Manufacturing Management

Woody Medlin

*** **** ***** *****, ******* City, Tennessee 37615

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Professional Summary

My career covers over 30 years in operations and manufacturing with fortune 500 companies. These companies cover the chemical industry (Eastman Chemical - 14 years), Automotive (BMW and United Technologies Automotive Group - 10 years), Electronics manufacturing (AT&T, Rockwell International - 8 years). I have a record of exceeding performance expectations as well as a commitment to results, deadlines, and a history of successful cost reductions projects.

Skills

Experienced in FI/CO, Logistics modules plus Material Ledger in SAP ERP Software

Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint Proficient

Budget development and control

Forecast creation for 24 month moving window

Strong data organization, analysis and presentation Skills

Financial reporting & analysis – Cost/P&L/Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Currency Hedging

Lean manufacturing implementation

6 sigma - Minitab

Team contributor for cost reduction projects in manufacturing and energy savings/conservation

Management of productivity improvement projects

Work History – Last 20 years

Senior Cost/Financial Accountant for Chemicals Manufacturing Division 08/2002 to 10/2016

Eastman Chemical Company – Kingsport, Tennessee

Performed all financial analysis, accounting, production yield/efficiency analysis, flexible budgeting, capital expenditure justification, forecasting and energy usage metrics for Eastman Chemicals Manufacturing Division and Power/Services Division.

Created data collection process for downloading energy consumption from SAP and monitoring energy usage by the 4 manufacturing divisions. Also developed this tool into the source for capturing the DOE/EPA Energy Star Award.

Implemented new metrics for CMD (Chemicals Manufacturing Division) with material yield analyses, reporting of financial results, product cost analysis, accounting services, inventory management, and cash contribution.

Managed cost savings effort in Power & Services Division by implementing, tracking, and verifying results for projects that target cost savings & productivity improvements. Reduced over $20 Million in energy/fuel cost over a 7 year period.

Production Controller, 01/1996 to 05/2001

BMW Manufacturing – Spartanburg, South Carolina

Initiated systems and processes for all raw material cost variance reporting, manufacturing labor reporting and efficiency calculations, assembly line balancing, flexible budgeting, cost of production orders, i.e. cost of individual cars produced, capital expenditure justification, and headcount metrics and staffing.

BMW MC is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and produces the X5 and X3 SUV as well as the X6 Crossover.

SAP Consultant, 05/2001 to 08/2002

John Shell Associates – Columbia, South Carolina

SAP Implementation (FI/CO & Logistics) Consulting for Safety-Kleen, Inc.

Education

Bachelor of Science: Industrial Engineering & Management

Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, Georgia

Accomplishments: Performed as a key team member in developing Eastman's energy savings and conservation program by creating a process to pull energy consumption data in SAP, create metrics to analyze improvements in energy usage by process/area. This was key to obtaining Eastman's Energy Star Award.

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