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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Manage Philadelphia Plant Finance, Inventory, Raw Material purchasing, Receiving, and Information Management Systems(non-financial audits: ISO, FSSC & Safety Certifications)• Prepare annual business plan, monthly close/reporting/financial analysis and rolling forecast for two manufacturing plants, Philadelphia, PA and Moorestown, NJ, producing 31MM cases• Present annual business plan to Owners and CFO and report monthly financial results to Corporate Controller and Senior Financial Management• Assist with Plant Financial audits, Internal and External • Prepare Capital justification analysis for Senior management-ROI, NPV, Payback• Responsible for continuous improvement using brain storming, root cause analysis and DMAIC principals saving thousands (e.g. CO2 usage, ingredient & package yields, line efficiency impr.)• Improving Plant efficiencies by leading weekly OE meeting and reviewing projects • Environmental Champion, responsible for audits: GAO and 14001 ISO (environmental) certification, legal & regulatory reporting• Assist team with ISO 22000 (food safety) and ISO 9001:2008 certification audits

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Support two manufacturing plants, Philadelphia, PA and Moorestown, NJ, producing 30MM cases• Prepare annual business plan, 3 Year plan, monthly financial analysis and weekly forecast• Improving both plants efficiencies by leading EJT (Excellence Journey Toolkit) and Total Product Manufacturing • Successfully manage multiple positions (SOEL, Finance, Environmental, Planet Team-energy/water)• Responsible for continuous improvement using Root Cause Analysis and DMAIC principals (lean), saving thousands (e.g. electricity usage, package yields, pallets, ingredient yields)• Lead team that successfully passed Coke safety and environmental audits and 14001 ISO (environmental) certification audit• Assisted team that successfully passed the ISO 22000 (food safety) re-certification(annual) and ISO 9001:2008 certification audits

Upstate Ny And Eastern Pa

• Responsible for nine distribution centers, from Harrisburg, PA to Albany, NY, with $330M in sales• Prepared annual $74 million OPEX Business Plan for Sales, Warehouse/Distribution, and Admin • Headed team that implemented a policy to manage $1 million "Point of Sale" expenditures• Saved over $100,000 in OPEX spending providing key metrics, visibility to detail & regular review • Supported Region Finance Manager, and Vice Presidents of Sales and Warehouse/Distribution• Travel 60% • Monitored and communicated adherence to internal controls• Co-chaired team tasked with identifying core and non-core Admin Staff responsibilities• Manage 34 employees, 6 direct and 28 indirect

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Responsible for all product costing for a $300 million sale facility • Assisted team that implemented a Consolidation & Reporting-budgeting/forecasting system • Supported Director of Finance, Vice Presidents of Finance, Production, and Logistics & Warehouse• Analyzed freight costs associated with purchasing products vs. manufacturing and implemented recommendations resulting in annual savings of $1.5 million• Implemented Finance department cross training to ensure timely and accurate reporting• Performed multi-million dollar new product cost scenarios• Justified capital projects over $500,000 by IRR, discounted cash flows and payback analysis• Managed $10 million in average daily cash (Wires, receipts, payments) and Letters of Credit

West Berlin, Nj

• Responsible for accounting, finance, treasury and legal functions• Coordinated external audits and reviews• Assisted in negotiation of outlet store and new administrative office leases

Moorestown, Nj

Assistant Controller-Ideal (3/2001-6/2007) • Oversaw three foreign locations (Belgium, Italy and Singapore) and one domestic • Direct report to the Divisional Vice President of Finance• Managed 11 employees, 5 direct (domestic) and 6 indirect (overseas)• Headed team that hired a freight audit service to audit and pay $4.5 million in annual freight billing• Reduced monthly average cash held outside the US from over $1 million to $.4 million• Assisted in the implementation of general ledger and inventory systems• Improved moral and reporting, retained staff and met deadlines• Prepared Sarbanes-Oxley, What Can Go Wrong, Control Matrix, Test Plans and Walk -Throughs / Document Sets for A/P, Consolidated Reporting and Financial Close processesCost Accounting Manager (2/1999-3/2001) • Responsible for two divisions with sales in excess of $85 million• Maintained a JD Edwards fully absorbed cost system with over 5,000 cost records• Prepared new product, chemical/backing change and competitive cost scenarios• Coordinated, participated and oversaw all aspects of the physical inventory• Maintained two positions simultaneously: Cost Accounting Manager and Budget Analyst; enabling accounting to meet all month-end and year-end corporate requirementsBudget Analyst (10/1989-2/1999) • Responsible for rolling forecast of two divisions with sales in excess of $80 million• Developed consolidated cash flow, and profit and loss forecast models• Streamlined budget process saving days, which provided more time for analytical review• Co-chaired a multifunctional team which reduced production waste by $150,000• Conducted financial and ISO9001 audits providing recommendations to improve controls