Thomas Curtis Email & Phone Number

Layton, UT, US

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Currently lead project management office (since 2017), Annual Planning and Process ImprovementPreviously lead product management (2020-2021)Chief of Staff for Department and Strategy Leader (2018-2021)Interim Planning Director 2017S&OP Leader 2016

Midwest (IL, OH, KY)

• Identifying Improvement Projects and Programs for Three Plants and A Distribution Center
• Facilitating Strategy, Mapping, Organizational Design,Training and Improvement Events
• Coaching of Improvement Teams and Plant Managers
• Designing and implementing Lean Operating and Business Systems
• Conducting Engineering System, Management, and Innovation Consulting

Greater Chicago Area

• Drove rebuild & redesign of finance processes for closing, forecasting, reporting, & analysis
• Developed personnel roles & responsibilities for future brand structure and company combination
• Designed financial controls & performing Trial Balance & Accounting Policy reviews
• Served as Interim Financial Planning and Analysis Director
• Consulted on Projects including Integrated Business Planning, Repositioning Opportunities, Budget Planning, and System Design
• Trained four Directors into roles

Greater Chicago Area

• Led rebuild & redesign of finance processes for closing, forecasting, reporting, & analysis
• Designed financial controls & performing Trial Balance & Accounting Policy reviews
• Provided financial leadership for audit, analysis, & management of the full P&L, Balance Sheet, Engineering, and the Integrated Supply Chain

• Provided financial & business support to the VP for a Manufacturing Site Optimization Effort
• Designed Save Validation process and modeling to meet bank covenant requirements
• Led Financial Forecasting and Reporting process for six major projects including 3 physical manufacturing line moves, 2 plant closures, and 10+ product line moves
• Consulted on Repositioning and Scenario Planning Analysis for Distribution and Warehousing
• Developed and manage a financial project management model with multilevel flexible reporting
• Coordinated activities between sister companies to ensure proper documentation and execution

• Awarded Division “Living A Winning Culture” Award & selected for 2010-11 Top Talent Program
• Directed Finance for Freight ($65M), Inventory ($140M), and Warehouse ($25M), and Costing for US
• Lead Division Capital, Productivity, Annual ISC Budgeting Processes, & Support Strategic Planning
• Model and consult on Repositioning and Scenario Planning Analysis for Autolite, Fram, & Prestone
• Developed and taught “Lean for Professionals” program & mentored and certified 13 Greenbelts
• Revamped ISC Finance Processes for Planning, Reporting and Analysis, and Plant Annual Planning

• Assumed controller role for Ohio & Utah facilities at management’s request-continued project role
• Established standardized processes and controls for plants to facilitate smooth controllers’ transition

• Drove improved standardization in 2009 Annual Operating Plans for plants (10 sites) and brands
• Enhanced financial reporting abilities of plants and brands to improve ease, timeliness, and accuracy
• Eliminated waste from controller roles and developed tools to facilitate productivity across plants

• Led finance and accounting activities, SAP GL implementation & earned Black Belt & Lean Expert
• Created improved financial close, reporting & control processes, Lean Sandbox, Plant Scheduling model, Ordering Process (1.6M Inv reduction), Pioneer Blog, & mentored & certified 5 Greenbelts
• Selected to Mentoring Program, sat on Plant Lean Steering Team, & advised multiple A3 teams
• Consulted on SAP Implementation, Freight Optimization, Product Outsourcing, Six Sigma Training, Reconciliation Software, Internal Audit Preparation, Customer Returns, & Lean Expert Certification

• Preformed close, reconciliation, reporting, budgeting, analysis activities & earned Greenbelt
• Redesigned Forecasting, Reporting, and Annual Budgeting Models for a $60M Manufacturing Plant

• Provided modeling, forecasting, reporting, ledger design for $200M Call Center & given Star Award
• Developed and produced custom reporting packages enabling managers to precisely manage costs

• Developed a comprehensive self-replicating Work Flow Management reporting system
• Analyzed and identified saving targets for a department IT cost reduction initiative

Mba, Finance

Bs, Minor, Sociology, Business