Brian C. Kendall
Greencastle
Summary
Dynamic leader with extensive experience in project management and operational strategy at PPG. Proven track record in capital budgeting and process improvement, achieving significant cost savings and enhancing production efficiency. Adept at financial forecasting and fostering team collaboration to drive results in complex environments.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Owner
Broken Road Investments
06.2022 - Current
- Manage investment portfolio focused on real estate, medical care facilities, various markets, etc.
Global Capital Program Manager
PPG
03.2024 - 12.2025
- Led Global Capital Program for PPG Industrial Segment with a budget of ~$260MM.
- Responsible for budgeting, project readiness, project approval, and forecasting/spending.
- Managed capital budget to be within 10% of target through leading indicator metrics.
- Implemented new PMO software in Q4 of 2024 to better track and improve project execution globally in 2025.
- Led global effort to plan and eliminate PFAS containing firefighting foam.
- Developed new continuous improvement software to replace minitab engage to track all projects globally.
- Key team member on $300MM greenfield project.
Sr. Director of Manufacturing and Supply Chain
McCormick Paints
05.2023 - 03.2024
- Responsible for purchasing, engineering, manufacturing and distribution departments at regional paint company selling $42MM annually.
- Role reports directly to Chief Executive Officer.
- Led team to improve inventory accuracy using cycle counting to identify root cause of inaccuracies.
- Increase units per day production by 15% by establishing OEE to identify improvement opportunities.
- Developed takt time tracking for overall and individual process steps in blending area.
Director of Operational Excellence
Interplastic Corporation
09.2022 - 05.2023
- Responsible for development of all operational excellence programs.
- Establish current state status of operational excellent programs and five sites producing specialty polyester coatings for various industries.
- Identify and executed >$500k capital project to cut resin transfer time by 50% providing additional 1mm lb./year.
- Develop three-year plan to improve tank wagon loading to provide 500k lb./year of capacity.
- Led QC Workflow to eliminate downtown from sampling and testing causing 6000 hours of downtime.
- Develop project to replace heat exchanger cooling with internal coils causing 4500 hours of downtime in summer.
- Temporary role
Director of Operations - Resin, Sherwin Williams – N.A. Coatings Division
Valspar/Sherwin Williams
03.2019 - 09.2022
- Responsible for resin production for internal and external customers at six facilities with 400 team members.
- Sites manufacture 100M gallons of latex, alkyd, polyester, and coatings.
- Responsible for all EHS, quality, productivity, and cost aspects of sites.
- Sites have an annual expense budget of $70MM.
- Position reports to Vice President of N.A. Coatings.
- Provide guidance, direction, and support determining and executing on most critical EHS issues.
- Managed through challenging COVID and Winter storm Uri while provide improvement in cost per pound over budget and 2021.
- Sites produced $900k of positive 'flow thru' savings versus budget in 2020 on a cost per pound basis.
- Sites met quality goal by reducing net defectives by $450k in 2019/2020 while meeting OTIF goals.
- Increased capacity 15% from 2019 to 2021 through daily LSS management and realization of investments.
- Determine best method of capacity expansion and led efforts to design and get approval for new assets.
- Integral part of EPS BU assessing costs, margins, network optimizations, etc.
Operational Excellence / Engineering manager, Polymers Division
Valspar/Sherwin Williams
12.2013 - 02.2019
- Development and prioritization of process improvement projects across seven polymer sites; manage capital process and projects; total of eight direct reports, four site improvement engineers and four divisional resources.
- Sites produce latex, alkyd, urethane, and polyester resins for coatings industry.
- Led team in development of five-year technology plan to provide long term vision and direction to facilities.
- Developed scope of work and design bid specification for $24MM reactor chain and storage tank expansion.
- Exceeded operations excellence saving of goal of $2.0MM across seven sites in 2016 through 2018.
- Successfully managed ~ $20MM capital budget – met spending and project schedules.
- Successfully oversaw installation and commissioning of new 10k gallon / $10MM resin reactor chain in 2017.
- Increased latex capacity by 20% from 2015 to 2016.
- Developed five-year capacity release plan to increase latex capacity by 30% by 2022.
- Implemented OEE including automated systems to track measurement across EPS.
Plant Manager, Engineered Polymer Solutions Div.
Valspar
04.2011 - 11.2015
- Responsible for thirty-one-member team and leadership of PSM chemical plant manufacturing alkyd, urethane, and latex base products.
- Position reports directly to the Global Director of Manufacturing located in Marengo, IL.
- Reduction down to two recordable injuries and two recordable spills during the period of 2012 through 2014.
- Reduced Scrap Batches from eight in 2011 to a total of two during from 2012 to 2014.
- On time and in full shipments up 3.22% to 97.5% in 2012 through reduction of downtime using PM program.
- From 2011 to 2014 production up 29%; reduced overtime 28% through cycle time and batch size improvements.
- Controllable cost down 23% on a per pound basis over a three-year period on seven-million-dollar annual budget.
Production Manager
Avery Dennison Company
04.2009 - 04.2011
- Responsible for leadership of a forty-member team which manufactured over 100MM pounds of solvent and emulsion base adhesive products.
- Position reported to the Plant Manager.
- No OSHA recordable or lost time injuries; increased incident and near miss reports by 25% over three years.
- Led Kaizen to reduce hazardous waste by 15%.
- Production improved first pass yield from 83% to 92% in 2009 and maintained this rate in 2010.
- Through use of value stream mapping reduced inventory by one million dollars across network.
Plant Manager, Cray Valley Division
Total
08.2005 - 04.2009
- Responsible for leadership of PSM chemical plant producing metallic monomer powders.
- Position reported directly to the Director of Manufacturing located in Stratford, CT.
- Site had no OSHA recordable or lost time injuries since from August 2005 through 2009.
- Plant decreased number of off specification batches by fifty percent from 2006 to 2007.
- Eliminated inventory inaccuracies through full implementation of ERP system and cycle counts.
- Reduced downtime by 15% by the developed preventative maintenance program.
- Expanded product line from two to ten products.
- Primary member of Metallic Monomers BU team responsible for costing and customer facing quality satisfaction.
Tolling Project Engineer, Sartomer Division
Total
08.2001 - 08.2005
- Responsible for determination of appropriate chemical companies to toll produce products for all business units in Sartomer Company; determine most appropriate producer based on several factors including but not limited to toll costs, types of equipment, equipment sizes and capabilities, and capability of quality control laboratory.
- Determined best method of purchasing raw materials; order and arrange the delivery of raw materials and packaging; receive and follow up on payment of all purchased materials.
- Communicate technical information to toller while maintain intellectual property.
- Provided hands on technical assistance in the production of all tolled products.
- Developed cost analysis; negotiated costs and contracts with toll manufacturers.
Education
Master of Business Administration -
Pennsylvania State University
B.S. - Chemical Engineering
Widener University
Skills
- Project management
- Financial forecasting
- Operational strategy
- Capital budgeting
- Process improvement
- Supply chain management
Certification
Greenbelt Certification, Valspar Program
Timeline
Global Capital Program Manager
PPG
03.2024 - 12.2025
Sr. Director of Manufacturing and Supply Chain
McCormick Paints
05.2023 - 03.2024
Director of Operational Excellence
Interplastic Corporation
09.2022 - 05.2023
Owner
Broken Road Investments
06.2022 - Current
Director of Operations - Resin, Sherwin Williams – N.A. Coatings Division
Valspar/Sherwin Williams
03.2019 - 09.2022
Operational Excellence / Engineering manager, Polymers Division
Valspar/Sherwin Williams
12.2013 - 02.2019
Plant Manager, Engineered Polymer Solutions Div.
Valspar
04.2011 - 11.2015
Production Manager
Avery Dennison Company
04.2009 - 04.2011
Plant Manager, Cray Valley Division
Total
08.2005 - 04.2009
Tolling Project Engineer, Sartomer Division
Total
08.2001 - 08.2005
Master of Business Administration -
Pennsylvania State University
B.S. - Chemical Engineering
Widener University