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Atlanta, Ga, Us

United States

Irvine, Ca, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Perrysburg, Ohio, Us

Responsible for overall Operations and Materials Management functions including procurement, production planning, storage and distribution for the largest glass manufacturing plant in the southeast, producing 750 Million bottles annually Highlights o Drove change through focused KPIs and implementing new processes and procedures with an emphasis on people, safety, quality, cost and delivery.o Improved labor relations and team performance by coaching and empowering team members. Outbound loading increased by an average of 15% increasing daily output with less man hours.o Implemented a streamlined staffing schedule to drive higher output and reduce costs. My plan reduced late loads, detention charges by 56%, and reduced overtime labor spending by $40k in 2014, and over $80k annually through 2018. (As a percentage to regular labor, OT labor decreased from 19% to 9%)o Currently working on an outside warehouse cost reduction project which thus far has saved $100k for Q1 2018. o Reduced finished goods Inventory variance from 8% to 0.17%. This resulted in a year-over-year total product loss reduction of $655k between 2013 - 2017o Managed annual dept. budget of $1 Million and oversaw $100k capital project spend o Project lead for Audit Remediation Team in Streator, IL. 2/2109 – 5/2019. Completed full 100% Finished Goods physical cycle count of 15k pallets. Led cross functional team of Quality, Production and Shipping leads to develop and implement procedures pertaining to quality assurance and positive release of new production. Identified areas of opportunity for warehouse optimization to reduce outside warehouse spend. o Tracy, CA – sent onsite to share best practices for implementing and managing a drop trailer program. Developed process to minimize carrier wait times, carrier detention and improve overall flow of traffic.o Developed new plant mission statement: “People, Safety and Quality working together to drive a culture of excellence”

Perrysburg, Ohio, Us

Responsibilities:o Direct and coordinate production schedule execution for 5 production lines to ensure customer order fulfillment.o Execute SKU level production planning and scheduling along with SAP production order creation and maintenance. o Manage all secondary materials and supplies to ensure availability to support manufacturing processo Oversee Storing and Shipping department and led a team of 2 salary and 15 hourly employees to guarantee customer orders are received timely and Inventory is stored properly. o Maintain FIFO shipping, cycle counts, and manage inventory levels as well as minimizing overage and obsolete inventory at the Southeast’s largest plant of 500k sq/ft. onsite warehouse.o Manage safety stock, stock transfer orders, and reconcile inventory at 20 offsite warehouses throughout the US. o Establish department KPI’s, goals, SOP’s, processes and procedureso Act as liaison between customer service and vendor matters related to delivered qualityo Coordinate all offsite SKU repack and quality re-select jobso Oversee labor relations including grievance process, labor contract adherence, team building, and training

Perrysburg, Ohio, Us

As a SAP Super User I supported and drove improvements for O-I’s newly implemented ERP system and drove stabilization by troubleshooting and resolving support ticketso Appointed as the primary contact for North American Finance end users.o Provided training and identified continuous improvement opportunitieso Managed maintenance and improvements to financial master data in SAPo Drove improved data integrity by troubleshooting and resolving variances between SAP FI, the financial accounting module, and CO-PA, a profitability sub module.o Worked as a liaison to support cross functional processes outside of finance with Shared Services, Logistics and Manufacturingo Provided onsite support for subsequent go-live phases for Ecuador and Peru.

Perrysburg, Ohio, Us

Functional Area Lead for the North American SAP implementation, Record to Report Team (RTR). o Developed and facilitated SAP end user training for the finance team at all 19 plant locations in North America. I created Power User education tools and simulations for the uPerform site which allows users to access e-learning and training content online. I also hosted weekly power user engagement calls to introduce relevant features and functionality of SAP.o Created a “Day in the Life” tool which is a complete interactive guide that allows users to identity individual job activities/responsibilities by functional area or owner. For each task, the guide lists relevant data such as SAP transaction codes, frequency and whether the activity triggers a task at corporate level. It also links each task to online training support documentation. o Created SAP driven period end close schedule for Corporate and Plant finance groupso Was responsible for data migration during cutover and data validation for Inventory accounts post uploado Assisted with User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by creating and executing tests scripts for the RTR teamo Oversaw custom reporting for the Finance team. This included identifying reporting needs not met through standard SAP functionality. After prioritizing and approving report requests, report specs were translated into functional designs. Working with a Dev analyst, I shepherded reports through development, testing and go-live.

Perrysburg, Ohio, Us

Finance leader for Rocky Mountain Bottle Company, a 50/50 joint venture with OI and MillerCoors which employees 245 people and produces 45 Million cases annually o Supported external stakeholders, plant management and Cost Center managers to ensure financial goals were achieved by providing financial reporting, operations analysis, and cost accountingo Directed finance team through monthly period end close activities including: raw material accounting, cost center reporting, journal entries, accruals, labor, maintenance and tooling entries, utilities, projects and capital expense entries, depreciation and freight accountingo Generated monthly financial statements and published financial scorecard. o Completed Inter-company allocations and account reconciliation. Provided monthly variance analysis to all MillerCoors and O-I stakeholders, allowing stakeholders to make critical decisions based on accurate financialso Led monthly forecasting and annual budgeting process amounting to over $90 Million in operating costso Capital Project accounting including creating and tracking projects using SAP PS, project accruals, depreciation, closing projects and providing guidance to support capital vs expense decision o Presented at the annual Business Review with the Executive Board Committee from both parent companies. Responsible for communicating the financial performance and future outlook of the business.o Drove business results by using financial techniques, tools, and concepts to provide actionable information to business unit partners.o Ensured Sarbanes Oxley Compliance and internal controls adherence

Perrysburg, Ohio, Us

Support plant management by providing financial reporting, operations analysis, and cost accounting for a glass manufacturing facilityo Analyzed and accurately reported monthly financial results, monthly forecasts, annual operating plan, and strategic planningo Reviewed labor expense, material costs, manufacturing overhead, distribution cost, returns and inventory levels. o Identified areas of overspend and proposed cost saving initiatives.

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting

French Language- Intermediate