MATTHEW DAVID LIVINGSTON

**** ******** *****

Greenville, OH 45331

937-***-****

abm69r@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CRANE PUMPS & SYSTEMS ($100million division of Crane Co.)

2007-PRESENT

DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC SOURCING

April 2007- May 2009

Crane Pumps & Systems, Piqua, Ohio

. Responsible for strategic sourcing for $30M annual spend, through a

global supply chain that encompasses North America (Canada, USA, and

Mexico) and China.

. Lead the commodity managers, reporting to this position, through

development of a full commodity strategy for all commodity types and

suppliers, to maximize cost reductions, delivery performance,

inventory turns, and supplier quality rating.

. Assumed the responsibility to personally manage Iron Sand castings,

and the Mexico supply chain.

. Facilitate supplier development efforts, working with the quality

group to assess and develop supplier quality and on-time delivery

performance.

. Lead sourcing for all new product development activities.

OPERATIONS FINANCE MANAGER

April 2007- May 2009

Crane Pumps & Systems, Piqua, Ohio

. Responsible for analyzing and forecasting all supply chain,

manufacturing, and other operational cost for $100million division of

Crane Co.

. Prepared annual operating plan and bi-monthly pulse forecast.

. Analyzed product profitability and lead improvement efforts.

. Responsible for reducing and eliminate excess and obsolete inventory.

. Worked with strategic sourcing to evaluate low cost country sourcing

opportunities.

. Participated in new product development and product improvement teams

with commercial, engineering, and operations.

. Facilitated discussions between commercial and operations team on ways

to improve sales volume through on-time delivery, lead-time, and cost

improvements.

. Responsible for reviewing, costing, and pricing all US government

contracts for military products.

. Facilitator of transactional improvement kaizen events.

MASTERBRAND CABINETS, INDIANA ($2billion division of Fortune Brands)

2004-2007

PLANT CONTROLLER MIDWEST

September 2005-April 2007

MasterBrand Cabinets, Ferdinand, Indiana

. Oversaw Support Operations Controller, and responsible for $300million

cabinet manufacturing facility.

. Worked with management teams in three facilities to drive cost

reductions and improve working capital.

. Prepared monthly financial review package and lead monthly financial

review.

. Prepared annual operating plan and monthly flash forecast.

. Reviewed and validate continuous improvement projects and monthly

tracking.

. Evaluated and validate capital projects and capital project spending.

SUPPORT OPERATIONS CONTROLLER

September 2004-September 2005

MasterBrand Cabinets, Jasper, Indiana

. Responsible for finance support of dimension plant and lamination and

vinyl door production facility.

. Prepared monthly financial review package and led monthly financial

review.

. Developed and maintained standard cost for dimension and lamination

components.

. Prepared annual operating plan and monthly flash forecast.

. Reviewed and validated continuous improvement projects and monthly

tracking.

. Evaluated and validated capital projects and capital project spending.

. Worked with management to implement lean manufacturing and value

streams in the dimension plant.

AMERICAN SIGNATURE INC., OHIO

March 2004-September 2004

ACCOUNTING MANAGER MANUFACTURING REPORTING

American Signature Inc. (Value City Furniture), Columbus, Ohio

. Oversaw accounting for all manufacturing locations. North Carolina

upholstery manufacturer, two bedding manufacturing plants, Juarez

Mexico upholstery plant, Ohio chair assembly facility and China fabric

cut and sew operation.

. Compiled monthly financial results for all manufacturing entities and

consolidated manufacturing financial statements.

. Oversaw the preparation and presentation to management of all facility

budgets.

MILL'S PRIDE, OHIO ($700 million division of Masco)

1998-2004

FINANCE MANAGER LOGISTIC OPERATIONS

November 2002-March 2004

Mill's Pride, Waverly, Ohio

. Financial management of over $70 million dollar annual outbound

logistic and warehouse operation.

. Prepared the annual operating plan and forecast for all logistic

operations.

. Oversaw distribution accountant, freight payment process, and finished

goods inventory control.

. Prepared weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial performance to both

annual operating plan and monthly forecast.

. Variance analyze and explanation for all outbound logistic and

warehousing variances.

. Analyzed and assisted with capital expenditure requests for proper

cost savings, payback calculations, and capital project cost savings

metrics.

. Developed and reviewed all distribution and logistic costs for current

and new product lines.

FINANCE MANAGER ASSEMBLED OPERATIONS August

2000-November 2002

Mill's Pride, Waverly, Ohio

. Responsible for all accounting aspects of $150 million assembled

cabinet operation.

. Prepared the annual operating plan and monthly forecast for assembled

operations.

. Developed and maintained fully loaded cost by product line for

assembled products.

. Assisted operations in developing annual operations plan for

equipment, labor, and facilities.

. Generated weekly, monthly and quarterly P&L and financial performance

to plan.

. Worked with team to develop and define our business system and process

for PRMS ERP system.

. Responsible for inventory control and physical inventory of two onsite

and one remote site assembly plants.

. Oversaw inventory control department and accounting clerk.

. Oversaw and assisted in implementation of labor standards for true

product cost in PRMS ERP system, using Maynard / Most labor

measurement system to develop labor standards.

. Assisted management in developing cost savings strategies and

implementation of new ideas to eliminate cost from operations.

. Responsible for capitalization and amortization of store displays and

installation labor. Also responsible for account reconciliation of

fixed assets to ledger for all assembled display expenses.

MASTER SCHEDULER ASSEMBLED OPERATIONS

April 2000 - August 2000

Mill's Pride, Waverly, Ohio

. Developed production plan for assembled operations build to customer

order and build to stock business.

. Monitored and adjusted daily, weekly, and monthly capacities of

assembly.

. Developed and maintained daily production plan and performance to plan

metrics.

. Worked with operations to insure we could meet capacity requirements

based on forecast.

. Continued to perform distribution accounting function until

replacement could be found.

DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNTANT

April 1998-April 2000

Mill's Pride, Waverly, Ohio

. Was responsible for financial analysis of distribution and $30 million

of outbound transportation expense.

. Supervised and approved freight payables process for out bound

freight.

. Prepared and reviewed with management weekly, monthly and annual

operating metrics performance to plan.

. Developed annual operating plan for distribution and outbound

transportation, including capital expenditures.

. Implemented new process for daily analysis of outbound transportation

expense. This process also systemized the GL coding of freight

payables.

. Assisted management and lead various cost reduction programs.

. Collaborated with management and purchasing in price negotiations for

various distribution expenses.

WATERFURNACE INTERNATIONAL, INDIANA

June 1997-April 1998

STAFF ACCOUNTANT

Waterfurnace International, Fort Wayne, Indiana

. Prepared and filed monthly sales and use tax returns.

. Analyzed and processed travel and entertainment expense reports.

. Reviewed and analyzed general ledger accounts on a monthly basis.

. Generated and summarized weekly operating results to Senior

Management.

. Assisted in the conversion to FAS pro fixed asset system, during year-

end audit.

EDUCATION

BS Degree, Accounting, 1997

Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Major GPA: 3.2/4.00 Overall GPA 3.12/4.00

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