Natasha Woodruff

About Natasha Woodruff

Natasha is a chemical engineer with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Florida, a minor in Chinese, and an MBA from Auburn University, bringing over eight years of experience across manufacturing operations, capital execution, and product management. She built her career driving safe, high‑performance outcomes in world‑class chemical plants, with deep hands‑on expertise in troubleshooting, process safety, and production optimization, including leading startup and commissioning for $150MM turnarounds in Dow’s Spain and Alberta Hydrocarbons facilities and managing projects for a $120MM, 50‑day turnaround with extensive field leadership. She has since transitioned into product management, where she owns a large, diverse portfolio across multiple segments, combining financial rigor, pricing strategy, and cross‑functional leadership to drive margin improvement, cost recovery, volume growth, and sustainability initiatives such as PFAS‑free product conversions. Known for rapidly mastering new business areas, Natasha excels in fast‑paced, complex environments that require analytical thinking, customer engagement, and collaboration across functions, cultures, and geographies, and she is open to global travel and roles that continue to broaden her impact.

Experience

1. Product Manager

   Dow

   Dec 2024 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Transitioned into Product Manager role for DCM while completing an MBA, assuming ownership of six segments (250MM+ lbs;$180MM+ variable margin). Rapidly built financial and operational expertise to manage pricing, volumes, margins, and product floors in a challenging economic environment.Strengthened pricing discipline and margin performance by managing monthly index pricing and raw‑material reporting, correcting negative margins through pricing floor adjustments, and leading transparent customer discussions on pricing methodologies.Delivered measurable profitability improvements through cross‑functional cost‑reduction and tariff‑mitigation initiatives, including a 50% reduction in a critical raw material cost ($0.025/lb improvement;$175K annual savings) and analyses that avoided unnecessary price actions while preserving margin stability.Protected and expanded volume across key customers and segments, safeguarding 14MM+ lbs of annual volume through dual‑source qualification, supporting competitive pricing that secured 2–3MM lbs of incremental volume, and developing incentive strategies to regain 10MM lbs while maintaining margin competitiveness.Led new product, scale‑up, and supply‑risk mitigation efforts, including PFAS‑free product conversions aligned with Dow’s 2025 sustainability commitments, plant trials and commercial scale‑ups, dual‑sourcing of high‑risk raw materials for a 150MM‑lb segment, and financial modeling for new market entry (~$2.5MM sales potential).Improved distribution and commercialization effectiveness by conducting profitability and capacity analyses, creating new processes for stocking strategy, lead times, and MOQs, transitioning customers to distribution to improve operational efficiency, unlocking new revenue via product relabeling, and positioning priority products for continued growth into 2026.

Education

• The Hill School

  High School Diploma, Mathematics & Chinese

  2008 — 2011

• University of Florida

  Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering Minor in Chinese

  2011 — 2016

• Auburn University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Analytics

Skills

• Teamwork
• Strategic Planning
• Customer Service
• Microsoft Office
• Management
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Microsoft Word
• Leadership
• Research
• Engineering
• Project Management