2.8 KiB
2.8 KiB
**Paul Trowbridge **
Stow, Ohio | 330.819.3826 | paul@hptrow.me | LinkedIn
------------ The HC Companies ------------
$250 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
Cost Manager 2012 - 2019
- Acquisition - Stand up independent ledgers and reporting
- Accounting for mixed asset/stock acquisition; establish opening balance sheet
- Build financial consolidation process with USD and CAD entities
- Develop transfer pricing and all intercompany accounting & eliminations
- Rec and Roll-forward L/T balance sheet items (revolver, term loans, intangibles, promissory notes, OCI, equity)
- Bank recs, 401k reconciliations, new payroll system confuguration and reconciliations
- Detailed Ground-Up Forecasting & Planning
- Develop sales forecasting tool to build and walk detail sales plans
- Develop MRP logic to build production plans from detail sales plan
- Forecast balance sheet along with revolver and collateral balances
- Data & Business Intelligence
- Develop sales reporting database; fresh visibility and initiatives
- 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 ------------
$1.5 billion optical and specialty chemicals division (NYSE-PPG)
Cost Analyst 2010 - 2012
- Responsibilities with standard costs, cost system, inventory, and all period end standard cost processing
- Annual operating plan coordination & consolidation
- serve as SME for conversion from old proprietary COBOL system to SAP
------------ Masco Retail Cabinet Group ------------
$1 billion division of Masco (NYSE-MAS)
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
Education
The University of Akron | B.S. in Accounting | 2002-2006