Leeann Chen
Head of Product and Sustainability
- Role
- Product, Quality, Strategic Marketing, New Product Development, Innovation, Ps & R, Sustainability at Alphagary, an Orbia business
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Leeann Chen
Innovative, entrepreneurial, and collaborative strategic leader, with passion for uncovering value in any business environment. Savvy, delivers robust financial results, profitable growth, business transformation, and sustainable business partner relationship. Adaptable, maximizes value through agile & lean principles, data analytics, and project management. Influencer, derive actionable insights and drive decision-making by connecting the dots from diverse expertise across operations, procurement, supply chain, engineering, commercial, finance, science, technology and market intelligence. Decisive, motivates and develops talent, orchestrating high power teams to execute strategic initiatives, design practical solutions, create models, systems and managing processes. Leverages early career biotech research in life sciences and pharmaceutical industry roles. SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Uncovered >$100M savings as change agent, pragmatic solutions designer, and systems builder, driving business transformation through organic and inorganic pathways while balancing cross-functional priorities • Saved >$300M, expanded multi-functional talent, and built robust processes by orchestrating holistic end-to-end optimization model that incorporated procurement, operations, supply chain, technology, sales, and marketing input. • Liberated production capacity valued at >$200M while simultaneously developing talent for R&D management succession plan by spearheading scientific and engineering solution • Boosted prices for >$500M profitability enhancement, grew market share with >$200M increased earnings, and launched 2 new product offerings through cross-functional team (sales, marketing, product development) leadershipSKILLS • Business Transformation | Organization Design • People Management | Talent Development | Budgeting • Corporate Development | M&A | Ventures • Procurement | Strategic Sourcing | Contract Negotiation • Supplier Development | Quality Control | Contract Management • Strategic Planning | Market Intelligence | Data Analytics • Innovation | R&D | Technology Leadership • Six Sigma | Master Blackbelt | BB | DMAIC | DfSS | Lean | Agile • Engineering Design | Project Engineering • Project Management | Product Management | Process Improvement • Commercial Strategy & Operations | P&L • Sales | CRM | Marketing Leadership • Business | Market | Product Development • Expertise in TiO2 process technology | mining | production | applications (coatings, plastics, laminates)
Experience
Product, Quality, Strategic Marketing, New Product Development, Innovation, Ps & R, Sustainability
Oct 2022 — Present · Boston, MA, US
Education
North Carolina State University
Ph.D., M.S., Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry
USP - Universidade de São Paulo
B.S., Chemical Engineering
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