Summary

TECHNOLOGY PROFICIENCIES

• Microsoft Office Suite Image Pr Quicken UNIX Timecore World Writer Reporting MRP/UDC ORACLE
• JD Edwards AS400 SAP FreeMarket Online Bidding Datatel PeopleSoft RedPrairie ROSS
• BPC Global Shop Showcase Great Plains GLOVIA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Operations Accounting Manager

• Manufacturer of Frozen Food products with management of 34M in Operations Sales and Accounts Receivable and on hand inventory value of 76M.
• Management of Schwan's Global Supply Chain Profit and Loss Statement
• Inventory Control and Valuation
• Month end close process, journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, internal and external audit documentation and compliance control, quarterly reporting, budgeting and forecasting
• Implementation of Accounts Receivable Process within Operations Business Unit, D B Reviews, Credit Application Review and Control, Terms and Conditions and Customer Contract Management
• Implementation of New Capital Expense Process, Flow and Financial Controls that Decreased Average Days in Approval from 25.5 days t 7
• Implementation of Non-Stock Service and Contract Purchase Order Requisition and Approval Process System t 93.2 usage

Confidential

Supply Chain Manager

• Recruited t improve inventory control and valuation for 1 U.S. producer of small energetics and live ammunition assemblies with annual revenue of 32M and on hand inventory value of 3.4M.
• Management of Materials, Purchasing, Production Control, Shipping and Scheduling
• Inventory Control and Valuation
• Capacity Planning and On Time Delivery
• Work Order Management and Month End Reconciliations
• Purchase Order Review, Approval and Supplier Maintenance
• Enhanced physical inventory accuracy through controlled restock and KIT Prep processes, reducing FY2010 physical inventory variances and write-offs from 52 in FY2009 t 1.4 .
• Worked closely with Production Managers, Contracts, and Quality Engineering departments t clear 36M backlog in firm orders and increase on-time delivery from 35 t 65 .
• Utilized subassembly manufacturing orders t improve scrap cost containment, reducing excess spend by 65 .
• Instituted cycle count program and rearranged inventory locations by product build types, increasing cycle count accuracy from 52 t 85 .
• Implemented KANBAN replenishment systems and cut purchase order non-value added costs by 22 or 42,000 in annual savings for the Clear Lake facility.

Confidential

Plant Controller

• Leading manufacturer of large screen vide displays with annual income of 26.4M and on hand inventory value of 36.3M.
• Global Inventory Control and standard cost valuation, quarterly cost rolls, Lower of Cost or Market analysis around end of life processes and excess and obsolete inventory
• Variance analysis, metrics, budget forecasting, labor and burden rate analysis and Bill of Material routing analysis t insure accuracy and compliance t GAAP requirements
• Month end close process, journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, Sarbanes Oxley documentation and compliance control
• Lean Cost Savings Projects
• Project and standard costing
• Hired as Plant Controller for Live Events Manufacturing plant and after 3 months given additional responsibility of Electronic Board Assembly feeder plant based on successes in cost, variance and on hand inventory reduction.
• Reduced global on-hand inventory 15.5M and increased inventory turns from 10.8 t 13.3 days.
• Rewrote production and customer service inventory cycle count processes following non-value added analysis on items at unit cost of 5 or less reduced global cycle counts by 33 , saving 150K annually in overhead costs.
• Annual savings of 23K in overhead costs and generated cost variance reduction of 32K by implementing cycle counts of Daktronics owned inventory at outsourced vendor sites.
• Gateway, Inc. North Sioux City, SD June, 1994 November, 2001 and June, 2005 September, 2008
• Progressed through series of positions with increasing responsibilities for international producer of desktop and notebook computers prior t its purchase by Acer, Inc. Held direct authority for more than 200M in global on hand inventory. Annual revenue of 119M.

Confidential

• Managed new and used inventory for both Configure t Order and Built t Order sides of the business
• Inventory Control and valuation, Lower of Cost or Market risk assessment around aged, excess and obsolete
• Month end close process, journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, Sarbanes Oxley documentation and compliance control, 10Q/10K quarterly reporting
• Ran quarterly physical inventory count audits at various Service, ODM and OEM partner locations for the company's new and used inventories
• Worked closely with sales team and third-party resellers t decrease aged finished goods inventory from 42.9M t 24.6M within approximately 4 months.
• Managed liquidation project at refurbishing plants around the world collaborated with third-party resellers t clear more than 6.5M in aged raw materials and excess/obsolete on-hand inventory.

Confidential

• Responsible for new and used inventory on the Built t Order side of the business
• Cost updates for both Standard Cost and Moving Average Cost environments with extensive use and validation of a working Bill of Materials
• Ran quarterly physical inventory count audits at various Service, ODM and OEM partner locations for the company's new and used inventories
• Inventory Control and valuation, Lower of Cost or Market risk assessment around aged, excess and obsolete
• Month end close process, journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, Sarbanes Oxley documentation and compliance control, 10Q/10K quarterly reporting
• Drove implementation from SAP t ORACLE, training and planning for Inventory Operations Finance team.
• Generated 423K in annual savings and inventory write-offs regarding returns on raw materials by disposing of items rather than spending additional funds on freight, testing, and reworking materials for resale.

Confidential

• Purchasing, forecasting, MRP/UDC planning
• Acquisition and maintenance of a just in time inventory base through the use of a HUB inventory system
• Supplier contracts, pricing updates, supplier maintenance
• Selected t lead company's first direct ship/electronic data interchange EDI program launch for Global Materials Management, Accounts Payable, and Manufacturing Finance departments project required extensive collaboration with Taiwan-based supplier, Quanta, Inc.

Confidential

• Three-way, two-way and direct matching of all invoices for supplier payments
• Reconciliation and clean-up of monthly supplier statements
• Month end posting of journal entries as well as quarter end closings
• Recovered 3.2M in cash for outstanding Return t Vendor reconciliations of aged supplier accounts.
• Spearheaded software upgrade for Accounts Payable and Manufacturing Finance departments from JD Edwards 5.2 t JD Edwards A7.3.
• Drove the program installation of supplier payment through Evaluated Receipts Settlement ERS .
• Member of Gateway's first successful Self-Directed Work Team in 1998.

Confidential

• Time entry for employees still not converted t labor scan program.
• Analysis of time entry scanned t insure accuracy with supervisors and management staff in all departments
• Process PT time,
• Unix Timecore System Support for labor scanning.
• Implementation conversion from Canada t JD Edwards AS 400 ERP system.

Confidential

Trainer, Alternate Team Lead Quality Auditor

• Manufacturer of Power Sport Vehicles with annual income of 192M and on hand inventory value of 443M.
• Successfully directed new hire orientation, introductory training in pick and pack responsibilities, OSHA power point presentations, and quizzes for mobile equipment certifications.
• Designated as interim Second Shift Pack Lead with full managerial responsibility for 18 employees.
• Daily outbound audits throughout the distribution center t insure quality standards and enhance customer service

Confidential

Software Consultant Financial Aid

• Higher Education and Curriculum Team that was created t drive and manage consolidated efforts within South Dakota t insure compliance and standardization throughout the states further education programs and curriculum.
• Managed installation of Datatel t consolidate student records in centralized database for 6 South Dakota public universities.
• Wrote process documentation and instructions for importing/exporting information, system corrections, PELL grants, and verification audits in database as well as financial interactions with Federal Processor.

MR Procurement Manager

• Leading Manufacturer of Aluminum Extrusion worldwide with annual income of 220M and on hand inventory value of 36,782M.
• Management of MR Procurement and Warehouse Inventory and staff
• Purchase order placement, approvals, capital projects,
• Inventory control and valuation for the Yankton, SD Facility of 12M
• Supplier contract negotiations, terms and conditions and Free Markets On-Line Bidding
• Spearheaded implementation t ORACLE software for Yankton facility completed staff training, data scrubbing, and part number and purchase order conversion in a record time of 5 months.
• Successfully installed KANBAN system with local suppliers such as Fastenal and Clark.
• Ran clean-up of all open and aged Accounts Payable liabilities with Suppliers due t corporate consolidation of duties t a Shared Service Facility in Pennsylvania Corporate Office