Arica Drake

About Arica Drake

Employment goal is to grow businesses by obtaining customer satisfaction with the right profitable solution. I have been working 28 years in the Flexible Packaging / Tapes and Extruded Plastics Industries in various positions and have key expertise in the following areas• Profitability Improvement• P&L Management• Change Management• Contract Management• Cross-functional Teams• Overseas Experience

Experience

1. Director of Business Management

   IPG

   Apr 2022 — Present · Sarasota, FL, US

   Direct a team of product line managers overseeing the Industrial Tapes Business within IPG (NTS =$350 million) – this product line includes duct, masking, filament, and other specialty tapes used in industrial applications.• Responsible for both strategic planning and execution of the strategy.• Have grown margin dollars by $5 million in 3 years (4% growth)Key Elements of Success:o Multiple Market Strategy Development / Executiono Global P&L Management / Responsibilityo Change Managemento Distributor Relationship Developmento Direct Report / People Development

Education

• Clemson University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

• Iowa State University

  BS

Skills

• Adhesives
• Lean Manufacturing
• Supply Chain
• Food Packaging
• Product Management
• Coatings
• Customer Segmentation
• Kaizen
• Packaging Design
• 5s
• Manufacturing
• Change Management
• Plastics
• Supply Chain Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Process Improvement
• Polymer Science
• Polymers
• Marketing Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Pricing Strategy
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Packaging
• P&L Management
• Customer Value Proposition
• Product Development
• Packaging Engineering