09/06/2026
๐๐พโโ๏ธ Meet Monica Ford, our Account Manager Industrial Applications at our Mt. Holly site โ and the kind of colleague who, in another life, could have been a motivational speaker. Monica always knew she belonged in a commercial role. When gave her that chance three years ago, she didn't just step in โ she excelled, earning the 2025 CEO Sales Award along the way!๐
For Monica, the secret behind her results is ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. Whether navigating unexpected challenges or building long-term customer partnerships, her instinct is always the same: involve the right people, at the right time, and trust the team. ๐ค
On agility, she puts it simply: ๐ฌ "๐๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ-๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐บ." Her secret? Planning. ๐ฌ "๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ." Her guiding principle, passed down from her parents: ๐ฌ"๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ."
Away from work, Monica's world revolves around her three Fs: faith, family, and friends. And one last thing that might surprise you โ her cousin is none other than Patti LaBelle, known as the Godmother of Soul. ๐ถ Thank you, Monica, for showing us what growing with agility truly looks like โ with customers, across teams, and in life. Clariant is lucky to have you on board!