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• Business Development• Financial Management• Front Office Administration

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Implementation of ASC 606 Revenue Recognition POC Accounting Standard

Sanford, Nc

Interim position responsible for Financial Management and Control of 3 Business Units in Sanford, NC Facility

Cary, Nc

Interim position supporting 8 manufacturing plants.

Sanford, Nc

• Prepared complex new business sourcing and manufacturing capacity business case across multiple plants. $300M in new business and $15M plant expansion awarded to Sanford location.• Developed financial model meeting profitability, ROI and investment payback targets to obtain corporate approval for $15M capital funding for plant expansion.• Created standardized monthly product profitability report extracting and interpreting data from SAP, quality reports, logistics reports and cost standards.• Cost Deployment Pillar Leader for company-wide continuous improvement initiative known as World Class Manufacturing (WCM). Responsible for developing and approving cost reduction Kaizens and monthly cost savings reporting. Exceeded cost savings target of 8% of transformation cost, $2.5M savings.• Prepared product cost information for budget, forecast and 5 year plan processes.• Responsible for intercompany transfer pricing, reconciliation and communication between 7 plants in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

Sanford, Nc

Recruited by R&D Director to manage intake manifold product line during period of capacity expansion of existing products, launch of a new product and product development of new technology.• Managed quality, performance, timing, cost and profitability for 5 product lines.• Represented Magneti Marelli as key customer interface managing product development activities and engineering changes to existing products.• Responsible for product development schedules, prototype and pre-production builds and deliveries.• Successfully launched new product into new plant in Mexico meeting all quality, cost and delivery commitments. $180M in new company business.• Successfully implemented engineering design change to existing product increasing profitability by 10%.

Sanford, Nc

Promoted into Cost Development Manager position with increased responsibility for product profitability and communication with corporate finance and all sister manufacturing plants. Reported to VP of Finance.• Developed product cost, pricing and profitability models for all current products and new business proposals. Prepared monthly profitability reports and maintained historical P&L database.• Directed intercompany transfer pricing, developed new pricing algorithm and streamlined intercompany reconciliation process reducing cycle time by 50%.• Prepared product cost information for budget, forecast and 5 year plan processes.• Maintained product cost standards and labor and overhead cost rates.• Appointed Cost Deployment Pillar Leader for new company-wide continuous improvement initiative known as World Class Manufacturing (WCM). Developed database to collect and quantify plant losses, validate and report cost savings. Presented cost deployment methodology, practices, cost savings and forecasts in semi-annual WCM Corporate Audits.• Product cost and pricing champion for plant-wide SAP implementation.

Sanford,Nc

Cost Accounting Department and Financial Analysis responsibilities reporting to Manager Accounting and Financial Planning & Analysis.• Supervised Cost Accounting Department, maintained product cost standards and all product cost and inventory reporting functions using ManMan ERP system. • Conducted annual physical inventory, maintained 98+% inventory accuracy through cycle count program.• Developed product cost, pricing and profitability models to support all new business proposals. Created business case and obtained corporate approval for 4 new programs in Powersports business segment generating $90M in new business.• Prepared product cost data for annual operating budget. • Performed numerous make vs. buy studies, sourcing business cases and ad hoc financial analysis.

Bachelor’S Degree, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: AIESEC - International Student Leadership Organization, Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance