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<h2 id="paul-trowbridge"><strong>Paul Trowbridge </strong></h2>
<p>🗺 <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/aLXJdPrNZYw6touy6">Stow, Ohio</a> | 📱 <a href="tel:+3308193826">330.819.3826</a> | ✉ <a href="mailto:paul@hptrow.me">paul@hptrow.me</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/paultrowbridge/">LinkedIn</a></p>
<h3 id="the-hc-companies-2012---2023">———— <strong><a href="https://hc-companies.com/">The HC Companies</a></strong> ——————————————————— <em>2012 - 2023</em></h3>
<p><em>$250 million manufacturer of horticultural containers owned by <a href="https://www.platinumequity.com/news/platinum-equity-completes-acquisition-of-horticultural-container-manufacturer-hc-companies/">Platinum Equity</a></em></p>
<p><strong>Corporate Pricing Manager</strong> <em>2019 - Present</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Lead new pricing function for the company</li>
<li>Develop, advocate, and execute price optimization strategy</li>
<li>Build credibility & confidence with sales team through commitment, patience, and results</li>
<li>Train staff to review all quoted business and apply current pricing guidance</li>
<li>70% price-based revenue growth over 3 years</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Cost Manager</strong> <em>2012 - 2019</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Acquisition - Stand up independent ledgers and reporting
<ul>
<li>Accounting for mixed asset/stock acquisition; establish opening balance sheet</li>
<li>Build financial consolidation process with USD and CAD entities</li>
<li>Develop transfer pricing and all intercompany accounting & eliminations</li>
<li>Rec and Roll-forward L/T balance sheet items (revolver, term loans, intangibles, promissory notes, OCI, equity)</li>
<li>Bank recs, 401k reconciliations, new payroll system confuguration and reconciliations</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Detailed Ground-Up Forecasting & Planning
<ul>
<li>Develop sales forecasting tool to build and walk detail sales plans</li>
<li>Develop MRP logic to build production plans from detail sales plan</li>
<li>Forecast balance sheet along with revolver and collateral balances</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Data & Business Intelligence
<ul>
<li>Develop sales reporting database; fresh visibility and initiatives</li>
<li>Write Java ETL <a href="https://gitea.hptrow.me/pt/jrunner">application</a> to load data warehouse from live ERP</li>
<li>Maintain linux server for pricing, sales, payroll workloads</li>
<li>Pioneer MS Power BI for the organization and demonstrate capabilities through pricing analysis</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="ppg-industries">———— <strong>PPG Industries</strong> ————</h3>
<p><em>$1.5 billion optical and specialty chemicals division (NYSE-PPG)</em></p>
<p><strong>Cost Analyst</strong> <em>2010 - 2012</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Responsibilities with standard costs, cost system, inventory, and all period end standard cost processing</li>
<li>Annual operating plan coordination & consolidation</li>
<li>serve as SME for conversion from old proprietary COBOL system to SAP</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="masco-retail-cabinet-group">———— <strong>Masco Retail Cabinet Group</strong> ————</h3>
<p><em>$1 billion division of Masco (NYSE-MAS)</em></p>
<p><strong>Cost Analyst</strong> <em>2007 - 2010</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Compile annual budgets and monthly spending forecasts</li>
<li>Develop standard labor and overhead burden rates and explain subsequent variances</li>
<li>Provide support for system conversion and standard cost system implementation</li>
<li>Develop and maintain customized BOM explosion program & cost environment</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="education">Education</h2>
<p>The University of Akron | B.S. in Accounting | 2002-2006</p>
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