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Evaluate all SKD Automotive, USA & Canadian operations, current financial ERP Software.Process Flow map each operation.Prepare presentation of each operation and recommendation for improvement and cost savings.

Non Automotive - Government supplier - fabrics & doorsSupervised six employees including Shipping, Receiving, Scheduling, Transportation Control, Order Entry, Purchasing and the Warehouse Manager.Created and organized each position to enhance a Lean Manufacturing environment.Evaluated and reduced the freight costs by 30% in the 1st month.Work with suppliers to create a JIT environment.Track and issue SAR's for supplier quality or delivery issues.Created a tracking spreadsheet for all of the outsourced parts with a weekly schedule to the suppliers. Reduced outages to zero for outsourced parts.Implemented on-line product Kanban system to prevent line outages.Reorganized raw inventory racks by product line with a safety stock.Developed the ERP - SAP to work with actual inventory on hand.Work and enforce the guidelines of ISO14001 with in the plant.Improved moral within the Materials group by working with each employee, implementing their ideas for improvement, eliminating steps and waste, process flow mapping each area and reorganizing each job to flow.Developed a spreadsheet downloaded from the ERP to use on a daily basis to evaluate inventory levels and value.

Tier 1 Automotive - Plastics InteriorProvide weekly revenue forecasting to the corporate offices viaWebExcel/OutlooksoftMaintained 2006 budget and created the 2007 budget for the Port Huron plant.Participate in weekly Controllers conference calls reporting weekly data analyzed for sales, material usage, labor, variable and fixed burden.Created a plant wide spreadsheet in WebExcel for daily scheduling, forecasting and variance reporting.Analyze cost system against actual usage for material, labor and burden percents.Maintain a daily status report of labor, earned vs. actual, product produced, sales, scrap and cost of quality issues.Maintain routings and Bill of Materials to ensure accuracy of cost verses quoted, actual, and budgeted cost.Maintain and control all financial systems used for accuracy and efficiencies.Champion weekly inventory meetings with Materials and Engineering to reduce inventory totalsClean and analyze ordering system to maintain 2 days on hand raw inventoryCreated and utilized production scheduling queries to eliminate errors over/under productionImplemented a reserve account for outdated/unused raw, WIP, finished and crib itemsImplemented a cycle count program to identify and resolve inventory levelsReduced "Days on hand" from 11 to 2 days by evaluating consumptionImplemented a program to run "negative on hand" balances daily and resolveDistribute a detailed weekly "inventory on hand" report for raw, WIP, finished and crib itemsWorked with Shipping and Receiving to assure all procedures were followedImplemented A,B,C program for all inventory on the production floorTI Automotive (

Responsible for the management of inbound/outbound materials, customer ratings, inventory levels/accuracy, new product launches, bills of material, change management, obsolescence management for a Tier 1 supplier.In addition to the Controller responsibilities:Staff of 20 salaried personnel - buyers, estimators, IT support, order entry, customer representatives, shipping, receiving, stock chasers, and accountingIn October 2003 the Service business of a sister plant moved; . Chesterfield was a prototype facility prior to this move. Championed move in training, set-up of machines, production start-up and supply-base contracts.Move to Chesterfield created major space constraints. Utilized space in Marysville for partial component storage. Created kanban systems to ensure constant component supply and production up-time.Created and maintained kanban levels on raw components and finished goods based on customer demandImproved customer delivery ratings from mid-50's to 98 and above for DCX, GM and FordReduced inventory $2.5M in the first year1,600 finished goods (Service) - managed bills of material and constant fluctuation of customer demandChampioned standardization project to "commonize" fittings, brackets, o-rings and tubing. Eliminated 1,200 components through this effort. All changes had to be approved by customer.

Tier 1 Automotive Supplier - Tubing, Brakes & Fuel lines, Tanks, Pumps

Responsible for management of all financials in Chesterfield and prototype financials of four other TI facilitiesPrepare all monthly journal entries and financial reports.Staff of 20 salaried personnel in Chesterfield and staff of 4 prototype controllers (dotted line) of other TI facilities, set goals and annual evaluationsWorked with supplier and purchasing personnel to achieve competitive supplier cost and quality.Prepare and maintain annual plant budgets.Maintained cost systems for all products and reporting.Set-up and start-up of prototype financial tracking systems. Segregated prototype financials in all TI facilities. Standardized prototype ordering, tracking and shipping systems for all TI facilities. This allowed the standardization of reporting of all financials, i.e., sales, costs (variable and fixed) and profit analysis.Assisted in creation and maintenance of engineering budgets for all TI prototype facilities.Created and implemented a job costing system associated with prototype production to ensure cost coverage in quotes to customers. This system utilized in all TI prototype facilities.Created "PR" system for cost tracking utilized in all TI facilities. This enabled us to segregate costs associated with a P.O. from the customer.Created and implemented (utilizing lean principles) an electronic purchasing requisition and purchase order system to eliminate all manual (paper) systems. Savings estimated at $75 per purchase order.Extensive travel to both in state and out of state plants to provide support for month-end closing, monthly financial maintenance and budget assurance.

Bachelor Degree, Accounting

Associate Degree, Business Management