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Jacksonville, Florida Area

Accomplishments:Recent account audit provided business with $8 million operating profit for the second half of 2020. Created cost books of approximately 4,000 standard valve configurations allowing business to understand as-sold vs. as-executed margins to provide execution performance visibility at the factory levelDeveloped product line reporting at sales order level to analyze 10 point drop in profit margin, resulting in proper analytics, issue identification on profitability reduction, and resolution by re-costing 20,000 parts due to errorTrained international cross-functional teams in France and China on global tools and processes Responsibilities: Partner with other Project Factory Project Management Tools, Process Leads and other functional business groups to create implementation, usage and monitoring strategy, share lessons learned and best practicesDrive local improvements in ITO to reach financial goals – OTR Handoff, Schedule Management, Change Management, and Communications Management Benchmark and identify new needs or opportunities for improvements in existing Tools and Processes used through the project management life cycle for increased profitability

Conde, France

Accomplishments:Reduced overdue backlog 30% by driving rigor around clean orders, accurate engineering drawings, timely material procurement and reduced assembly stoppages during the supply chain assembly processLed team in installing a rapid response eAndon tool across the shop floor, reducing response time 25% from initiation of issue to problem resolutionResponsibilities:Collaborated with local cross functional teams optimizing performance from ITO-OTR through customer deliveryDeveloped processes/tools enabling performance stability and dependability for continued success in the futureIntroduced visibility to key metrics across the factory to enable the teams to better understand status of performance and ensured all teams understood the goals and objectives of the teams and the overall factory

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Oversaw budget and construction finances of a greenfield 515,000-foot manufacturing facility for GE Oil & Gas businessManaged $63M restructure budget over 2-year period and managed $76M property, plant and equipment budget by budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and reporting Tracked the P & E spend, managed the CIP balance, executed the fixed asset transfer from existing sites, and ensured proper inventory movement and accounting from existing sites to JacksonvilleHired, trained and developed a world class supply chain finance team at the new Jacksonville facility and developed factory-wide understanding of the impact each employee has on the performance of the business

Houston, Texas Area

Developed roadmap for a creating a successful factory finance team using best practices from other businesses, the COE model, as well as past experiences, to assemble a new finance team for the Jacksonville facilityAnalyzed the capital expenditures ($76M) of the overall project to ensure focus on productivity projects, clear pay back analysis and key equipment to be moved to the new facility in JacksonvilleAccomplishments:Increased visibility to key factory metrics (output, HC, BT, COQ, Inventory, CapEx) and developed an operating rhythm at local and regional level to be used to communicate key metrics up and down value streamAnalyzed current and future financial aspects of valves business and developed 3-year $80M business case model with positive payback analysis

Houston, Texas Area

Led the "go-live" SAP conversion process, ensuring team members met deliverable deadlines, provided support for data cleanse, performed data reconciliations to ensure the business had a successful SAP conversionEnsured business obtained favorable spend for the year ($7.0M excluding SAP acct change representing a 20% reduction versus PY) and worked with the bullet train owners to provide the details associated with current year spend as well as cost savings estimates for projects in the queuePartnered with SAP shop finance managers, HQ finance, Logistics COE to develop simplified freight posting process within SAP. Worked with local team to implement process and design reconciliation template, the simplified process has reduced invoice TAT as well as TRAX payment reconciliation

Arkansas City, Kansas

Partnered with senior management providing decision-making support to improve quality, reduce costs and maximize operating margin, focused on financial reporting/planning, controllership and team leadershipLed variable cost initiative to decrease site costs while business sales volume increase in excess of $1B and coordinated fixed asset budgetBuild strong relationships with leadership to effectively deliver audit solutions and contribute directly to business successComplete annual Sarbanes-Oxley testing, documentation and compliance Complete monthly close and report results to senior management in timely mannerProvided financial controllership over Balance Sheet and Income Statement to ensure quality reporting

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Led divestiture of the Welding business from GE companyAssisted legal, IT, HR and EHS teams with procedures and processes during the negotiation and transition phase of the business divestitureWorked with finance and corporate tax teams in both Canada and Mexico to ensure the business was tax compliant in both countries

Wichita, Kansas Area

Prepared monthly financials for a multi-location service organizationOversaw accounts receivable, accounts payable and purchasingPrepared weekly payroll along with all required periodic reportingDeveloped central purchasing system

Wichita, Kansas Area

Led the finance team in areas of accounts payable, accounts receivables, inventory control and invoicingTransitioned into warehouse lead to improve inventory accuracy and delivery improvement performance

Wichita, Kansas Area

Worked with clients on financial planning, portfolio management and strategic investment decisions

Bachelor Of General Studies, Psychology

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Accounting