Strong management skills assessing employee strengths to optimize department’s results• Take charge positive person who actively engages team members to create shared victories, tackling projects with dedication, integrity and a smile• Strong technical skills with a clear understanding of ERP systems and how they work, teaming up with IT to improve processes and system issues• Clear understanding of GAAP and Audit required documentation, providing a department that is clearly prepared for audit requests• Excellent ability to increase efficiency and output in a manufacturing environment, increasing quality while decreasing lead-times, costs and inventoryPrincipal Areas of PracticeProcess Improvement• Evaluate systems and processes for ways to eliminate inefficiencies• Work with other departments to improve inefficiencies for cost reduction• Analyze business needs and provide improvement suggestions• Ease with technological systems, working close with IT departments on system improvements Forecasting/Production Management• Working closely with the Sales department to decrease lead-times on products• Analyze prior sales trends to insure production meets demand• Work with outside vendors to improve inventory values through VMI and scheduling• Develop rate calculations and track for inefficiencies• Decrease production times by improving RM readinessProcess Documentation• Build desktop procedures for all processes in the department• Test documentation annually for SOX compliance and changes based on process improvements• Provide training and instruction on processVariance Analysis/Expense Control• Ability to analyze large amount of data to find the opportunity for cost savings, and or abnormality in the data• Work with other departments coaching them on their ability to manage their costs• Work closely with the procurement team to develop strategies in expense managementInventory Management• Analyze vast amounts of data, to highlight inventory issues, and provide a plan for eliminating these issues• Work with the inventory team to improve processes and control inventory costs and loss• Ability to think “outside the box” to decrease inventory Expense Control• Work closely with outside vendors/teams to decrease production time and cost• Improve processes that eliminate wasted costs• Manage employees to eliminate/decrease overtime and non-value-added payroll hours