Responsibility for supply management of $1.1 billion Polymer segment product lines, with global accountability for maximizing contribution margin through asset, demand and product optimization.

- Responsibility for supply management of $600MM product line, with global accountability for maximizing contribution margin through asset, demand and product optimizationo Manufacturing facilities located in Belpre, Ohio; Wesseling, Germany; Berre, France; Kashima, Japan; Mailiao, Taiwan and Paulinia Brasil- Management of global inventory levels to meet business targets and achieve expected customer product availability- Coordination of supply in order to maximize production economics- Functional leadership responsibility for supply planning team at 8 global locations in a matrix organization to manage production schedule and inventory replenishment- Obtain defined reduction in inventory while maintaining customer service levels- Develop raw materials plans and communicate procurement needs to support production

- Responsibility for all procurement, contracting and supplier management aspects of logistics services in the EMEA region.- Directed, prioritized, and coached the logistics planning team in Europe- Lead negotiation of major logistics contracts insuring cost and service performance met needs- Management of $32MM Logistics Budget- Established short and long term strategic improvements in the logistics chain to improve costs and customer performance

- Responsibility for leading, executing, and completing DMAIC projects- Assistance in identifying project opportunities and refining project details and scope- Reporting of project progress to the project champion and the process owners- Mentoring, training and knowledge transfer to other Black Belts, Green Belts and the organization

- Owned supply/demand planning process for 110kt production unit in Wesseling, Germany- Planed all manufacturing constraints, continuity of supply and market requirements within cost- Organized and coordinated the whole process of executing sales orders, supply and transport- Applied appropriate software tools to assure the best possible level of flexibility around plant scheduling