Eric Fairman

About Eric Fairman

Versatile finance leader with proven track record of driving profitable growth, turning around unprofitable businesses through analytical actions, designing and implementing core financial processes and supporting decision-making through accurate and concise financial analysis.Partner with operations to drive results by defining long-term objectives, analyzing current gaps and aligning on corrective actions to drive business results. Led multiple zero-based resource planning projects with under-performing operations to re-focus on resource allocation, bring costs in-line with expectations and ignite EBITDA expansion.Finance lead on multiple acquisitions, greenfield and divestiture projects. Experienced working with multiple functional areas in the business case, offer, negotiation, diligence and closing phases of a transaction. Evaluated supply chain to identify opportunities to vertically integrate or dis-integrate. Examples include establishing a door manufacturing plant to eliminate two-step purchases resulting in an increase in gross profit per unit of 10% and the transition of a direct import cabinet program to a wholesaler intermediary that eliminated ~$500k of obsolete inventory.Experienced at dissecting diverse business units to identify those activities that are truly building value. Analyses have resulted in the exit of multiple unprofitable product categories, a strategic focus on highly profitable activities and the re-direction of capital to its highest and best use.Experienced at designing and implementing new financial and operational processes such as rolling forecasts, SIOP and more efficient / flexible budgeting. Skilled at breaking down financial concepts, explaining the “why” of financial goals and aligning them with operating tactics / actions. Developed multiple company-wide training programs around key concepts such as cash flow and its relationship with operating profit.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President - Mid-atlantic Region

   Builders FirstSource

   Mar 2025 — Present · Raleigh, NC, US

Education

• Radnor High School

  High School

  1994 — 1998

• Gettysburg College

  BA, Management, Economics

  1998 — 2002

• UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

  MBA, Corporate Finance

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Business Valuation
• Company Valuation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate Finance
• Business Strategy
• Investments
• Strategy
• Forecasting
• Budgets
• Finance
• Project Finance
• Analysis
• Alternative Investments
• Private Equity
• Financial Operations
• Financial Analysis
• Portfolio Management
• Equity Valuation
• Financial Modeling
• Valuation