Commercial Finance and Asset Strategy Director - Nonwovens

 

Purpose of the role:

 

This role provides end-to-end leadership for commercial finance, asset strategy, customer service, and capacity strategy for the Nonwovens business. The position integrates financial ownership with global supply chain strategy to drive profitable growth, disciplined capital and asset utilization, working capital optimization, and differentiated customer service.

 

As a key member of the business leadership team, this leader shapes strategy, establishes operating rhythms, and ensures strong execution across commercial planning, forecasting, S&OP, asset and capacity decisions, and financial governance—bringing a market-informed, customer-centric perspective to enterprise decision-making.

 

Serve as the primary finance partner to the Nonwovens General Manager, with deep understanding of the full P&L and close connectivity to Manufacturing, FP&A, Commercial, and Product teams.

 

Reports to: VP, Roofing Finance

Span of control: 3-4 direct reports

 

Responsibilities:

Business Strategy, Commercial Planning & Performance

• Partner with Business, Sales, and Functional leaders to develop and execute integrated commercial, operational, and financial strategies aligned to enterprise priorities.
• Translate market, customer, and competitive insights into actionable commercial strategies, capacity plans, and contingency scenarios.
• Lead long-range planning, annual operating plans, and rolling forecasts, ensuring clear linkage between demand, service strategy, capacity, and financial outcomes.
• Own scenario modeling, risk assessment, and investment analysis to support pricing, growth initiatives, capacity actions, and capital allocation.
• Clearly communicate the short- and long-term business narrative to senior leadership and enterprise forums.
• Engage with product, marketing, and customer teams to understand business drivers and support commercial investments

 Commercial Finance & Financial Governance

• Own the integrated P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and working capital performance for the business.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis across commercial, supply chain, and service activities.
• Own the SIP governance, including setting SIP targets aligned to business objectives and determining individual sales incentive payouts based on performance results.
• Ensure strong financial controls, compliance (GAAP, SOX), and asset protection in partnership with Corporate Accounting, Audit, Tax, Legal, and Shared Services.
• Establish a strong “tone at the top” for ethics, governance, and financial discipline.

Asset Strategy & Capital Effectiveness

• Own asset strategy, utilization, and return on invested capital (ROIC) for the business.
• Partner with manufacturing finance on capital investment analysis, prioritization, and post-investment reviews to ensure value creation.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering on asset lifecycle decisions, capacity expansions, rationalization, and redeployment—without direct ownership of manufacturing execution.
• Drive transparency and governance around fixed assets, capacity assumptions, and long-term supply economics.
• Apply senior-level judgment to balance regional operating models, capacity trade-offs, and capital decisions in complex and differentiated global environments.

Capacity & S&OP Strategy

• Set and lead the global S&OP and capacity planning strategy, ensuring alignment between demand, service commitments, asset availability, and financial performance.
• Balance demand and supply to optimize customer service, inventory quality, working capital, and cost-to-serve.
• Lead risk management for capacity constraints, supply disruptions, and geopolitical impacts.
• Provide forward-looking insights to anticipate gaps and enable proactive, enterprise-level decisions.

 Customer Service & Supply Chain Excellence

• Set and execute the customer service and supply chain strategy across order management, inventory, logistics, and fulfillment.
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