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Greenfield, Indiana, Us

- Conducted a top to bottom assessment of a division for a building materials producer, including all aspects of commercial, operational, process and personnel issues. Implementation of recommendations is underway.- Evaluated feasibility and planning for production facility capex project for a building materials producer, including capital equipment sourcing, facility construction planning and site selection.- Led M&A projects for a major building materials supplier, assessing multiple acquisition targets, conducting due diligence and formalizing the business development process- Codified and performed training of the nationwide Sales group for a building materials supplier on Commercial Strategy and Strategic and Tactical pricing processes

West Palm Beach, Fl, Us

Full P&L management of the world’s largest Sulphur & Sulphuric Acid marketing, trading and logistics company, a division of Oxbow Carbon, LLC, a privately held company owned primarily by Bill Koch.  $950M revenue 4.5M tons of material moved world-wide, 50% of the business in North America and 50% global Multiple divisions across several industries• Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid trading, logistics, shipping and rail car leasing business• Fertilizer sales, distribution, and terminal operations division• Specialty trucking division Took control of a business from the previous Owner/President who sold the business to Oxbow in 2011 and was retiring Introduced financial and process discipline to reduce costs, gain control of the commercial organization, and increase pricing and profitability/ton. Reduced fixed costs/SG&A by 25% (with no loss of productivity) while increasing volumes and margin, more than doubling EBITDA in one year and tripling it during my tenure.  Dramatically trimmed underutilized asset base - right sizing the industry’s largest fleet of rail cars down from 1,800 to 1,400, driving up asset utilization without a loss of customer service  Throughout tenure, had regular, bi weekly interaction with Chairman/Owner and Board members. In 2017 and in coordination with the Board, the Oxbow Executive Management Team (of which the President, Oxbow Sulphur was a member) determined that the growth strategy of the parent Oxbow Carbon, LLC. was going to change from one of aggressive growth, to one of selling off divisions to help focus Oxbow on its carbon-based businesses. Led the sale of the Fertilizer distribution business in 2017, the sale of the Trucking Division (Gulf Transport) in 2018, and finally, completed the sale of the remaining Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid business in 2019, in three separate transactions. All completed without losing key personnel or market share.

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mx

Full P&L responsibility for 28 quarries and distribution facilities, representing CEMEX’s largest single and most profitable P&L in the USA, with 10% of the US operations sales and 25% of its profitability in 2015. $450M Revenue and 450 Employees  Asset value of $2.6B Grew EBITDA from$36M EBITDA in 2010 to over $100M in 2015 Produced 20M tons annually, crushed rock and sand In five consecutive years:• Safety performance improved (already the best in Cemex)• Cash costs declined• Prices, volumes and margins increased by high single/low double-digit percentages, and • Reserve base grew, without utilizing limited capital Duties included leadership of all aspects of operations, sales, safety, resource/reserve planning, land acquisition, development and permitting, plus Government Affairs for the entire region.  Operations led included 10 hard rock quarries, 9 sand plants, 7 rail distribution yards, and 2 marine terminals, including one of the top 3 largest aggregate production facilities in the United States (3 of which are in the Lake Belt Region of South Florida). Led the group on a new Lean Manufacturing journey for continuous improvement and Sandler Sales Training program. Group had what was recognized in Cemex as the best safety culture in the company. The group also had the highest employee engagement of any business worldwide within Cemex. 5 year Executive Committee member of Florida Concrete and Products Assoc.

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mx

Following the acquisition of a business (Rinker) that doubled the size of the US operations, assigned responsibility for the Planning and Business Development duties in the East Region with total sales of over $2.0B and 3,500 employees across 250+ ready mix plants (12M cy), 8 cement plants (8Mtons), and 60 block plants (38M block) and 34 aggregate quarries and distribution facilities (20M tons).  Served as #2 to the President of the East Region and as the only Cemex member of the primarily Rinker management Team Implemented operational continuous improvement initiatives and commercial excellence (sales training, tactical and strategic pricing disciplines) across all product lines (ready mix, cement, aggregates and block) to drive overall performance Completed the overall restructuring of the business from a centralized functional organization to a regionally aligned business structure with P&L responsibility.  Tasked specifically with integrating the new Rinker operations with those of Cemex in the region. Duties included:• Strategic Planning/Business Development, Finance, Budget & Control, Continuous Improvement & Organizational Alignment

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mx

Develop Supply Chain Strategy, Manage national S&OP process and competitor/supplier relationships, develop new distribution assets, manage budget and control functions for department

Irving, Texas, Us

Global communications business analysis, corporate restructuring

Huntington Beach, Ca, Us

Managed international sales and account development

Mba, Finance, Corporate Strategy

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing/Marketing Management, General