Joseph A. Adeleye
Newark, NJ 07106
Cell Ph #: 973-***-****
Email: *************@*****.***
Computer Skills: SAP, Macola, J.D.Edwards, AS400, Advance Excel, advance Outlook and Lotus
Notes
Experience: Consulting assignments via Advance Technologies Solutions, Aerotek Staffing &
Kelly Services. 2010 to 2014
Johnson & Johnson, Skillman, NJ. CHC Consumer Health Care goods
August 2012 to August 2014, twenty five months assignment. Used SAP
Senior, Cost and Inventory Supply Chain Planner.
Costing
• Maintained accurate standard costs, material usage, direct labor, overhead and
yield.
• Assisted manufacturing plants to ensure that bill of materials in MRP reflected
the materials used & produced and correctly represents the manufacturing process of
the products.
• Monthly accounts reconciliation.
• Ensured accuracy of standards costs routings.
• Reported standard costs versus actual cost variance to the management.
• Reviewed yearly standard costs valuation methodologies for possible changes.
• Prepared and reported COGS to the management.
• Calculated, analyzed, and reported various variances (yield, PPV, productivity,
materials, labor, machine time etc.) and reported the root causes and resolution to the
management.
• Collaborated with plant manager to identify and corrected issues in a timely
manner.
• Conducted margin analysis to ensure company margin requirements are
maintained and provided feedback to the management.
• Identified opportunities for process and cost improvements, and. managed cost
reduction tracking and/ reporting.
• Performed top to bottom analyses of raw materials standard costs valuations and
rollups.
• Responsible for establishing standard costs for all finished goods produced.
• Prepared, analyzed and maintained direct materials, direct labor and factory
burden rates for the management.
• Performed various journal entries and ad hoc cost accounting project for the
management as required.
Inventory Control Supply Chain Planner
• Reviewed and published daily worldwide current finished goods
inventory levels to all users. Including inventory in-transit and consignment
inventory
• Reported daily unit fill rate (UFR) and sales and provided management
with sales variance.
• Monitored procedures to ensure global inventory levels are in
alignment pursuant to Johnson and Johnson global inventory guidelines at all
the distribution centers (DCs)
• Golden award winner for achieving 99.9% UFR. Monitored all key
functions relating to inventory including purchase order, receipts, work order
completions, returns and destruct compliance.
• Managed all inventory control adjustments and ensured proper valuation and
costing of inventory for financial reporting.
• Monitored Process Excellence that provides a powerful improvement
framework to increase efficiency and effectiveness while delivering sustainable
outcomes.
• Ensured that Perpetual Inventory and General Ledger are in sync.
• Performed wall to wall and top to bottom physical inventory with Warehouse
management and inventory overlay.
• Performed cycle counts and adjustments that reflect actual perpetual
Inventory on hand.
• Calculated, analyzed and reported inventory variances.
• Worked with operations & distribution center teams to identify anomalies
and corrected issues in a timely manner.
• Worked with operations and DCs teams to ensure timely recording of
inventory transactions.
• Reviewed monthly inventory transactions and reconciled to general ledger.
• Analyzed excess and obsolete inventories and maintained appropriate
reserves
• Provided support to operations, distribution centers and sourcing for
inventory management alignment.
• Daily high level review of current global inventory positions to ensure
Inventory guidelines are in alignment globally.
• Daily detailed analysis of inventory in distribution centers to ensure it
meets company safety stock and days of supply (DOS) levels strategies.
• Launched new product in collaboration with manufacturing plant, sales
group and federated owners.
• Prepared monthly MAPE, S&OP and KPI decks for management.
• Collaborated and supported demand planner and sales group’s
forecasts initiatives.
• Monitored daily outbound in-transits and file carrier claim on damaged
products by freighter.
• Monthly analysis of slow moving and obsolete Inventory SLOB and
projected global inventory obsolescence and provided management with
details.
• Partnered with distribution centers to ensure global inventory discrepancies
are investigated, root causes are identified and preventive measures are put in place.
• Monitored daily finished good, raw materials, work in process (wip). Bulk,
Packaging components and consignments across the globe.
• Maintained all materials in the system with the most current information for
MRP reliability.
Colortrend LLC Piscataway NJ. Manufacturer and distributor of paints .
June 2011 to June 2012, Thirteen months assignment. The company was old.
Senior, Cost and Inventory Supply Chain Coordinator.
Performed similar functions as at Johnson and Johnson.
Supported Colortrend manufacturing plant. Logistics and warehouses and
provided cost accounting and inventory supports to all areas of the business .
Medicia Holdings, Dayton, NJ. Cosmetics Contract manufacturer
January 2011 to June 2011, six months assignment. Used Macola
Senior Cost and Inventory Accountant
• Responsible for periodic requirements of costing activities and analysis of Cost of
Goods Sold. Prepares detailed product costing analyses. Analyzed costs and
investigated issues and variances.
• Analyzed Purchase Price Variances (PPV) and highlights major changes. Analyzes
process order variances and provides transparency on issues / concerns to the
management. Ensures accuracy of standards compared to actual costs. Ensured
correct structure setup for cost centers. Analyzed gross profit of the sites and
investigates variances to company expected profit.
• Evaluated and analyzed discards and/ write offs and provides transparency on types
of write off transactions to the management. Supports Supply Chain Team
inventory forecasts initiatives.
• Supported monthly financial closings and integrity of the general ledger.
• Ensured accruals are correctly posted through in the system and reviewed
operations cost centers for accuracy.
• Worked with general accounting in resolving issues. Maintained inventory of fixed
assets. Supported the Controller on requirements associated with the development
of business plans, annual budget process, forecasts, ad hoc projects and analysis.
Virgin Mobile Warren NJ. Manufacturer and distributor of communication devices
including cell phones.
May 2010 October 2010, six months assignment.
Senior Cost and Inventory Accountant
Performed similar function as in Medicia Holdings
Thales Avionics Inc. Edison NJ 2007- April 2010 Used SAP
Senior Cost and Inventory Accountant
• Planned, studied and collected data of costs of material purchases.
• Performed back to back analyses of standard costs and costs of new product
design.
• Responsible for establishing standard costs for all finished goods produced.
• Monitored monthly operating results compared to forecasts and reported variance
back to the management.
• Reviewed bill of materials for accuracy, direct materials, direct labor and factory
burden.
• Conducted margin analysis to ensure company margin requirements are
maintained and provided feedback to the management.
• Analyzed and maintained labor and overhead rates.
• Analyzed and reported all manufacturing variances to the management.
• Performed analyses of change in material to determine the effects on costs and
actual manufacturing costs compare to standard.
• Monthly reconciliation and adjustments of perpetual Inventory to General Ledger.
• Compiled cost information to be used in operating budget preparation.
• Provided management with report detailing the root causes of purchase price
variance (PPV).
• Monthly review of raw materials, packaging and finished goods to identify
potential obsolete items.
• Prepared product profitability report for the management and performed analyses
of engineering BOM explosion of finished goods.
• Assisted in general ledger reconciliation, month end closing, financial reporting,
internal and external audit processes and monthly accruals.
• Validated and closed out all finished jobs in the system to be released for stocking
at the DCs.
• Supported supply chain team in working capital reduction initiative.
• Supported and provided engineers with the cost of a new design unit
(Equipment). Supported supply chain team in inventory forecast and sales team in
strategic business plan (SBP) and sales forecast.
• Corrected bill of materials in the system resulting in significant decrease in
unfavorable variances. Validated and processed all old and outstanding purchase
orders resulting in decrease in expected inventory outstanding.
• Corrected Avionics computers (TCT), SRS’s, LRU’s and IFE bill of materials in
the system (SAP) resulting in significant decrease in unfavorable variances. Validated
and processed all old and outstanding purchase orders resulting in decrease in
expected inventory outstanding.
• Established and customized special report in SAP query used for various projects
resulting in decrease labor hours-overtime.
• Eliminated finished goods (equipments) and parts located in wrong plants and
storage locations resulting in end of month accurate perpetual inventory reporting.
• Deep drive maintenance of finished goods and raw materials inventories, work in
process, in-transit, consignment, loaners, 12 outside warehouses and vendor managed
inventory (VMI), analyses of open purchase orders, track anticipated purchase prices
variances (PPV) of open orders. Perform inventory cycle counts and made stock
adjustments.
• Tracked and maintained inventory rotation and process, fixed assets, usage
analyzes, serialized and non-serialized inventory, inventory reserve for aircraft on
grand (AOG), inventories to support platforms Boeing, Airbus and Canadian
bombardier.
• Assisted Controller and upper management with ad-hoc projects.
Newark Housing Authority. Newark, NJ 2002-2006 Used Bayan
Manager Cost, Inventory & Distribution Center
• Implemented cost containment procedures resulting in saving of over $50,000;
job order costing resulting in savings of over $45,000.
• Established day to day cost accounting support for management, vendors and
annual materials projections and overhead determination.
• Maintained $3.75 million yearly inventory.
• Initiated cycle counts and stock adjustments resulting in inventory variance
reduction of over $45,000 annually and reduced physical inventory to once a year
resulting in savings of over $55,000.
• Established material location system resulting in savings of three hours per day.
• Improved receiving and shipping.
• Implemented vendor deliver scheduling, transactions history and related
materials/inventory aging reports.
• Created requisition process to replenish warehouse stock, purchase order process,
purchase price variance and inventory valuation, inventory reserves and reorder
levels of over 2.000 items.
• Conducted annual physical inventory.
• Implemented purchase order tracking system resulting in saving of $35,000
annually.
• Prepared annual material budget and maintained fixed assets.
• Oversaw year end audit.
Royal Lubricants and Anderol Co. East Hanover, NJ 1999-2002 used
Macola
Senior Cost and Inventory Accountant
• Analyzed standard cost of finished goods and variances for all jobs of 2
manufacturers/distributors.
• Performed daily cost analysis of new products, reviewed bill of materials,
variances, gross and contribution margins, PPV and monthly journal entries of
depreciation, good will, finished goods, cost of goods sold, use and sales tax.
• Examined changed in product design, raw materials and manufacturing methods
to determine effects on costs.
• Reconciled invoices of raw materials, fixed assets, A/P and A/R to G/L,
consignment inventories and invoicing, satellite inventories in USA and overseas.
• Performed month end closing and reconciled bank statements.
• Conducted annual physical inventory and assisted in year-end audit.
• Improved cycle counts, which reduced physical inventory to once a year,
increased accuracy of monthly inventory resulting in savings of $60,000 annually.
• Developed in transit inventory processes resulting in reduction of outside
warehouse write-off’s of $150,000.
• Conducted complete audit of sales and use tax.
• Corrected severe sales tax deficiencies in TX, CA and NC prior to state audits,
saving company up to $100,000.
• Discovered sales tax overcharges resulting in $25,750 in credit issued to
customers.
• Developed production variance, purchase price variance and other reports for
management.
• Reported and interpreted discrepancies directly to upper management.
• Instituted chargeback procedures, recouping $25,000 in overcharges.
• Corrected product item master in computer system.
• Improved communications with manufacturing department resulting in 8 hours
saving per month.
• Improved material usage by product resulting in savings of about 300 hours per
year.
Various Consulting Assignments: IBM and, TRI-Gas. 1997-1999
Bernard Chaus, Inc. Secaucus, NJ 1991-1997 used JD-Edwards.
Manager Cost and Inventory Accountant
• Assumed management responsibility to cost, inventory accounting for apparel
designer, manufacturer, with a staff of 3 accountants and 2 clerks.
• Analyzed standard cost, PPV, including pro forma and FOB invoices, letters of
credit, air, ocean and inland freight, US customs duties, insurance charges,
commission, brokerage fees and other chargeable cost of good sold.
• Reviewed purchase price variance of piece goods.
• Examined invoices for possible charge-backs and prepared mark-up and gross
margin reports.
• Reconciled inventory, int-transit and satellite inventories daily and performed
cycle counts.
• Compiled inventory again report and prepared weekly inventory valuation for
management.
• Conducted annual physical inventory and assisted in year end audit.
Pony Sports & Leisure, Inc. East Rutherford, NJ 1987-1990 used AS 400
Cost and Inventory Accountant
Education: Rutgers University
BS, Accounting 1987