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Roswell, GA, US

Roswell, GA, US

Added responsibility for all supply chain in addition to procurement and logistics for Arclin’s businesses.

Roswell, GA, US

Kingsport, Tennessee, US

Selected for a new position to lead all direct procurement operations following a consultant lead organization redesign.Manage a team of 5-6 procurement category managers, covering specialty materials, commodities, and procurement operations across Eastman business segments.Oversee the North American Buyer organization with a supervising manager, 13.

Kingsport, Tennessee, US

Accepted a new position supervising a team of procurement managers while also supporting Eastman's Plasticizer Business Platform for Specialty and General Purpose.-Management of ~$200M of raw materials across multiple categories-Development of spend categorization effort to identify project level focus while mentoring a staff of new to procurement.

Kingsport, Tennessee, US

• Accepted an opportunity to support a Heritage Eastman Business Platform, Adhesives and Plasticizers. Role focuses on $200 M spend of Cracker Products used in the production of adhesive resins in the US as well as The.
• Competitive sourcing of limited raw materials from specialty cracker products. Including development of relationships in Asia with new entrants to the market and changing economics within the US.
• Secure contracts with suppliers in dominant or sole supplier positions to secure business plan objectives.

Kingsport, Tennessee, US

• Following the sale of Solutia Inc to Eastman Chemical Company, was the only corporate direct procurement employee to relocate to Eastman’s corporate headquarters in Kingsport, TN. Role focuses on Aromatics category.
• Completed a successful day 1 cutover of an acquisition of BP’s Turbine Oil business, adding $60 M in spend. No procurement services were transferred and integration was achieved error free despite no synergy of.
• Added $20 M in spend from addition of Performance Products business unit.
• Executed the unfortunate end and restructuring of multiple contracts due to solar business downturn, while avoiding required international and domestic purchases of over $39 M.

HU

• Direct Procurement Manager for Technical SpecialtiesAfter the sale of the Nylon Chain business unit, Global Procurement was reorganized. Selected for a new role as Global Strategic Raw Materials, Director Specialty.
• Expanded business opportunities leading to the largest sales contract in the company by sourcing $27M raw materials in Asia.
• Negotiated the restart of an idle unit in Asia for a sole supply contract for a major finished good.
• Globalized Benzene spend ($40M) and Alkylate spend ($26M), resulting in multiple years of savings across regions ($2M)
• Negotiated a reprocess program for rare earth catalyst for a savings of $3.4M

• Offered & accepted a dual role reporting to the VP of Global Procurement in the corporate HQ in St. Louis as Global Strategic Procurement Manager for the Specialty Fluids Business & the St. Louis Area Procurement.
• Developed Procurement Strategies for Heat Transfer Fluids, Aviation Fluids, and Entrepreneurial Growth Platform
• Developed supply agreements for $35M of raw material including specialty alkylates, phosphate esters, and proprietary chemicals and $44M of indirect materials ranging from MRO items to site services.
• Organized facilities management for Global HQ building in St. Louis culminating in the replacement of contracting firm and on site management. The effort resulted in a $100k savings in fees and $50k in headcount expense.

• As a result of successes achieved as Business Ops Planner, selected to step into a newly created procurement role to prepare environmental contracts for bankruptcy exit & centralizing a $15M contract mfg. spend into a.
• Contracted $16M environmental spend including remediation & consulting efforts, a mandatory step in bankruptcy exit plan.
• Organized $15M of contract mfg spend - previously managed differently in each of the 4-platforms - leading to stabilization of spend & procurement with authority to reduce vendors thru consolidation of spend & reduced.
• Organized over $10M of distributor chemicals spend into a centralized category. This allowed consolidation of vendors and better visualization of pricing consistency. The end result was less stock outs and leverage in.

• Accepted promotion to relocate to the Global HQ in St. Louis, MO & serve in a high profile, high visibility position as the S&OP Supply Chain Manager in the $1.9B Nylon Chain. Role oversaw Supply Chain Integration &.
• Led Integrated Nylon Supply Chain thru 2-major hurricane events that resulted in force majeure interruptions shortly after Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Repaired extensive damage to sites infrastructure, raw material.
• Led a lean manufacturing event to redesign the S&OP to a non-carpet focus, while maximizing Nylon Intermediates production to record production and sales levels of dry adipic acid.
• Performed chemical swaps w/competitors & suppliers/customers in excess of 100M lbs., saving ~$2M in freight costs.

• Selected to supervise Acrilan Intermediates operating areas and engineering department following a reorganization of multiple roles. Areas of oversight included polymerization units, solvent manufacturing and recovery.
• Created/implemented plan to address losing 35% of work force & 75% of leadership roles due to attrition. Implementation prevented escalation of the 2-phase shutdown plan. Polymer yields & quality were at high points at.
• Created a $250k revenue stream thru sales of polymer while also saving $1M in disposal cost & reuse.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

St. Louis, Missouri, US