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Matthew N.

Matthew N.

Group Manager, Enginering Purchasing

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Retired Deputy Director of Purchasing at CertainTeed Gypsum, NA

  • Education

    • West Virginia University

      1975 - 1979
      BS Forest Resource Managememt

      Activities and Societies: Graduated Summa Cum Laude

    • Indiana University Bloomington

      1984 - 1986
      MBA Marketing Concentration

  • Experience

    • MeadWestvaco

      Jan 1990 - Jan 2002
      Group Manager, Enginering Purchasing

    • Lafarge North America

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2012

      Manage the North American Natural Gas and Diesel Fuel supply and risk management programs (US$210M). Developed and implemented new financial hedging strategy. Leverage the total physical requirements of gypsum, cement, ready-mix concrete and asphalt plants.Responsible for the development of a world-wide sourcing program for explosives & blasting services requirements (US$65M). Successfully lead a multi-national/functional sourcing team through a tender with a 15 country, 5 continent tender, realizing savings of over US$1.4 million.Managed the souricng of US$30M of raw materials and packaging for North American gypsum and compound plants. Show less

      • Strategic Sourcing Director -- Natural Gas, Diesel Fuel & WW Explosives

        Jan 2006 - Jan 2012

      • Strategic Sourcing Director

        Jan 2002 - Jan 2009

      • Strategic Sourcing Director -- Solid Fuels

        Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

    • US Silica Company

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2016
      Regional Purchasing Manager

      REGIONAL PURCHASING / STRATEGIC SOURCING Primary force in negotiating company-wide contracts for an industry leading company -- including Lubricants, Process Chemicals, Diesel Fuel, Bags and the 1st company-wide supply plans for Explosives & Blasting Services. Realized annual cost savings (in price and optimization) of over $2.0 million.• Oversaw the Purchasing functions of eleven silica plants in the East & Midwest, leading the procurement on capital equipment & service spends.• Led the Corporate Engineering Procurement on large capital expansion projects in silica plants, quarries and transloading facilities ($50 – 100 million/yr). Show less

    • AECOM

      Jan 2016 - Jan 2017
      Regional Procurement Manager

      Established Procurement & Subcontracting organizations for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Regions

    • Continental Building Products

      Feb 2017 - Feb 2020
      Director of Sourcing

    • CertainTeed Gypsum, NA

      Feb 2020 - now
      Deputy Director of Purchasing

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Sigma Green Belt

      Villanova University