Robert Gabriel Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Somerset, New Jersey, United States

► Review proposals and estimates from vendors, and to potential and existing customers. Follow up on all change orders.► Create and implement financial plan for all office requisitions, independent contractors, office supplies, and general procurement activities.► Manage and prioritize Accounts Payable.► Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting activities including reconciliation of bank and credit card accounts, coordination and completion of annual audits for tax preparation, preparation and analysis of financial statements.► Improve systems, procedures, and workflows, and initiate corrective actions.► Prepare and Analyze monthly Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss, Trial Balance statements for ownership.► Invoicing and maintaining Accounts Receivable and follow up on collection activities.► Set up bank wire transfers for overseas contractors.► Establish and maintain Chart of Accounts and journalize entries accordingly.► Process and approve office payroll.► Tracking and approval of expense accounts for all employee purchases.

Monmouth Junction Nj

► Management of paper inventory levels, PO creation, and production planning using JD Edwards Enterprise One 9.1 ERP system.► Alternative paper grade research and sourcing based on changing marketplace conditions. Quotation requests with vendors for best pricing and delivery dates for spot orders.► Consumption analysis and reporting for manufacturing facilities. ► Request for pricing (RFP) support for standard paper grades.► Process credits from mills for defective materials or substandard manufacturing quality.

New York City

► Organized, coordinated, analyzed, and managed all paper related activities.► Monitored inventory levels, forecasting, report generation, PO creation, credit processing, using Oracle based ERP system.► Created allocations based on production schedules of titles to insure continuous supply. Placed orders for replacement stock based on demand status.► Review of supplier pricing scales to monitor contractual compliance.► Recommended alternative stocks to manufacturing team based on economics and availability when appropriate.► Reconciled printer usage reports to company ledger.► Spot and special order price negotiation outside of the scope of contract pricing.

Hoboken

► Responsible for purchasing up to 30 million dollars of yearly corporate spend on paper consisting of over 90 combinations of publishing grade papers. Recommended alternative basis weight and standardization of trim size for the paper used, generating a total savings of $1,534,000.► Negotiated new discounts, saving $340,000 per year. ► Participated in the implementation of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system using XML, reducing labor required to process invoices by 20%.► Conducted audits as part of Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance, identified $299,000 in improperly costed items.► Designed Wiley’s proprietary paper inventory management system GBPM (Global Book Project Management). Maintained all reference files for vendors and suppliers, keeping estimating prices current.► Supported colleagues with paper quality issues and advised internal customers regarding cost savings opportunities for specific titles. ► Self-taught in the use of IBM Cognos (BI@Wiley), the primary tool used for cost comparison scenarios.► Managed the consumption for over 5,000 items produced annually. Identified over consumption on specific items and pursued vendor credits averaging $120,000 annually.► Worked with IT to develop and test Wiley’s proprietary paper inventory module and ordering system (Global Book Project Management). ► Implemented a Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plan for my department in the event of a situation or disaster that temporarily or permanently shut down access to Wiley offices and systems, enabling the paper department the ability to continue to function.

Berkeley Heights New Jersey

Responsibilities included; procurement of raw materials, estimating, job planning, scheduling, invoicing, inventory reconciliation, logistics planning, and resolution of paper and raw material claims.► Managed over $450,000 in annual spend.► Developed RFP’s used in competitive bidding process for the selection of vendors and suppliers. ► Managed a team tasked with identifying ways to reduce waste within the operation. Developed new processes and procedures that reduced waste by 5%.► Designed and implemented an inventory tracking system reducing mistakes and saving time when pulling stock. ► Participated in the implementation of a Print Management System (PMS) making sure that it was calculating the cost of jobs correctly.

Union Nj And Berkley Heights Nj

► Supervised a department of 3 people in the pre-press department in support of all pressroom activities, including copy preparation, photography, 4 color film assembly and imposition, platemaking, proofing, press rule-outs and approvals.

Bachelor’S Degree, Industrial Studies

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