Plant Manager
Resume:
Coal City, IL *****
Phone: 815-***-****
E-mail: ********@*****.***
Brian W Juhant
Professional
Experience
**** – 2013 NB Coatings, Inc. Lansing, IL
Customer Profit and Pricing Analyst (11 – 13)
Responsible for implementation of pricing strategies, monitoring customer profitability and business segment viability leading to the Companies most profitable year ever.
Reporting to the COO, responsible for all Customer Financial & Profitability reporting.
Responsible for calculating all Customer Product Price quotes.
Member of the SAP Upgrade Team
Senior Financial & Business Process Analyst (09 – 11)
Responsible for the Business Process Improvement Projects for a Paint Plant that is a major supplier to Tier 1 & 2 Automotive Industry Suppliers that currently produces 44,000,000 pounds of Product and employs 350 people.
Project Manager for the ADP Payroll conversion project.
Financial Tolling Manager
Senior Plant Accountant (08 – 09)
Responsible for the Financial Reporting for a Paint Plant that is a major supplier to Tier 1 & 2 Automotive Industry Suppliers that currently produces 44,000,000 pounds of Product and employs 500 people.
Create and Manage the Plant Direct and Period Expense Budgets.
Responsible for the proper costing of products and the maintenance of that system
Drive Plant variance reduction by working with all of the Plant’s Management Team and devising systems and reports to monitor and manage variances
Responsible for all NAFTA Reporting
Responsible for Sarbanes/Oxley Compliance Reporting
2006 – 2008 Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Kankakee, IL
Assistant Plant Controller
Jointly responsible for all Financial Control for a Tile Manufacturing Plant that currently produces 260,000,000 pounds of Product and employees 270 people. Create and Manage the Plant Direct and Period Expense and Capital Budget
Create Reports to provide necessary information to the Plant’s Management Team
Responsible for the proper costing of products and the maintenance of that system
Drive Plant cost reduction by working with all of the Plant’s Management Team
Responsible for all NAFTA Reporting
Responsible for Sarbanes/Oxley Compliance Reporting
Used SAP, IBM 2600 Armstrong Programing and Manual Excel Driven Reporting
Directly report to the Plant / Resilient Flooring Divisional Controller
2001 – 2006 Reichhold, Inc. Morris, IL
Plant Controller
Responsible for all Financial and Inventory Control for a Chemical Plant that currently produces 240,000,000 pounds of Product. The Morris facility has three different and distinct Production Plants and an additional leased Plant within its Borders.
Create and Manage the Plant Expense and Capital Budget
Create Reports to provide necessary information to the Plant’s Management Team
Responsible for the proper costing of products and the maintenance of that system
Liason for all Personnel and Human Resource issues for a facility with 112 Personnel
Implemented SAP software upgrade at the Plant level
Directly supervise a Financial Analyst and the Site Coordinator
Drive Plant cost reduction by working with all of the Plant’s Management Team
Decreased Plant’s Conversion costs by 43% from $.14 to $.08 per LB.
Decreased Plant Inventory by 33% and Blocked and Over-aged from 900,000 # to 50,000 #
Helped bring a $24MM Expansion to the Plant which increased its Capacity by 35%
Successfully achieved aquiring a Tax Abatement for the Expansion Project
Successfully achieved having the Plant annexed into the Ottawa-LaSalle Enterprise Zone
Worked on the SAP European Implementation Team and assisted our Parma, Italy Plant during start-up
1994 - 2000 World’s Finest Chocolate Chicago, IL
Warehouse Services Coordinator (97 – 00)
Analyze service and performance levels provided to our customers by vendor warehouses
Reconcile and manage product amounts and transactions at those warehouses
Integral part of WFC’s “Strategic Warehouse Partnering Initiative”
Completed cost benefit analysis which dropped the number of warehouses maintained by WFC from 38 to 28
Finalized warehousing contract negotiations with new as well as existing warehouse facilities
Initiated the “Warehouse Service Award”
Supervised and directed the activities of hourly personnel
Member of the SAP Implementation Team
Accounts Payable Manager (95 – 97)
Responsible for the payment of all vendor invoices and coordinated monthly A/P close
Supervise two A/P clerks
Accountant (94 – 95)
Responsible for classification of all company assets
Responsible for analysis of project costs and expenditures
Finalized new production line cost evaluations
Completed sales tax reporting and forms for all 50 states
Responsible for the US accounting of the 2 US Companies, 1 Canadian, 1 Australian and 1 St. Lucia plant’s inter-company transactions
1992 - 1994 Juhant and Assoc. Lockport, IL
Consultant
Installed and set up accounting software and coordinated accounting software conversions
Analyzed client accounting practices and initiated upgrades
1991 - 1992 Bostrom Corporation Chicago, IL
Accounting Manager
Accounting Manager for Chicago Branch and Controller for 10 Clients
Successfully resolved client federal tax filing and reporting problems
Invested and managed funds for 10 clients
Supervised 2 Accountants and 3 Accounting Clerks
1988 - 1991 Columbia College Chicago, IL
Accountant
Assisted Controller with Computer Hardware and Software Conversion
Responsible for all Special Funds accounting, including the Restricted Fund and the Endowment Fund
Directed hourly personnel
1985 – 1988 Joliet Junior College Foundation Joliet, IL
Accountant
First Accountant for the Foundation, set up all accounting ledgers and schedules
Education
Graduate Classes University of St. Francis Joliet, IL
1988 College of St. Francis Joliet, IL
BBA Finance
1986 Joliet Junior College Joliet, IL
AAS Accounting, AAS Computer Science, AA Business
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