Trusted Pricing and Commercial Executive

Education

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from Lehigh University
1989 – 1990

Work Experience

Vice President, Pricing at Advance Auto Parts
Oct 2021 – Jan 2023

Lead Retail, Professional, and Independent pricing for Advance and Carquest Banners including Price and Margin Management, Retail Price Optimization, and Price Analytics and Insights.

Managing Director – Business Consulting at EY
Jun 2019 – Oct 2021

Business Transformation Practice: Led pricing and commercial transformations with clients across a broad range of industries, including Automotive, Retail, Chemicals, Agriculture, Industrial Products, and FinTech.

  • Automotive Parts Retailer: Transformed client’s B2B pricing capabilities by redesigning the end-to-end price management process. Spearheaded capability building and implementing best-in-class pricing software.
  • Animal Health: Designed a new price model to replace ad-hoc legacy custom pricing methodologies that incorporated financial impact and low-risk implementation across multiple channels.

Global Vice President of Pricing – Accudyne Industries at Ingersoll Rand
Jun 2018 – Jun 2019

Global Executive reporting to Accudyne CEO/CFO, led ambitious value pricing program in new builds and aftermarket parts that increased baseline EBITDA by 15+% for Private Equity portfolio company.

Created Accudyne’s global pricing capability from scratch. Recruited, hired, and trained pricing teams across six global locations to deliver price analytics and financial tracking.

Accudyne PMO leader for pre-acquisition planning of integration into Ingersoll Rand.

Vice President & Global General Manager at McKinsey & Co.
Jun 2012 – Jun 2018

Americas Region Operations Exec and P&L Manager and key leader of four person Global CEO Periscope leadership team (Flagship business of McKinsey’s New Venture portfolio).

Delivered Direct Net Income targets during period of very high growth (~40% CAGR).

Took the business from pre-launch stage to full scale operation with more than 600 FTEs through professional recruiting and on-boarding of talent.

About Me

Andrew is an inspiring people leader who brings more than 30 years of progressive consulting and industry executive experience. He has tremendous depth and knowledge in Commercial and Pricing strategy, process, and technology. Andrew has a strong track record of helping implement strategic initiatives and important transformation programs across a broad range of industries, including industrial products, chemicals, distribution, retail and consumer products, and within private equity.

Qualifications

Project Categories

  • Interim Executive
  • Cost Management
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Project Management
  • Value Creation Strategy
  • Strategic Planning
  • Strategic Transformation
  • Market Segmentation
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Pricing Analysis & Optimization
  • Market Research

Industries

  • Industrials
  • Manufacturing
  • Private Equity
  • Retail
  • Professional & Business Services

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