Paul Trowbridge
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### [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
  * Synchronize 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