Manager Sales
Resume:
THOMAS E. LEPPERT, CPIM
CAROL STREAM, IL 60188
HOME - 630-***-****
CELL - 630-***-****
E-MAIL - *******@*******.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Professional with extensive experience in manufacturing, distribution, raw
material inventory control, MIS and accounting. Responsibilities vary from
daily activities to planning over all departments and have included the
implementation of corporate computer systems such as MRP, bar-coding,
budgeting and payroll. Experience has led to a thorough knowledge of ERP
systems, bar-coding, corporate capacity planning, scheduling, budgeting and
cost accounting. Have also been involved in A/P, A/R and general
accounting throughout my career.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Principal Manufacturing Corporation 08/09 to 02/10 (Laid off because of
cutbacks)
Sr. Cost Accountant
Performed all cost accounting functions in a manufacturing industry
involved in the fabricating of plastic and metal products
. Developed labor and overhead standards for the Plex ERP system
. Produced detailed overhead allocations by work center
. Implemented Plex's standard cost system
. Developed reporting on machine efficiency and downtime
. Created detailed gross margin report for sales
. On management team to reduce costs in departments
Prince Industries 10/06 to 1/09 (Laid off because of cutbacks)
Sr. Cost Accountant
. Responsible for closing production work orders and to insure accuracy in
labor reporting and material reporting
. Analyzed department/work-center efficiency and utilization reports on a
bi-weekly and monthly basis. This is done for two facilities, one in
Carol Stream and one in China.
. Created financial and manufacturing reports for various department heads
to provide information that was not developed. This includes labor
reporting, shop floor transaction accuracy and on time work-order start
time report
. Detailed analyses of inventory transactions, purchase price variances and
other variances.
. Performed all monthly cost accounting journal entries; as well as
assisting in the completion of other month end financial analyst closing
functions.
Viasys Medsystems 3/04 to 10/06
Cost Accountant Manager
. Produced daily and weekly sales forecasting reports to internal and
corporate management.
. Responsible for producing efficiency reports that include analyses of
actual labor data versus estimated labor. This is done for two facilities
one in Wheeling and one in Mexico.
. Performed account reconciliations of the inventory accounts as well as
balance sheet reserve accounts.
. Lead member of the company wide bar code project.
Cloud LLC 3/03 to 3/04
Senior Cost Accountant
. Analyzed equipment reports to validate the accuracy of equipment cost
data. This included the additions and retirement of capital assets in the
system.
. Responsible for tracking sales information and providing analyses of
gross profit variances to forecast.
Banta Corporation 10/99 to 3/03
Cost Accounting Manager
05/01 to 3/03
Managing all cost accounting and billing functions in a job shop-printing
environment.
This includes the management of billers and a cost accountant.
. Coordinated daily billing activities and developing accurate billing
procedures and measurements.
. Development of machine overhead press rates for costing and estimating of
products.
. Performed detailed commission calculation of the sales employees.
. All budgeting functions including annual and monthly budget analyses.
Cost Accountant and Financial Analyst
10/99 to 05/01
. Performed the preparation of the monthly P & L, Balance Sheet and related
statements.
. Implemented a new AS400 system cost accounting package.
. Development of cost analysis of customer jobs to determine profitability
and provide feedback to manufacturing, estimating, billing and sales.
. Created production reporting to measure waste, efficiency and downtime.
C-Line Products Inc. 11/90 to 10/99
Cost Accounting Manager
7/95 to 10/99
Responsibility for Inventory, Cost Accounting and MIS including corporate
planning and daily activities
Cost Accounting
Participated on management team involved in closing, consolidation and
relocation of manufacturing and distribution facilities.
Overall inventory accuracy of both raw and finished materials
Implemented bar-code system in shipping, receiving and manufacturing
resulting in significant inventory accuracy
improvements thereby eliminating the annual physical inventory
Master scheduled a multi-plant environment
Manufacturing Operating System Manager and Cost Accountant
4/93 to 7/95
Project leader for team assigned to implement MRP system. Responsible for
manufacturing operating systems development, support and training
Directed manufacturing system improvements including developing scheduling
techniques, cycle counting programs, machine efficiency reporting and
improving communication and teamwork between manufacturing and inventory
departments
Responsible for year-end physical inventory
Financial Analyst and Cost Accountant
11/90 to 4/93
Responsible for detailed labor and overhead analysis for stock products
Developed cost accounting system for custom departments
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
. Microsoft Office - Excel- (Advanced), Access, Word and PowerPoint
. Pilot Manufacturing System implementation team leader
. AS400 Hospital cost and budget system implementation team leader
. Bar Code implementation in shipping and manufacturing
. Vantage ERP software
. Plex ERP software
EDUCATION
University of Illinois - Chicago
Bachelor of Science in Accounting
Certification of Production and Inventory Manufacturing - CPIM
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