• Oversee internal accounting activities including monthly preparation, review, and presentation of financial statements• Manage costing activities, including quarterly aluminum purchasing and commodity surcharge changes for customer base of 60+• Led company-wide ERP transition from actual to standard costing• Review standard costing variances to ensure accuracy of direct material, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead, including BOM routings and calculations• Conduct, manage, and lead annual company-wide physical inventory• Administer company insurance policies, including property & casualty and health & benefits• One of the lead administrators for the company ERP system, IQMS

Various exposure and responsibilities during the tenure of this role, including:• Costing & Quoting• Traffic Manager• Shipping Manager• Tooling Management• ERP Management• Human Resources Management• KPI Tracking & Monitoring

• Develop and manage the flow of materials between plants and off-site stored materials• Review daily shortages due to inventory errors and determine causes and corrective actions• Establish material flow, route layouts, and material handling methods for delivery and storage of material• Daily Kanban implementation and support• Monitor inventory levels at assigned plant to include safety stock, WIP, obsolete, and production stock

• Create, schedule, and manage purchase orders to support various new product development projects• Spearhead all communication while managing 150+ suppliers to efficiently meet the desired due dates for each military contract deliverable• Manage Hydraulics, Powertrain, and Driveline commodities with $10 million of annual spend• Minimize parts shortages, communicate critical concerns, and expedite parts to meet unforeseen demand

• Perform cycle counts to ensure inventory accuracy of purchased and manufactured parts• Daily Kanban implementation and support• Analyze and correct any inventory discrepancies that occur in SAP and continuously seek solutions to prevent future occurrence• 3P (Production Preparation Process) Kaizen event member for introducing the plastics department into new dryer line building• Managed two departments and 15-25 union employees for each end of the year physical inventory

• Utilize programs such as JD Edwards, Optio, Pro Clarity, and Tracs to coordinate purchase orders, shipments, returns and damage claims• Implement and adjust carrier contracts to deliver freight within target cost parameters while meeting specified customer service requirements• Investigate and correct daily transportation problems to allow truckloads to arrive on time

• Assisted operator on an industrial size paper machine• Worked 50-60+ hours per week• Displayed strong work ethic doing manual labor in a manufacturing environment• Worked part-time running paper trials in basement of Law Street Lab