Charlotte Metro
Being a mom to student athletes and an avid college sports fan, I’ve seen firsthand how on-field fundamentals translate directly to business results. I’ve spent my career evolving numerous companies in the chemicals industry the same way great sports teams win - aligned strategy, disciplined execution, strong collaboration and trust under pressure. ✔ Strategic Partnerships & Influence: I build alignment across stakeholders and suppliers to unlock value, accelerate decisions, and protect profitability. In business and sports, strong partnerships drive performance, building trust and coordination, turning a game plan into wins. ✔ Resilience, Risk & Continuity: In volatile market conditions, I lead risk management, contingency planning, and agility for business continuity. I’ve guided organizations through challenging conditions with no loss of sales or unplanned manufacturing disruptions. Across multiple M&A integrations, I’ve focused on continuity while minimizing disruption for customers and suppliers—like a coach managing their roster to mitigate risk and stay competitive. ✔ Operations Excellence: I challenge the status quo, develop new capabilities, and drive continuous improvement that increases efficiency and profitability. Being certified in Six Sigma Black Belt (MAIC) and IATF 16949 internal auditor, I bring a structured, metrics-driven approach—similar to how athletes practice, review film, and track performance to reach peak results. ✔ Perseverance: In baseball, an all-star hitter succeeds roughly 3 out of 10 at-bats — resilience matters as much as talent. I bring the same mindset to high-stakes negotiations and complex situations: learn, adjust, and keep moving the team forward. ✔ Team Leadership & Talent: “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” I build inclusive, high-performing teams and invest in growth through mentoring as a founding member of the Women in Chemicals Mentoring Steering Committee. Like a coach, I focus on clarity, accountability, and development as sustainable results come from stronger people, not just better plans. Like when the score is tied and there is high pressure to win the game, I help organizations win. I bring my multi-functional experience from the private and public sectors to create value and improve profitability by reducing complexity and strengthen resilience that makes financial performance repeatable. If your team is facing any challenges like these and need help winning, let’s connect.
Led $500M direct & indirect spend portfolio; managed 4-people team partnering with business and commercial leaders. Selected Accomplishments: • Revenue Protection & Risk Mitigation: Protected over $1M daily margin exposure via implementation of raw material risk management program, ensuring supply continuity and eliminating sole source vulnerabilities. • Value Creation: Deliveried $4M+ savings for top three raw materials in 2025 versus market indices through cost modeling program - shared insights enabling commercial price strategies. • ESG/Corporate Governance: Implemented Supplier Code of Conduct in collaboration with legal and aligned with Canadian forced labor regulations, ensuring compliance and supply resilience.
Global leadership team member overseeing $600M raw materials spend; managed 4-person team Selected Accomplishments - • Risk Mitigation: Mitigated $1M EBITDA risk by developing supply contingency plans for critical sole-sourced materials in collaboration with technical and product management. • Partner Strategy & Relationship Building: Launched supplier-technical innovation program with technical team, boosting supplier engagement and technical alignment to meet customer and market needs. • Cost Optimization & Revenue Protection: Identified $19M cost improvement to pursue, through value engineering (VAVE) and strategic sourcing, enhancing pricing competitiveness.
Promoted with to lead $150M critical raw materials globally; managed 10-person team. Selected Accomplishments: • Supplier Performance Management: Enabled IATF 16949 certification by implementing global supplier performance processes, supporting automotive customer requirements. • Supply Continuity & Revenue Protection: Secured and maintained raw material continuity during 2021 winter Gulf Coast storms, preventing manufacturing downtime and revenue loss. • Sustainability/ESG: Drove Ecovadis Gold certification via supplier sustainability policy and ESG initiatives, passing key customer audits and bolstering ESG credentials. • Risk Management & Revenue Protection: Shaped corporate risk framework including Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), hurricane contingency plans, and pandemic response.
Leadership team member building post-FMC divestiture procurement function; managed 5-person team. Selected Accomplishments: • Cost Optimization: Achieved over $9M of cost synergies within 20 months vis structured cost improvement program. • Continuous Improvement, Cross-functional engagement: Reengineered the financial forecasting with Finance, enhancing budget accuracy. • New Product Launch Support, Supply Continuity: Established alternative supplier network of unique raw materials for LIOVIX™ launch. • Supply Continuity: Secured cold-sensitive supply on a cost neutral basis with partners, enabling seasonal supply deliveries.
Newly created role post allnex-Nuplex acquisition; procurement business partner for critical raw materials. Estimated annual spend $150M. Selected Accomplishments: • Risk Mitigation & Supply Continuity: Ensured raw material continuity post-Hurricane Harvey via relationships and contingency plans, avoiding unplanned production stoppages. • M&A Integration: Delivered over $15M post-acquisition synergies within 15 months as a global team member. • Partner Strategy: Partnered with business leadership and commercial team on market intelligence, supporting price increase implementation across portfolio.
Transformed regional procurement into global, strategic function ($100M spend); managed 3 people; executive leadership member. Selected Accomplishments: • Strategy Development & EBITDA Expansion: Pioneered best practice procurement-regional business strategy alignment, driving 8 years record profit growth. • Cost Optimization: Achieved $7M cost optimization from 2014-2016, exceeding annual targets. • Cost Optimization & EBITDA Protection: Reduced $5M working capital in two months with Finance and Operations, improving cash flow and margin growth. • Customer & Partner Strategy: Collaborated with technical and commercial in securing supply options for ACURE(tm) pilot plant production and launch.