Cory Willis Email & Phone Number

Deerfield, MA, US

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Direct oversite of plant controlling at 11 manufacturing sites under the Jeld-Wen Interior Doors division.
• Plan and implement systems and processes to improve growth of business unit and company.
• Establish working rapport with business partners across the company.
• Coordinate with operations leadership team to improve financial growth of business unit.
• Prepare statistical analysis of plans and financial results, and management reports.
• Determine profitable opportunities for business unit and implement processes and systems to achieve higher profits.

Charlotte, NC, US

• Directly manage and oversee 9 manufacturing sites globally. Including management and development of all controllers and manufacturing finance support staff within Lithium division
• Provide direction to functional counterparts in operating units as required, and to operating and executive management team on matters involving cost determination problems, or issues such as inventory valuation.
• Identify and investigate issues related to assigned projects, determines scope, and selects approach from the accepted methodology or recommended alternatives
• Define assumptions for the quantification and analysis of investments, acquisitions, or divestitures
• Participate in the development of long-range financial forecasts and related budgets, considering alternative scenarios and economic prospects as appropriate
• Participate in the development and implementation of consequent financial strategies and management tools

Lake Forest, IL, US

• Plant controller over Huntersville NC Manufacturing plant, Commerce CA Manufacturing plant, and North Carolina distribution center
• Control and cost manage two independent plants and distribution center under Pactiv
• Analysis of daily production and manufacturing efficiencies for operations utilizing SAP and LES
• Investigation of manufacturing, distribution and inventory variances
• Analysis and maintenance of inventory transactions and spending
• Monitor inventory cycle counts and review of related adjustments for unusual items and/or irregularities

Lake Forest, IL, US

• Cost Accounting
• Variance Analysis
• Inventory Analysis
• Month End Close/GL/Journal Entries
• Production Analysis
• Special Projects

• Cost Accounting
• Production Analysis
• Month End Close
• Daily & Monthly Reporting Mgmt
• Management and analysis of Critical Inventory

US

• Responsible for month end closing, consolidation, and monthly reporting for multiple Irwin Tool divisions using Hyperion software and in-house general ledger system and Natural application
• Responsible for processing and maintaining monthly reconciliations and journal entries for multidivisional business units at Irwin-Rubbermaid
• Assisted with various IT specific systematic issues with Global system software
• Worked with IT personnel to develop more efficient and value added reporting to make month end close processes more efficient
• Responsible for dataflow from multiple foreign and US ledger systems and troubleshooting journal entry “csv” file issues for all of divisions.
• Tied and locked all of consolidated portions of Rubbermaid-Irwin from multiple ledger systems to Hyperion during month end close

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Associates In Business, Business Mgmt