Kurt Martin Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis Area

Accountable for company-wide planning and scheduling, internal supply chain/materials management, blending and crystallizing manufacturing operations, and warehousing/distribution. Team includes over 200 hourly and salary personnel. Leader of the Blown Film Business Team ($60M in revenue.)

• Global P&L responsibility for three animal feed additive businesses with sales that span over thirty countries on five continents.Accomplishments:
• In 18 months, returned the Antioxidant Business to profitability by increasing gross profit 16 percentage points through implementing disciplined pricing strategy, eliminating unprofitable products, and establishing.
• Successfully recommended exiting the Essential Fatty Acid and Early Nutritional business lines.

• Full P&L responsibility for a global business unit providing colorants to the Inkjet Inks, Paper, and Industrial Markets. Managed a team of direct reports from Manufacturing, R&D, Sales, Finance, Purchasing and Supply.
• Restored the Paper and Industrial business segments to profitability through manufacturing optimization, sales force and distribution realignment, and renewed strategic focus.
• Championed the development of new inkjet technology to meet changing market needs.

• Responsible for leading the growth of the Industrial Colorants Group into existing and new market areas. The Industrial Colors business provides dyes and pigment dispersions to a diverse array of markets including.
• Developed and successfully executed strategic growth initiatives into the Agro-science and HII Cleaners colorant market areas.
• Implemented a robust new-project pipeline process that generated over $4M in new sales over an 18-month time period, countering a difficult economic climate.

• General management of a $50M business including profit/loss accountability and strategy development. Rejuvenated the business by building a consistently profitable enterprise with growth opportunity for the.
• Increasing contribution income by 20% year-on-year (2005-2007)
• Developing the business strategy through converting knowledge of the airbag, tire, military, and industrial markets to strategic business objectives and tactical plans.
• Ensuring alignment of sales, supply chain, manufacturing, and technology with the strategy.
• Leading and developing a 45-person team of both direct and non-direct reports.

Nylon Plastic and PolymersManaged and grew a diverse customer base representing over $20M in annual revenue. The customer base included the automotive, electrical/electronic, wire management, compounding, and extrusion markets

Skydrol (Aviation Hydraulic Fluids)Led the successful implementation of MRPII (Manufacturing Resource Planning) on a worldwide basis for the Skydrol Business. Implementation resulted in improving customer service levels to above 95% (from 85%), $500K annualized cost reductions, and significant reductions in working capital.

Manage all apsects of a 15Mlb/yr manafucturing unit including direct supervision of 30 union, non-union, and engineering professionals

Miscellaneous manfucturing, engineering, production, and environmental roles in a chemical plant setting

Masters, Business Administration

Bachelor, Chemical Engineering