Rick Messinger
McKees Rocks
Summary
Highly motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Excel in communication, leadership, and adaptability which ensure seamless implementation of change initiatives across diverse teams.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Supply Chain Management Americas Region
Envalior Performance Materials
07.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: Former LANXESS Corporation unit
- Manage a cross-functional team of 60+ employees and contractors across key markets in the Americas, including the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil, ensuring alignment with regional strategic priorities.
- Leads end-to-end value chain execution across the AMS region through close cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Procurement, and Commercial teams.
- Accountable for identifying and driving trade-off decisions to optimize cost, efficiency, and resource deployment across the organization.
- Unlocked $2M in working capital savings by implementing inventory and lead time optimization strategies and rationalizing underperforming SKUs—strengthening cash flow and supply chain agility.
- Drove a 10% improvement in OTIF (2023–2024), securing service reliability for strategic customers and reinforcing long-term revenue predictability through stronger account retention.
- Led resource allocation strategy for April 2025 ERP implementation across legacy businesses, with focused adaptation to complex local financial and documentation requirements in Mexico and Brazil.
- Spearhead regional productivity initiatives to consistently outperform inflationary pressures, leveraging AI to capture both tangible and intangible savings across the end-to-end supply chain.
- Created a cross-functional Trade & Compliance function to embed duty impact into sourcing, vendor, and routing decisions—enhancing landed cost efficiency and enabling a more competitive pricing strategy; realized $400K in duty drawback savings YTD (2025).
- Engage with global supply chain leaders to co-develop future-state processes that enhance functional efficiency, while safeguarding alignment with diverse regional needs and compliance standards.
- Former LANXESS Corporation unit
NORAM IBP Manager
ARLANXEO USA LLC
09.2020 - 07.2021
- Company Overview: Former LANXESS Corporation unit
- Oversaw more than 200 SKU’s within the NORAM region between the domestic and imported products of the former High Performance Elastomers, Polybutadiene, and Butyl Rubber product lines.
- Shifted from direct team leadership to a global/regional role with matrix influence, leading cross-functional initiatives and driving alignment across geographies without direct reports.
- Established a monthly cross-functional demand review meeting, improving forecast accuracy by 10% and enabling more agile, data-driven supply planning.
- Installed statistical forecasting throughout the region, leading to a reduction in lead time variability and a 23% reduction in expedited freight costs 1H 2021 vs. 1H 2020.
- Established governance process for ongoing MTO/MTF classification, standardizing portfolio review cadence and embedding demand-based manufacturing principles into supply planning.
- Integrated forecast trends into monthly demand reviews to identify SKUs for end-of-life planning, contributing to a 25% reduction in tail-end inventory and improved SKU profitability.
- Former LANXESS Corporation unit
High Performance Elastomers (HPE) NORAM Supply Chain Manager
ARLANXEO USA LLC
04.2016 - 09.2020
- Company Overview: Former LANXESS Corporation unit
- In April 2016 the LANXESS Corp. synthetic rubber business units entered into a joint venture with Saudi Aramco, forming ARLANXEO USA LLC.
- Assumed leadership of 15 regional team members spanning Planning, Exports, and Customer Service as part of the expanding SCM function within the HPE business.
- Led definition of supply chain management requirements for multiple SAP migrations associated with the joint venture, ensuring seamless integration and operational continuity.
- Led the closure of the Orange, TX EPDM site, managing a seamless transition of production qualifications to European plants.
- Collaborated closely with Commercial teams and key customers to ensure all contracted volumes were fulfilled through final production campaigns.
- Partnered with global Procurement teams to redesign freight lanes aligned with new business strategy, achieving a 15% ocean freight cost reduction by consolidating shipments with Saudi Aramco affiliates.
- Consolidated local warehousing network through strategic contract negotiations with warehouse and transportation providers, creating a more agile network with enhanced automation via EDI implementation.
- Former LANXESS Corporation unit
Various SCM Positions
LANXESS Corporation
11.2004 - 04.2016
- Company Overview: Formerly Bayer Chemicals
- Formerly Bayer Chemicals
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management, Computer Information Systems
Grove City College
Grove City, PA08.2001
High School Diploma -
Seton-La Salle High School
Pittsburgh, PA05.1997
Skills
- Change Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Strategic Planning & Execution
- Working Capital Optimization
- Cross-Cultural Collaboration
- ERP implementation
Languages
Spanish
Limited
Timeline
Head of Supply Chain Management Americas Region
Envalior Performance Materials
07.2021 - Current
NORAM IBP Manager
ARLANXEO USA LLC
09.2020 - 07.2021
High Performance Elastomers (HPE) NORAM Supply Chain Manager
ARLANXEO USA LLC
04.2016 - 09.2020
Various SCM Positions
LANXESS Corporation
11.2004 - 04.2016
Bachelor of Science - Business Management, Computer Information Systems
Grove City College
High School Diploma -
Seton-La Salle High School