Experience

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics

• United States
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• R&D Finance and Portfolio Strategist

  • 2014 - Dec 2017

  Solon, OH USA Developed and managed annual budget process and strategic planning process for 60M€ R&D organization that tied together schedules and data for ten business units to allow R&D management to understand the overall financial position of the business. Created new monthly reporting and analysis that allowed R&D management to track and compare spending to plan resulting in less "underspending" and overspending. Designed R&D project portfolio metrics that allowed for portfolio… Show more Developed and managed annual budget process and strategic planning process for 60M€ R&D organization that tied together schedules and data for ten business units to allow R&D management to understand the overall financial position of the business. Created new monthly reporting and analysis that allowed R&D management to track and compare spending to plan resulting in less "underspending" and overspending. Designed R&D project portfolio metrics that allowed for portfolio comparisons among businesses and improved database data quality.

• Financial Analyst

  • 2010 - 2014

  Developed improved dashboard for daily reporting needed when a business restructure rendered the then-used dashboard obsolete. The new dashboard is easier to maintain, takes advantage of Excel’s improved display and graphing capabilities, and incorporates new market segment and ship-to analyses. Led successful effort to bring India manufacturing data into the Data Warehouse needed due to the continually increasing importance of India manufacturing capacity. Devised numerous… Show more Developed improved dashboard for daily reporting needed when a business restructure rendered the then-used dashboard obsolete. The new dashboard is easier to maintain, takes advantage of Excel’s improved display and graphing capabilities, and incorporates new market segment and ship-to analyses. Led successful effort to bring India manufacturing data into the Data Warehouse needed due to the continually increasing importance of India manufacturing capacity. Devised numerous improvements to monthly close processes that improved accuracy of reporting and shortened close time. Implemented major improvements in the input data sheets for annual budgeting and strategic planning processes to increase user experience satisfaction and facilitate the gathering of data from multiple sources.



Strategy&

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • 2004 - 2006

  Developed model for global plastic injection molding machinery manufacturer used to determine the most effective manufacturing network configuration in order to assist client in reorganizing business model. Recommended elimination of German manufacturing operation and streamlining of the product offering to align the cost structure with industry. Led to $12M annual cost savings. Generated scale and complexity curves for window manufacturer to evaluate current state of manufacturing and… Show more Developed model for global plastic injection molding machinery manufacturer used to determine the most effective manufacturing network configuration in order to assist client in reorganizing business model. Recommended elimination of German manufacturing operation and streamlining of the product offering to align the cost structure with industry. Led to $12M annual cost savings. Generated scale and complexity curves for window manufacturer to evaluate current state of manufacturing and to compare to industry focusing on future growth. Recommended that centralization of common functions and application of lean principles would reduce costs to scale. Show less



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance Manager

  • 2001 - 2004