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New York, United States

Waterford, New York, United States

Waterford, NY

Responsibilities include: (1) Working with Senior Leadership to develop and execute corporate strategy. (2) Support development and execution of business unit and functional strategies in support of Corporate strategy. (3) Competitive Intelligence. (4) Strategic Channel Management.

Waterford, NY

Globally responsible for maximizing profitability and developing operational capabilities to meet growth plans of four distinct product lines. Responsibilities included pricing, product lifecycle management, inventory, and capacity planning.

Responsible for developing and managing global business serving the Solar Industry with Silicone based solutions.

Waterford, NY

Responsible for global Release Coatings and PSA business; including global strategy, growth, profitability and technical support. Manage diverse team to meet financial objectives as well as develop and execute robust pipeline of new products to promote globally.

Responsible for double-digit margin growth of America’s business portfolio. Developed and executed price increases while growing Specialty sales. Daily responsibilities include price, contract, portfolio and inventory management. Accountable for setting priorities for Commercial, Technology, and Manufacturing teams.

Responsible for growing product line through direct and distribution channels. Managed distributor base to improve accountability and share of mind.

Responsible for Distribution strategy and tactics, including portfolio management, incentive programs and strategic relationships. Succeeded in growing distribution sales while increasing ASP and margin rates.

Responsible for the strategic planning, profitability, growth, and service of Release Coatings & PSA business in the America’s. Successfully negotiated several long term contracts with strategic accounts. Commercialized new products that improved customer productivity and maintained queue of new Technology programs for future growth.

Identified new opportunities for silicone coatings and executed new business closes.

Account manager for $10MM sales territory. Developed and maintained new business for nine product lines within the adhesives and coatings marketplace, achieving 8% margin increase. Developed relationships with Senior Management, Research Scientists, Purchasing and Manufacturing functions that were used to competitive advantage.

Developed and executed strategies to achieve double digit growth in the medical and solar film market segments. Supported both core and new customers through productivity programs and new product introductions. Management award for performance as acting Adhesives Business Manager for seven months.

Accountable for the daily operations, budgeting, process safety audits, cost reduction, process improvements and operator training of Butanol, Methanol and Formaldehyde recovery units. Reorganized the department to eliminate shift supervisors and cross-train operators.

Responsible for the process, quality, and cost reduction of two product lines across three reactor chains. Increased capacity by over 20 percent through process optimization and operator training.

Mba

Bachelor'S, Chemical Engineering & Material Science

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