Frozen and Shelf Stable Food ManufacturerCoordinated and managed entire physical inventory process for manufacturing plant and outside warehouses for both finished goods and raw materials inventory.With the cooperation of the Plant Manager and departmental managers, semiannually developed finished goods inventory cost of goods, raw material, labor and overhead standard costs as well as a detailed departmental overhead budget.Business was purchased by Hillshire Foods in May 2014 and shortly after purchased by a larger firm Tyson Foods in September 2014. Within 4 1/2 month time frame, performed two accounting business purchase closes-May and August- and two additional year end closes-June for Hillshire Foods and then September for Tyson Foods. Analyzed all purchase price, labor ,manufacturing, overhead spending and volume variances. Provided explanations for all significant variances for monthly financial review meeting.Performed monthly raw material inventory reconciliations for 7 co-manufacturing warehouses for both frozen and shelf stable inventory.

Decorative Concrete Products ManufacturerSet up new items in inventory item master and maintained standard costs for all raw materials and finished goods.Established and implemented inventory management policies and procedures.Calculated LIFO inventory reserve for income tax reporting.Calculated eligible inventory for credit line borrowing base.Prepared monthly slow moving finished goods inventory report for sales team.Created Excel queries for inventory account analysis.

Aerospace Fastener ManufacturerEstablished a lean manufacturing team in order to reduce non-value added activities.Managed all aspects of fixed asset inventory including: Submitted capital investment request reports, disposition of fixed assets, depreciation schedules, performed annual physical inventory count of all assets and reconciled fixed asset listing to general ledger.