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Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

• Single point of focus, coordination and leadership oversight for all digital initiatives and projects in the areas of Manufacturing, Quality Management, Plant Maintenance, and Mechanical Integrity• Manage daily support issues and system enhancement initiatives• Develop a thorough understanding of the partner’s strategic direction, business needs and drivers, and existing systems. Facilitate alignment of IT strategies to partners business objectives.• Partner with business leadership to plan new joint initiatives, evaluate proposals, and determine how they fit into business capability roadmaps and priorities.• Partnered with enterprise architecture to develop and maintain multi-year business capability roadmaps.• Lead the prioritization process, obtaining stakeholder buy in, identifying and promoting those projects which will improve Hexion value by increasing EBITDA, cashflow, compliance and safety• Ensure business value realization and optimization, business case development, financial awareness, manage expectations, and identify opportunities to add value.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• Managed global team of SAP functional and technical analysts supporting PP/PI, QM, PM, MM, MRP support, enhancement, and implementation initiatives

• Lead single global instance implementations of SAP QM module within multiple sites globally, from fit-gap analysis, user training, master data gathering and building, process design, through go-live and support phases• Perform IMG configuration• Support SAP QM and integration points for the MSC organization• Provide training and documentation for end users• Troubleshoot QM related issues• Proficient in ABAP debugging / troubleshooting• Coordinate business testing and approvals of new functionality or resolutions to problems• Develop SAP program and report specifications to translate business needs into ABAP requirements• Use BW query building & Excel VBA skills to build advanced BW reports• Assist with security role creation and maintenance• Assist on additional Operations (PP/PP-PI/MM) support as needed• Support bolt on statistical process control software (Statistica SEWSS)

Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States

Production Manager - Fayetteville, NC Forest Products Division• Managed staff of 34 production operators and Lead Technicians• Responsible for oversight of five production lines encompassing 130+ products (650 - 700 MM lbs/yr) - Including Urea-Formaldehyde (UF), Phenol-Formaldehyde (PF), Wax emulsions, Hexamine (solid & liquid), Formaldehyde and derivatives• Responsible for plant approvals of new products• SAP Quality Management (QM) Subject Matter Expert• Developed technological solutions to improve analytical testing efficiency and accuracy. Introduced Near-Infrared (NIR) technology to the company for rapid analysis of finished formaldehyde products• Drive capacity creation and efficiency efforts• Interface with sales and technical service on a regular basis to resolve customer issues, and also to drive continuous improvement activities • Ensure plant associates follow local and corporate guidelines on safety, operating procedures, environmental, and quality• Navigated production units through a site reorganization, building strong cross-functional teams

Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States

Regional QA manager for Eastern North America Forest Products division• Support and oversee Quality Assurance functions and initiatives throughout manufacturing plants within the region• Active role in responding to product and process non-conformances and quality incidents using structured problem solving tools, implementing corrective action(s) to prevent recurrence• Develop and promote use of effective continuous improvement activities throughout region• Implemented SAP QM module in three East Coast plants• Actively drove continuous improvement by working with manufacturing leaders, process engineering, technical service and supply chain to reduce repeat non-conformances

Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States

Lead lab technician for Fayetteville, NC site - Forest Products Division• Analytical method development to ensure accurate, reproducible analyses • Working directly with manufacturing teams to improve production efficiency and first pass quality using statistical tools• Review of all new formulations to maintain data integrity and organization between SAP and LabWare LIMS• Customer presentation and reporting • Analytical instrument maintenance and troubleshooting• Developed analytical testing equipment calibration system using SAP PM/QM

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemistry

Mba, Mba - Technology Management

B.S, Chemistry; Minor Physics