Clay Adam Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis

Greater St. Louis Area

 Primary responsibility is to lead cross-functional integration teams for recently acquired companies by the larger business unito Integration lead for four acquired companieso Created project management plans, portals, dashboards and read-out documents for several key initiativeso Trained and acted as a change agent for an enterprise roll-out of Salesforce CRMo Developed reporting mechanism and KPIs for newly created Pre-Sales group for Equifax Employer Services

Greater St. Louis Area

Program Manager Consultant engagement with Equifax Workforce Solutions which ended with a full-time position at the client.

Greater St. Louis Area

 Responsible for company’s strategic leadership, policies, plans and objectives by working with the Board of Directors and executive management teamo Led company through tumultuous times due to abrupt departure of previous Presidento Directed Sales, Finance, Procurement, Marketing, Design, Logistics and Manufacturingo Made major organizational changes to redistribute salaries and increase profitabilityo Stabilized employee turnover, broke down departmental silos, and, instilled procedures and guidelineso Created a Project Management team devoted to multi-phased, large scale projects which allowed us to retain a multi-million dollar account and continuously monitor other open project opportunitieso Spearheaded a Kaizen event for the value pricing of products, giving us the ability to compete in historically lower priced markets; which resulted in the landing of several hospitality and senior living projectso Orchestrated the creation of a standard RFP package used to obtain larger scoped business; quickly, accurately, and consistentlyo Steered the implementation of a factory safety programo Designed operational and financial packages for Board of Directors in an effort to promote transparency and provide accurate data used to make sound business decisions

Greater St. Louis Area

 Responsible for Overall Operational Performance – Quality, Supply Chain, Customer Service & Sales Support, and Manufacturing with facilities in Juarez, Mexico and Suzhou, China (300+ Employees)o Consistently met financial & operational goals for Productivity, On-Time Delivery, and Quality o Developed and implemented monthly Forecasts, annual Budgets and Operational Strategies o Stabilized overhead with efficiency initiatives – productivity increased 25% and JIT purchasing policies were implemented – achieving a decrease in the A/R to A/P cash gap of 15 dayso Implemented Shop Floor Control and Operation Level Production Reporting o Introduced Kanban for low-value/high-turnover components which reduced headcount, mitigated out-of-stock, “line down” situations and focused buyers on high-value inventory o Increased inventory turns resulting in $1M reduction in asset liability by enhancing the MRP process – establishing accurate supplier data and integrating the shop floor production times into PO suggestion logico Delighted customers by driving our On-Time Delivery percentage up from 88% to 99% while reducing delinquent warranty repairs from 40% to 5%o Managed the implementation of global ERP solution (EPICOR) in US, Mexico and China o Generated hundreds of customer quotes and negotiated multiple sales contracts with global fitness equipment and motor manufacturerso Reviewed and negotiated purchasing contracts with foreign suppliers of key electronic components and mechanical hardware

Greater St. Louis Area

Led the Executive Committee while directing overall financial activities supporting three Midwest sales offices and corporate headquarters Responsible for reengineering financial systems and control environment to manage the firm’s growth plan – from 100 current to 150 employees in 18 monthsDeveloped their first standardized long-range plan and annual budget, eliminating 10% in annual overhead spendingLed the clean-up effort of company’s balance sheet which identified a variety of discrepant entries from prior yearsDesigned competitive and affordable compensation packages for the growing sales team

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Led the Finance and IT departments for the $250M US Rail division of a $16B UK based, worldwide corporation and Co-chaired the Executive Team responsible for several multi-million dollar projects and 12 business units throughout North America Directed and reported all business risk, both financial and operational, along with mitigation plans. On a regular basis, would present data to parent company and outside stakeholders.Integrated four previously acquired companies by merging legal entities, accounting and systems while reengineering back-office processes which increased profits by $35mDirected the development of standard operating procedures for project tendering, job costing, inventory tracking/usage, equipment management and risk avoidanceEnhanced cash flow 25% by improving working capital turnover and fixed asset utilization

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Directed Finance, IT and HR functions for two plants, seven sales offices and corporate headquarters Consolidated seven plants into twoImplemented financial, order entry, purchasing and time keeping systemsCreated sound business policies and proceduresDesigned and implemented a Shop Floor Control system

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Acted as the Plant Controller for the Energy Meter Division in DuBois, PA while searching for a replacement Oversaw the consolidation and financial activities for seven Meter manufacturing plants in North and South AmericaReviewed, analyzed and reported financial results to corporate officeDirected all financial audit activity

Greater Denver Area

Directed the Finance, IT, HR and Manufacturing departments for a Software company that integrated their programs and drivers with hardware used to monitor mission critical data center equipment Implemented new ERP system (MK Manufacturing)Produced and Presented Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Financial Statements to GroupNegotiated Supplier AgreementsProduced Annual Budgets and Monthly Forecasts

Greater St. Louis Area

Conducted over 50 financial and operational audits at multiple manufacturing locations throughout North America, Europe and South Africa – serving a wide variety of diversified industries Audited businesses included: Sporting Equipment, Tire Manufacturers, Meters, Software, Fractional Motors, UPSs, Conveyor Systems, Baggage Handling Systems, Railway Signaling, Machine Shops, Automobile Extrusions, PET Bottling, Shoe Supports, Engine Additives, Airplane Breaks, and others

Greater St. Louis Area

Produced estimates-to-complete (ETC) for several missile and aircraft projects and was part of a team that negotiated supplier contracts. An integral member of the team chartered to reduce the supplier base through a certification process. Received the highest award given to an employee for my team’s creation of the Supplier Financial Health Indicator Model.

Mba

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting And International Business