a team that developed processes and implemented strategies that enabled Business and R&D to manufacture new products and existing products that could not be manufactured at existing facilities. but were products. Worked with director of Real Estate and negotiated office leases across North America and was Site Manager for Three Little Falls (Regional Headquarters).• Identified and qualified new suppliers profit increased $40M over this period based on annual expenditure of $165M for Contract Manufacturing and tolling services fees• Deliver over $6M in cost savings with lower tolling fees and negotiated 25+ year old contract protecting protected and Koch Industries by leading negotiation team on 2 $20M tolling contracts. • Protected company and provided optionality by worked with legal and finance departments in development of contract manufacturing and tolling agreements that incorporated articles and provisions.• Saved over $4.5M in costs by leading a team to identify and qualify new tollers so company wouldn’t have single or sole source contractors bidding on opportunities