Robert Henricks Email & Phone Number

Berwyn, Pa, Us

• Provide business and financial leadership to executives and seven locations within segment.• Lead and develop high-performance organization of 33 finance and IT employees.• Drive year-over-year improvements in working capital, sales, operating profit and overall performance.• Ensure effective internal controls, including compliance with GAAP, SOX, and ASC 606.• Conducted acquisition due diligence and integration of business with $50 million revenue.

• Provided financial leadership and development across six locations within segment.• Evaluated commercial revenue and capital proposals and drove working capital reductions.

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• Led team responsible for providing core analytics and decision support to COO and plant leadership.• Created tools to evaluate and communicate enterprise-wide program performance and portfolio risk.• Developed annual and long-range plans and monthly forecast financials.

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• Supervised 10 direct reports, including 7 site controllers and 3 HQ managers. Managed organization of 48.• Partnered with Chief Operating Officer and business unit leadership to meet financial objectives.• Defined and built plant finance organizational structure. Filled 19 corporate and site finance positions.• Assisted with acquisition integration of organizations contributing $150 million in sales.• Supported operations in critically assessing capital investment and commercial opportunity decisions.• Recommended and designed cost savings project tracking process within the business units.• Created business development evaluation methodology for new products and applications.• Developed and established corporate-wide inventory policies and practices.• Helped ensure timely month-end closings, business analytics, and value-added reporting to executives.• Evaluated and challenged business unit forecasts, annual operating plan, and long-range plan.• Helped ensure integrity of financials including adherence to GAAP and minimization of SOX deficiencies.• Developed Board of Directors materials including results summaries and peer company comparisons.• Refined product cost accounting across manufacturing locations.

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

• Supported vice presidents of manufacturing, supply chain, and quality for Electrical Sector, a division with $7 billion global sales, $850 million inventory, and $3 billion material spend.• Led three direct reports responsible for financial planning, reporting, analysis and project support.• Partnered with manufacturing strategy team to assess global sourcing and production alternatives.• Partnered with procurement team to help facilitate negotiations and ensure continuity of supply.• Developed and delivered plant manager / controller training as finance and lean subject matter expert. • Led global deployment of Enterprise Performance Management system for Electrical Sector.• Created executive dashboards to clearly show performance gaps versus plan for key metrics.

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

• Directed finance and IT functions of plant with $150 million sales and 400 people.• Led department of nine people, including four direct reports.• Partnered with plant leadership in developing and meeting financial and operational commitments.• Directed planning process including monthly forecasts, annual profit plan, and long-range strategic plan.• Provided division management with insightful performance analysis through weekly flash calls, monthly reporting packages, and quarterly operating reviews.• Ensured compliance with GAAP, SOX, and internal financial policies.• Benchmarked operating model against other Eaton facilities to assess economic value of vertical integration and relocation of manufacturing to low cost country.• Implemented IT project management process to ensure prioritization and timely completion of projects.

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

• Managed financial activities for unit with $1 billion sales and 13 US and Latin America plants.• Coordinated annual profit and strategic plans, quarterly operating reviews, and monthly unit reviews.

Marysville, Ohio, Us

• Directed all financial activities of customer account team with $300 million sales.• Critically assessed product margin mix in displays, regions, and brands across business unit.• Built consensus on monthly forecasts and budget with sales management and six brand teams.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

• Evaluated performance of business with $1 billion sales relative to targets and historical results.• Provided analysis that enabled senior leadership to understand profitability drivers and make decisions. • Collaborated with personnel from US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia, and South America to reengineer forecast process to improve accuracy and speed and to increase accountability throughout organization.• Managed annual budget process for 30 locations across four continents. • Conducted valuation assessments of global capital investment proposals and prior projects. Challenged market and financial assumptions to ensure achievability and consistency with business strategy. • Led special projects to develop profitability reporting by product, end-use market, and customer.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

• Led special projects for corporate CFO including:o Developed insightful, special-topic Board of Director presentations based on in-depth analysis of value drivers, competitors, and business sectors.o Built models to predict cash flow impact of various acquisition and divestiture scenarios.o Developed critiques of strategic plan documents for 16 business units.• Constructed Board of Director presentations and report books that summarized monthly performance and forecasts of 16 global business units. Streamlined month end process, greatly improving efficiency.• Coordinated development of annual plan for overall worldwide corporation with $9 billion sales. • Supervised two financial analysts.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

• Managed month end closing and annual budget processes for 1500-person fiberglass production facility. • Assumed plant controller responsibilities during six-month vacancy of controller position.• Critically evaluated cost savings and capital project proposals including new line of insulation products.• Supervised five plant accountants responsible for cost, inventory, budgeting, and payroll.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

• Performed special projects for CFO and Corporate Controller.

Dublin 2, Ie

(formerly Andersen Consulting)• Medical Products Manufacturer ($5 billion sales) – Evaluated and presented best-fit software alternatives for client executives. Developed SAP order management and distribution prototype. • Food Products Company ($7 billion sales) – Developed model to evaluate sourcing scenarios for 15-facility warehouse network. Led software development team during supply chain project. • Aluminum Products Manufacturer ($10 billion sales) – Developed capacity planning tool to improve manufacturing throughput. Tool was major enabler in 50% reduction of plant inventory. • Pharmaceutical Company ($5 billion sales) – Implemented major enhancements to production planning, inventory control, and cost accounting software.• Led training sessions for up to 20 client personnel, developed staff through supervisory relationships.• Created marketing materials and bid proposals for prospective clients.

Mba/Mem, Finance, Marketing

Bse, Civil Engineering & Operations Research