Perry Potnis

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About Perry Potnis

ISummary Visionary Materials and Technology Innovation leader with a talent for developing, and commercializing ideas and leading teams to deliver new consumer, personal care, and healthcare products critical to winning business strategies. Experience in polymers and specialty chemicals, nonwovens, and packaging Leverages strong market insights and decision making skills, and 20+ years of experience across materials, product, and process development, customer and vendor management, supply chain development both domestic and global, and cross-functional team leadership to gain support and endorsement from sector and company management on key product pathways and platforms. Proven ability to implement ideas to enable growth in key category market share Recognized for successfully mentoring peers and junior scientists, and for identifying, recruiting and developing talent. Specialties: Materials Development, Process Development, Product Development, Supply Chain Development, Vendor Management, Product Innovation, Global Business, Front End R&D, Disruptive Product Innovation, Materials and Technology Strategy, Cross-functional Leadership, Program and Project Leadership, Product Launch, Mentoring & Coaching North America + International experience working on product development and launches for EMEA, Asia, and LAO. Skills: Lead teams for consumer preferred materials Global material commercialization and product implementations Polymer based materials for Health, Hygiene, Consumer products, and Packaging 15 US Patents, 6 applied Stage/Gate program management Innovation portfolio management Cost transformation, margin enhancement Business opportunity analysis Customer and vendor management LEAN and Continuous Improvement Intellectual property management Material supply strategy, asset planning Effective sr. leader stakeholder management Talent building and talent acquisition