Corey Kotula

Promoted to take ownership of strategy and execution of the dry dextrose business, sales of over 150 million dollars. Managed the dry dextrose product line on a global scale, overseeing supply and demand analyses to guide business decisions and managing both pricing and financial analysis. Achieved 3 years of profitability records in the history of the business. Created a business case to replace critical equipment in the production of Dry Dextrose for presentation to the capital committee. Project was well over 100 million dollars. Responsibilities included identifying and explaining key market drivers, while forecasting and attaining financial targets with support from distribution, domestic, and export sales teams. This role required close collaboration with research, technical services, and production teams to shape both current and long-term strategic plans. Actively managed customer accounts to monitor new opportunities and address challenges, ensuring that global market information was shared to maintain a robust understanding of the industry. Additionally, led profit and loss management for the product line, maximizing product value through the development and implementation of sales and marketing strategies.

Promoted to manage Sugar, Crystalline Fructose, Specialty Syrups, and HIS product lines. Responsible for launching three new ingredients, developing the business case, identifying suppliers, negotiation supply agreements, developing the supply chain, and defining the target customers. Earnings after year 1 exceeded 10 mil dollars. Defined the global supply and demand to make sound decisions for the business, manage pricing, financial analysis of the business, identify and explain key drivers for the markets in which the product lines serve, forecast and achieve target financial goals through distribution, domestic, and export sales teams, integral in formulating current and long term strategic plans for the business, collaborating with research, technical services, and production in daily decision making, actively manage customer accounts to maintain awareness of opportunities and issues, secure and communicate market information to help understand the global marketplace, management of the P &L for these products to maximize value of product offerings while developing, promoting, and implementing the sales and marketing strategies. Responsible for launching three new ingredients, developing the business case, identifying suppliers, negotiation supply agreements, developing the supply chain, and defining the target customers.

Promoted to operate on a global scale the Citric and Lactic acid product lines. During my tenure as product manager, I was responsible for selling and decommissioning the Lactic acid business. I also had the opportunity to go to Washington DC and testify in front of the International Trade Commission on behalf of ADM. This was for the sunset review of the antidumping and countervailing duties for citric acid. I defined global supply and demand to guide business decisions. My responsibilities include pricing and financial analysis, identifying and explaining key market drivers, and working closely with distribution, domestic, and export sales teams to forecast and meet financial goals. I am integral to both current and long-term strategic business planning, collaborating regularly with research, technical services, plant management, and production teams on daily decisions. I actively manage customer accounts to stay aware of new opportunities and potential issues, ensuring vital market information is secured and communicated to deepen our understanding of the global marketplace. Managing the P&L for these product lines allows me to maximize the value of our offerings while developing, promoting, and executing effective sales and marketing strategies.

Promoted to provide technical support for a wide range of sweeteners and starches. Responsibilities included customer technical visits and audits, customer complaints, supervising and maintaining quality programs at transfer terminals, wash stations and warehouses across the USA and Canada, participating in industry associations for specific projects/products, assisting business and quality personnel with technical information, supervising administrative employee

Planning, implementation, and supervision of projects, monthly inventory and production reports, process improvement, cost reduction, enforcing safety goals and procedures, indirectly manage production personnel,