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Auburn Hills, Mi / Pine Brook, Nj / Windsor, Cn

Manage both EDM & milling consumables including: inside sales, logistics (receiving, shipping & stocking), planning/purchasing, and material quality. Support functions for consumables: facility lease management, quality system coordination, asset management, and training coordination (SAP). 15 direct reports14 stocking plants (U.S. & Canada)24M in sales

Milling Consumables; Manage the Milling Consumables Operations Team on a daily basis including customer service, call monitoring, receiving, shipping and warehousing.Assist with operations activities as required, including; responding to customer inquiries (calls, faxes, orders in-box, credits, etc) and logistics support requirements.Coordinate the distribution, tracking, follow-up, and expediting of open orders to ensure the proper materials are delivered on time to customers and to regional facilities.Implement inventory accuracy through daily cycle counting which improved the performance of Milling Consumables fill rates, order accuracy and management of materials in terms of shelf life.Design material planning re-order points and MRP (Materials Requirement Processing) of purchasing in SAP.Assist in the review of current processes and the development of recommendations to optimize systems and facilitate process improvement of BPS processes in SAP.Achieved departments' highest profitability margin for fiscal year 2011 of 25.4%.Support the credit review team in resolving customers' accounts, along with resolving any open issues in regards to invoices, payables or financial issues.Coordinate the scheduling of resources including approval of overtime, timesheets, and management of expenses.Conduct periodic PPP (Personal Performance Planning) and facilitate the personal development of each team member including customer skills improvement, SAP transaction processing and product knowledge.

Reviewed and supervised the day-to-day work of accounts receivable and accounts payable.Administered bi-weekly payroll including preparing payroll report, processing payroll using ADP & Pay Systems, verifying employee pay, calculated commissions, 401k, deductions, taxes; prepared journal entries and payroll accrual.Led the collections team that implemented a hold list, structured payment plans, recaptured bad debt, set credit limits (DNBi) and hosted monthly A/R strategy meetings.Participated in a special project (Team Finance) that transitioned company office from Great Plains to SAP; included creation of a new general ledger, data cleansing and mapping of receivables and payables, and flow charts on procedures of accounts receivables and accounts payables.Assisted in calculating yearly forecasts; adjust forecast each quarter.Made recommendations regarding the accounting reserves, assets and expenditures accounts.Processed company's yearly 1099s in a timely manner.

Calculated and processed company's payroll weekly.Performed the preparation, recording/coding, and posting of accounts payables and receivables on weekly basis.Balanced bank reconciliations, commissions, miscellaneous cash and postage journals to the general ledger monthly.Applied weekly cash receipts by phone or online sales into Great Plains software; deposited cash receipts. Balanced and monitored all daily sales by validating, booking, shipping, voiding or crediting customer sales on payment site (Cambist).

Balanced six monthly Delphi bank lines by matching the general ledger to treasury management system.Networked with vendors, bank analysts, and team members in solving monthly variances.

Master Of Business Administration, Finance

Bachelor Of Science, Accounting