Project Manager Plant

Debra Owens

**** ***** ***; Sparks, NV

Home 775-***-****

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Objective A position in Accounting, utilizing my current skills and

lending to growth in new areas

Profile Over 10 years in Manufacturing Accounting

Project Manager for plant implementation of integrated

computer system and annual budgeting process

Educate and communicate financial and operational goals to

the plant

Take initiative to respond to opportunities

Proven ability to work in unison with staff, management and

plant personnel.

Education

B.S., Accountancy, California State University, Sacramento,

CA

A.A, General Science, American River College, Sacramento, CA

Relevant Experience & Accomplishments

Provide internal financial reporting to Operations of Key

Results (productivity, costs per unit, straight to overtime

percentages, volumes, rates, energy usage, yields) to

identify and drive performance.

Interviewed the operations managers to evaluate what data

they required to manage their departments effectively. I

developed measures around their feedback, collecting

historical data for a baseline, and gathering current

performance data. I conducted training sessions with the

managers and plant to educate them on the purpose of each

measure and how they can influence the plant's operational

and financial performance.

Provide Financial Leadership to all levels of management; by

providing analysis with concrete data in support of

decisions.

Participate in cross functional plant decision making teams

to bring a financial outlook (cost/benefit, financial impact)

to the discussion.

Present cost reports during weekly staff meeting to provide

management with a snapshot during the month and to generate

discussion centered on their departmental performance.

Compile monthly operating results and review with Plant and

Corporate Management to identify successes and challenges

affecting plant performance.

Supervise and develop an Accounting department with a staff

of four; consisting of Accounts Payable, Payroll, Financial

and Materials Accounting. I have developed the group by

empowering each individual and providing challenging project

work. They are each encouraged to participate in committees

outside of Accounting for further growth and an understanding

of other departments and how their job responsibilities

handshake. Each is required to establish annual goals,

inside and outside of Accounting which are utilized as part

of their performance evaluations.

Responsible for the preparation of the annual budgets:

Operating, Capital, Raw Materials and Packaging. Capital

Budgeting is a joint project between Accounting and

Engineering with idea submission from all plant groups. The

Operating budget is zero based driven by volumes and

productivity. Interviews are conducted with each

manager/group leader to discuss the current year's

performance and assumptions going forward to build into their

budgets.

Establish, document and maintain internal controls;

documented Auditing Process Narratives and Matrixes for

external audit use.

Establish and maintain adequate Property Accounting records

and procedures.

Provide Monthly forecasting based on revised volumes, annual

trends and business conditions.

Develop new product costing to evaluate the value of

executing new products.

Coordinate and monitor monthly and fiscal year-end closes

ensuring correct procedures are followed and deadlines meet.

Evaluate production variances toward improvement; which has

resulted in a reduction of raw material net variance losses

from a historical average of 1.37% down to an average of

0.50%.

Evaluate work order usage and variances of raw materials and

packaging to ensure costs are correctly captured to COGM

(cost of goods manufactured).

Monitor raw material, packaging and finished product

inventories.

I negotiated contracts with national and international

vendors for two of our top three materials; reducing

envelopes by 20% and sourcing a secondary vendor for picture

frames dropping the lead time from six months to four weeks.

Plant Project Manager on Integration of new computer system

(JDE). I evaluated each employee's job functions, determined

which program modules they would require for their job

responsibilities, coordinated out of plant training while

covering plant day-to-day tasks, participated in cross module

testing and go-live validation of data transfer and system

transactions.

Developed and conducted an in-depth presentation on Cost

Accounting to the Ralcorp and Post plant and divisional

controllers. Provided continual support by marrying our

employees with our Post sister plant for training and

support.

Conduct a monthly "Finance for Non-Finance Managers" training

session, providing both additional learning's and driving

discussion in a non-threatening environment.

Coordinated and facilitated a cross-divisional group of

Materials Accounting to develop "Best Practices"

Wrote Step by Step Training Manuals for Inventory Procedures,

Materials month-end close process and financial month-end

close process to document approved procedures and use as a

training tool.

Created "at-a-glance" reporting to communicate daily

production measures which have created company wide

awareness, driving down overtime and temporary labors.

Present Plant Financial performance at plant wide mass

meetings regularly, highlighting areas of strength and

pinpointing area for improvement and how each employee can

affect the plant's overall performance.

Employment Cost Accounting Supervisor, IGT, Reno, NV Jan

2013-present

Plant Controller, Ralston Foods, Sparks, NV Oct 2008-Dec

2012

Financial Accounting Manager, Ralston Foods, May 2006-Oct

Sparks, NV 2008

Materials Accounting Manager, Ralston Foods, Mar

Sparks, NV 2003-May2006

Plant Accountant, Lifetouch Portrait Studios, 2000-Mar 2003

Reno, NV

Cost Accountant, Master-Halco, Reno, NV 1998-2000

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