Bret Penrod

About Bret Penrod

Full P&L responsibilities - management, analysis, forecasting and budgeting with strong bottom line with exceptional ROSSuccessfully lead the launch of several new products from R&D to commercialization through stage gate processManaged union and non-union production teams, engineering and administrative staffsSix Sigma Black Belt; projects and lead Kaizen teams that included manufacturing, marketing, facility utilization, corporate travel policy, employee performance, capital acquisition, process improvement and training Green Belts.Several US and international patents for glass compositions and the use of novel raw materials to manufacture high performance glass compositionsWrote purchase and quality specifications, and wrote ISO procedures for new plant and lead customer auditsSales support including budgeting and analysis, and technical support for sales and marketing for the use of fire-rated glass for architectural, marine and industrial applicationsSuccessfully drove marketing from print only into the digital ageSafety leadership - lead plant 3,391 days (>9.25 years) without a lost time injuryManaged the conversion of a marketing plan from the print into the digital formatBuilding code development, IBC and NFPA fire codes, and working with 3rd party laboratories Former 4 term President of the Toledo CSI ChapterFormer advisory board member, University of Toledo College of Business and Innovation, Department of Marketing and International Business

Experience

1. Market Manager, Glass

   Chemetall

   Apr 2014 — Present · Toledo, OH, US

   Now part of BASF! Manage the glass chemical business for Chemetall in the NAFTA region. Products include interleaving powders (Lucor), Acecool glass grinding and drilling coolants, Acecut glass cutting fluids, settling compounds, flocculants, detergents, glass grinding and polishing compounds, and other chemicals for the glass industry.

Education

• The University of Toledo

  MBA, Business

  2005 — 2006

Skills

• Kaizen Leadership
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Business Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Budgeting
• Management
• Team Building
• Mineral Processing
• Materials
• Glass
• Coatings
• International Business
• Negotiation
• Operations Management
• Business Development
• Iso Standards
• Training
• New Business Development
• Forecasting
• Continuous Improvement
• Sales Operations
• Crm
• Iso
• Business Process Improvement
• Manufacturing
• Product Development
• Toyota Production System
• Mineralogy
• Labor Relations
• Sales
• Contract Negotiation
• Change Management
• Safety Management Systems
• Engineering
• Sales Management
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Building Materials
• Leadership
• Kaizen