Manager Supply Chain
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Trumbull, CT 06611
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Dear Sir/Madam,
For your use and review, attached here, please find a copy of my resume in response to the
opening for a Sr Manager/Director of Manufacturing Finance with a consumer products company in Fairfield
county, CT.
I am really interested in this opportunity, and would be very grateful if you would consider
me and help me obtain this position. As you will see on review someone of my learning (technical & business)
and experience (25+yrs) has all the applicable skills that is precisely and completely in sync with what this job
requires. Operations finance & costing, financial analysis, decision support, management & control, etc., are
some of the areas I enjoy, especially with the manufacturing & operations group of a consumer products
company.
Also, the best value that I can and will bring to an organization is decision support and
guidance to senior management, aside from exceptional and delightful service to all of my customers. Enabling
me to do that is a skill set (like a top class cardiac surgeon) that is highly analytical, incisive, logical, creative,
reliable and responsible.
A few of my other strengths are as such:
Years of business, manufacturing, and finance experience.
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Great business sense, quick learning, outstanding ability for building relationships, able leadership,
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decision making, follow throughs, and execution.
Strong and reliable financial management, creative and innovative with problem solving, and
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development of realistic strategies to bring down costs, and increase profitability.
My current earnings are at $132,028 plus 15% bonus. Something better would be preferred.
I know, I will certainly enjoy and relish an atmosphere of great challenge and excitement that this
consumer products would be able to offer. I look forward to discussing with you personally how my abilities can best
serve your needs.
Sincerely,
Rohan Jacob
ROHAN J. JACOB
46 Merrimac Drive, Trumbull, Connecticut 06611
203-***-****(h) • 203-***-**** (w) • *.*******@*****.***
A versatile, reliable, and tenured finance professional with vast experience in financial management, strategic
business planning, manufacturing, and innovation. Proactive, decisive, focused, pragmatic, and a results
oriented individual with a proven track record for cost reductions and increasing savings and profitability. A
strong team player with excellent computer, inter personal and communication skills.
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Finance & Accounting • •
Strategic Planning Creativity & Innovation
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Operations Finance & Cost Economic & Cash Flow Decision making &
Analysis guidance
• Price & Profitability Analysis • •
Market & Product Coaching & Mentoring
Identification
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Budgets & Forecasts Acquisitions & Mergers Database Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SIKORSKY Aircraft Stratford, CT (div of UTC; manufacturer of helicopters) Oct, 2006 Present
Finance Manager Manufacturing
Complete and full responsibility to my GM (in charge of cabins; cockpits) and her team for providing Financial
Leadership, Decision support and incisive Value adding analysis for a wide range of strategic economic issues, foot
print, capital expenditures, make buy, inventory & supply chain, and other daily operational matters.
Solely responsible within the Structures plant for all Financial Reporting, evaluation and analysis of monthly results,
creation and development of forecasts, annual budgets and strategic plans, and ensuring that all financial objectives are
achieved.
Support the Ops management team with analysis and decision support for new product introductions, bom and
engineering changes, global footprint initiatives, JV’s, partnerships and supplier relationships.
DIAGEO N.A. Norwalk, CT (manufacturer of premium spirits, wine & beer) Jun, 1997 – Oct, 2006
Finance Manager – Operations;
Full responsibility for providing Decision making, value added, MFV and financial analysis to supply chain VP’s
(procurement; R&D; manufacturing; logistics) and plant groups for all of their wide range of strategic and economic
initiatives, foot print, capital expenditures, make buy, inventory & supply chain, and other daily operational issues.
Complete costing (standard product cost data and multi dimensional COGS and ABC analysis) and analytical support and
responsibility to the Brand (sales & marketing) Groups for all of their new product introductions and numerous brand
value engineering initiatives.
Full support to senior management with development and analysis of budgets, forecasts, strategic plans, evaluations and
analysis of operating results and monthly financials for N.A Operations.
Trained, mentored and developed several new members of the finance team.
Key Achievements:
Reduced the costs by $12 to $15mm over 4 years by successfully researching, analyzing and supporting the
decision-making to consolidate multiple suppliers of procured materials.
Increased savings of $20 to $30mm over the last 5 years by identifying, analyzing, and recommending numerous
materials-oriented brand-value engineering initiatives.
Successfully improved labor productivity by detailed manufacturing efficiency analysis, and also reduced
production costs by about 30% by identifying opportunities for consolidation of production-sites.
Identified, analyzed, and successfully reduced 10% of logistics costs by way of opening new distribution channels,
and consolidations of warehouses.
ROHAN J. JACOB PAGE 2
Huls Chemicals Somerset, NJ (manufacturer of chemicals) Sep, 1992 – June, 1997
Sr. Financial Analyst; Finance Manager
Full accountability to division senior management and VP Finance for reliable and incisive Decision support financial
analysis on product mix, pricing and profitability, capital investments and development projects, Business development,
M&A and divestitures, and other operational and strategic economic issues.
Complete responsibility for financial management, accounting, and evaluation of monthly business operations, balance
sheet, and with development of long term strategic planning, budgets and forecasts.
Full costing support to the plant groups, and analytical support to functional managers with value added cost analysis for
various operational initiatives and issues.
Key Achievements:
Saved over $5mm from identifying major equipment and property lease alternative leases.
Enabled returning the division to higher profitability through proper logistical and foot-print changes.
Instrumental in integrating systems and establishing databases for proper flow and compilation of data required for
financial and cost analysis.
Continental Can Company Norwalk, CT (manufacturer of containers) Aug, 1987 – Dec, 1991
Financial Analyst; Sr. Financial Analyst
Full accountability to division senior management and VP Finance for reliable and incisive Decision support financial
analysis on product mix, pricing and profitability, capital investments and development projects, Business development,
M&A and divestitures, and other operational and strategic economic issues.
Complete responsibility for financial management, accounting, and evaluation of monthly business operations, balance
sheet, and with development of long term strategic planning, budgets and forecasts.
Full costing support to the plant groups, and analytical support to functional managers with value added cost analysis for
various operational initiatives and issues.
Key Achievements:
Increased sales by 2% based on a proposal for a new product introduction, and increasing the customer base.
Achieved cost reductions of 5% based on a proposal to discontinue a few low-margin product lines.
Celanese Chemicals India Ltd Haryana, India (manufacturer of chemicals) July 1981 – Sep 1985
Business Analyst Sep’83 – Sep’85
Carried out field sales, sales analysis, customer research and new market development. Moved to finance and
assisted in costing and analysis, capital budgeting, accounting, closings, and financial reporting.
Production Chemist July’81 – Sep’83
Carried out various chemical tests and analysis for development of new and improved products and processes, and
provided production staff with quality control and technical support.
EDUCATION
M.B.A • Finance/Marketing. May 1987, University of Bridgeport/Connecticut
M.S • Chemistry. May 1981, University of Kerala, India
B.S • Chemistry, Physics, Math. May 1979, University of Kerala, India
COMPUTER SKILLS
EXCEL • WORD • POWERPOINT • PROJECT • SAP • JBA • TM1 • HYPERION • SHOWCASE • GRAPHICS
AFFILIATIONS
Member, American Management Association
Member, American Chemical Society
PERSONAL
U.S Citizen
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