Rick Jester is a Vice President at Pacor Inc.. He possess expertise in testing, software project management, leadership, quality assurance, analysis and 62 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "As a Lead Finance Analyst at Deluxe Corporation, one area I have had the pleasure of working closely with Rick Jester is financially. As a Plant Manager for a fortune 1000 company, it was very important for Rick to drive continuous improvement and maintain uncompromising focus on high quality standards and bottom line profit improvement. He is a strong and decisive operations manager with strong analytical, organizational, team building and planning skills. Rick has a strong knowledge of not only inventory and production, but for company financials, month end reconciliations and closings. He had responsibility to ensure accurate inventory valuations, assist in routine analysis product cost variances; identify root cause(s) and required recommendations to management for cost reduction , understanding and explaining KPI metrics and variances on monthly financial statements, preparing operating budget and forecasts and monitoring performance against them; justification for capital expenditure cost savings projects. Rick has taken an active role in assisting in company-wide cost savings initiatives, i.e., on-going identification and analysis of activities to drive cost reductions and margin enhancement. This recommendation is based on my shared experience with Rick over the nine years we have worked together. The decision to add Rick as part of your team will be a benefit to your company." and "Rick's Leadership, Teambuilding skills and a hands-on, people oriented understanding of Continuous Improvement tools are at the heart of his sustained success as a Plant Manager who delivers improved Bottom Line Performance while growing the skills and responsibilities of those that report to him through use of Coaching and Accountability."