Chris A. Lenegar

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Professional Summary

AOC, LLC

-Hired as Manager of Sourcing and Procurement for AOC Resins in 2007. Appointed Global Procurement V.P. in October 2012

-Reported to the CEO. Responsible for a 5-person corporate purchasing managing direct spend > $600MM and indirect spend >$120MM. Oversaw all raw material procurement for use in AOC’s global resin manufacturing sites including six in North America five in Europe; Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Spain, and the U.K., and three in S.E. Asia

-Drove year over year savings through deployment of multi-step strategic sourcing process as well as tactical savings through inventory and delivery optimization for best total cost of ownership lower working capital and longer DPO, faster cash conversion for the company

-Built and developed a new team after retirements of long-term experienced team members

-Recognized in mutual (360 type) reviews as an exceptional teacher and leader with outstanding recall for details, situations, and scenarios.

-Created a highly valued collaborative role for Procurement’s place on the Management Operating Committee consisting of 7 V.P.s, CFO, and CEO

-Key role in several Due Diligence projects on the sell side and potential acquisition side.

-Created value as both real cost savings and cost avoidance by developing and nurturing vendor relationships from the vendor sales contact level to vendor’s C level executives.

-No plant disruptions due to lack of raw materials during extreme weather events or unplanned vendor production outages.

-Created and deployed bespoke methodologies for calculating, verifying, and tracking and communicating savings by category for all major direct categories

-Spend consisted of 15 to 20 major direct raw material direct categories with multimillion dollar spends and more than 300 SKUs for specialized additives, catalysts, drying agents, fillers, pigments, metals, etc.

-Drove cost out of packaging including drums, pallets, and IBC’s, LTL and bulk freight

-Managed procurement role in regulatory compliance matters (such as conflict minerals).

-Partnered with R&D to stay ahead of regulatory changes that ranged in impact from existential threat to our industry to very costly in time and resources.

Work History

AOC, LLC (2007 – 2020)

Vice President Global Purchasing

Manager, Sourcing and Procurement

Talichem /Tricon/Tolson (1994 – 2005)

Director of Trading, Various Trading Positions

Fina Oil and Chemical Company (1989 – 1994)

Region Sales Manager Polymers; Sales Manager Styrene Monomer; Feedstock Buyer

Rexene Corporation (1987 – 1989)

Polyethylene Product Manager; Export Manager; Senior Sales Representative

Borg Warner Chemicals, Inc.

Sales Representative, Styrene Monomer

Education

Ohio University, Athens Ohio

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering 1985

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