Patrick Horner Email & Phone Number

Midland, Michigan

• Owner of Dow’s global end to end purchase requisition to purchase order process.• Led a team to operate key global platforms including Ariba, Elemica and Supply Chain Financing to deliver significant working capital improvements.• Implemented robotics to deliver 21% increase in global PR to PO automation exceeding industry best-in-class benchmarks.

Horgen, Switzerland

- Strategic management of a $50MM packaging portfolio for EMEA region.

Midland, Mi

• Responsible for commercial relationship and strategic direction between Dow Performance Silicones and the External Manufacturers for North America and Europe.

Midland, Mi

• Manage 22 categories with a combined spend of $100MM supporting $3B in annual leveraged sales revenue, including strategic sourcing and purchasing of Precious Metals, Catalysts, Bulk Gases, Hydrocarbons, Silica, and specialty materials for the semiconductor industry.• Develop category plans outlining strategies and tactics to deliver performance and cost improvements for responsible categories resulting in a 14% price reduction in 2015 ($14MM).• Leverage manufacturing process knowledge to anticipate and negotiate price through intimate understanding of vendor production methods and key market drivers.• Lead negotiations, create, and manage multimillion dollar contracts with critical suppliers.

Midland, Mi

• Led a start-up team of 6 through installation and successful commissioning of a new $7MM capital project to support $30MM in business growth in 2016.o 42 week construction completed incident and injury free.o Received internal Manufacturing Achievement Award following project completion.• Developed and led a team to increase reactive distillation column OEE from 60% to 90% through the use of Six Sigma methodologies that directly resulted in an annual revenue growth of $1MM.• Mentored Associate Manufacturing Engineers through complex capital projects to ensure design and implementation was completed safely, on schedule, and within budget.

Midland, Mi

• Managed operation of 3 continuous and 4 batch processes responsible for $1B in annual leveraged sales revenue.• Implemented project to successfully eliminate process bottleneck resulting in $200M annualized waste cost savings and $750M annualized revenue growth.• Supported design and led installation and start-up of 6 key capital projects ranging from $100M to $1MM.

Midland, Mi

• Supported multiple processes across 5 buildings leveraging greater than $2B in sales revenue.

Catlettsburg, Ky

• Assisted in forecasting and planning of crude oil scheduling.• Determined loss time and downstream affect of process upsets daily.• Provided extensive economic information and calculations to intra-company departments.

Detroit, Mi

• Provided daily manufacturing operation support to several crude oil processing units.• Complete weekly heat exchanger fouling reports to determine maintenance needs.• Lead a team to conduct testing of heat exchanger water wash systems to prevent corrosion and fouling.• Communicated daily with foreman, operators, and contractors to complete projects promptly and effectively.• Participated in debutanizer tower inspections for Fall 2009 turn around.

Catlettsburg, Ky

• Participated in extensive hydrotreating and ultra-low sulfur diesel catalyst studies.• Worked daily with pilot plant equipment.• Provided support in a multi-million dollar catalyst repack of Vacuum Gas Oil Column.• Completed over 30 hours of instructional and on-site safety training.

Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, 3.9