Commercial Finance and Asset Strategy Director - Nonwovens (Toledo, OH, US, 43659-0001)

 

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

 

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.
• Establish service level goals and ensure consistent, reliable delivery aligned with customer expectations and commercial priorities.
• Embed voice-of-the-customer insights into planning and execution to deliver “easiest to do business with” outcomes.
• Partner closely with Procurement, Logistics, and third-party providers to optimize service, reliability, and total delivered cost.

Systems, Analytics & Continuous Improvement

• Champion the adoption of technology, automation, and innovative tools to improve insight, efficiency, and effectiveness across finance, planning and supply chain processes
• Own integrated performance management, reporting, forecasting, and planning systems.
• Lead enterprise and regional system implementations and continuous improvement initiatives.

Talent Leadership & Organizational Development

• Build, develop, and retain a diverse, high-performing global team across Finance, Planning, and Customer Service.
• Create strong succession pipelines and capability development in commercial acumen, analytics, and enterprise thinking.
• Act as a coach and educator to non-financial leaders on business, financial, and supply chain fundamentals.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Actively mentor and sponsor talent across the broader enterprise, not only within the direct team.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field
• MBA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent preferred

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE 

• MBA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience across Finance, Commercial, and/or Supply Chain roles
• Proven success in large, global, matrixed organizations
• Experience leading strategic planning, S&OP, capacity strategy, and capital investment decisions
• Demonstrated ability to operate across economic cycles and complex global environments

 KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Strong financial, operational, and commercial acumen
• Strong financial and analytical acumen with demonstrated analytical ability accompanied by knowledge of corporate finance and manufacturing costing principles—understands P&L and balance sheet dynamics
• Demonstrated ability to teach and communicate in simple, impacting terms and deliver candid insights
• Demonstrated ability to manage and control costs—effectively develops business cases and enroll leaders at all levels in taking appropriate action
• Demonstrated ability to develop an intimate knowledge of customers, competition, and the market and uses this knowledge to drive customer and product profitability decisions
• Demonstrated ability to lead with an enterprise mindset, translate strategy into action, and inspire followership across functions
• Strong Microsoft Office Suite (Excel and PowerPoint) skills
• Influential leadership across functions, geographies, and seniority levels
• Distills multiple points of view and inputs to develop near and long-term actions
• Effective listening skills, with flexibility in approach to solutions
• Makes decisions and commits to a course of action with appropriate information and recognizes uncertainty of success; weighs and manages risk in decision making
• Change leadership mindset with a bias for action and results
• Broad operating style, ability to adapt across cultures, environments and styles
• Forward-thinking leadership abilities, including the ability to motivate, lead by example and encourage teamwork and effective communication

About Owens Corning  

Owens Corning is a residential and commercial building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our products provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique capabilities and market-leading positions to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2024 sales of $11.0 billion. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com. 

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.

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