$300 million manufacturer of horticultural containers owned by Wingate Partners
+Corporate Pricing Manager 2019 - Present
+Cost Manager 2012 - 2019
+$1.5 billion PPG Industries (NYSE-PPG, Barberton plant)
+Cost Analyst 2010 - 2012
+$1 billion division of Masco (NYSE-MAS) manufacturing assembled and ready to assemble cabinetry
+Cost Analyst 2007-2010
+The University of Akron BS in Accounting GPA 3.3 2002-2006
+ + + + + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/paul_trowbridge.md b/paul_trowbridge.md index 5298db7..743d4d4 100644 --- a/paul_trowbridge.md +++ b/paul_trowbridge.md @@ -1,54 +1,53 @@ -Paul Trowbridge - -Stow, OH | 330.819.3826 | paul@hptrow.me | https://hptrow.me - -**Corporate Pricing Manager** - `The HC Companies, Inc. 2019 - Present` - -* Lead new pricing function established for the company -* Establish pricing targets and goals for quoted business -* Review all quotes and work with sales team to keep pricing in line with objectives -* Maintain price lists -* Ensure pricing is correct from quote to cash -* R language plotting and statistical analysis to base pricing decisions on - -**Cost Analyst** - `The HC Companies, Inc. 2012 - 2019 -_$200 million manufacturer of plastic horticultural containers owned by Wingate Partners (4 US, 2 Can sites)_ - -* Forecasting - 1. Develop sales planning framework and program - 2. Develop MRP logic to build production plans from sales plan - 3. Forecast balance sheet along with revolver and collateral balances. -* Accounting - * Build in-house financial consolidation logic - * Prepare internal financial statements - * Furnish live auto consolidating pivot of financials for mid-month reviews - * Bank recs for all cash and intercompany balances - * Rec L/T balance sheet items (revolver, term loans, intangibles, promissory notes, all equity) - * Accounting for mixed asset/stock acquisition - * In-house fixer for whatever comes up during close -* Systems/BI - * Develop test environment for staged cost rolls to model impact - * Build out sales data set and partner with commercial team to craft disciplined strategic pricing approach - * Develop SQL repository to collaborate with other users on (80k lines) - * Write small C# dotnet core ETL command line program to sync data from legacy ERP to Postgres - * Pioneer MS Power BI for the organization and demonstrate capabilities - -**Cost Analyst** `PPG Industries, Barberton Ohio 2010-2012` -_$1.5 billion Optical & Specialty Chemicals division of PPG Industries (NYSE-PPG, Barberton plant)_ - -* Responsibilities with standard costs, cost system, and all period end standard cost processing -* Annual operating plan coordination & consolidation -* Provide inventory & account accuracy plant-wide (reconciliations, physical inventories, etc.) -* Support (and implementation) of conversion from old proprietary COBOL system to SAP - -**Cost Analyst** `Masco Retail Cabinet Group, Waverly Ohio 2007-2010` -$1 billion division of Masco (NYSE-MAS) manufacturing assembled and ready to assemble cabinetry (1 of 5 plants) - -* Compile annual budgets and monthly spending forecasts -* Develop standard labor and overhead burden rates and explain subsequent variances -* Provide support for system conversion and standard cost system implementation -* Develop and maintain customized BOM explosion program & cost environment -* Maintain inventory accuracy through analyses and quarterly physicals -* Develop reporting out of ultra-large databases (billions of records) - -The University of Akron BS in Accounting GPA 3.3 2002-2006 +Paul Trowbridge +=== + +### [The HC Companies](https://hc-companies.com/) - [Wingate Partners](https://wingatepartners.com/) +$300 million manufacturer of horticultural containers owned by Wingate Partners + +**Corporate Pricing Manager** _2019 - Present_ +* Lead new pricing function for the company +* Develop, advocate, and execute price optimization strategy +* Build credibility & confidence with sales team through commitment, patience, and results +* Train staff to review all quoted business and apply current pricing guidance +* 70% price-based revenue growth over 3 years while gaining market share within a commodity product industry + +**Cost Manager** _2012 - 2019_ +* Setup New Accounting Processes Post Acquisition + * Build in-house financial consolidation logic + * Transfer Pricing and all intercompany accounting & elims + * Rec and Roll-forward L/T balance sheet items (revolver, term loans, intangibles, promissory notes, OCI, equity) + * Bank recs, 401k, payroll + * Accounting for mixed asset/stock acquisition +* Forecast Capabilities and Turn-Around + * Develop planning framework and program for quick ground up detail sales plan from sales team + * Develop MRP logic to build production plans from detail sales plan + * Forecast balance sheet along with revolver and collateral balances +* Data Deployment and Business Intelligence Introduction + * Syncronize quotes, orders, invoices with the ledger in a single data set for the org to consume + * Write Java ETL application to load data warehouse from live ERP + * Maintain linux server for pricing, sales, payroll workloads + * Pioneer MS Power BI for the organization and demonstrate capabilities through pricing analysis + +### PPG Industries Optical & Specialty Chemicals +_$1.5 billion division of PPG Industries (NYSE-PPG, Barberton plant)_ + +**Cost Analyst** _2010 - 2012_ + +* Responsibilities with standard costs, cost system, and all period end standard cost processing +* Annual operating plan coordination & consolidation +* Provide inventory & account accuracy plant-wide (reconciliations, physical inventories, etc.) +* Support (and implementation) of conversion from old proprietary COBOL system to SAP + +### Masco Retail Cabinet Group, Waverly Ohio +_$1 billion division of Masco (NYSE-MAS) manufacturing assembled and ready to assemble cabinetry_ + +**Cost Analyst** _2007-2010_ + +* Compile annual budgets and monthly spending forecasts +* Develop standard labor and overhead burden rates and explain subsequent variances +* Provide support for system conversion and standard cost system implementation +* Develop and maintain customized BOM explosion program & cost environment +* Maintain inventory accuracy through analyses and quarterly physicals + +## Education +The University of Akron BS in Accounting GPA 3.3 2002-2006