Experienced Manager

PROFILE

An upper-level manager with broad experience in administration, operations and finance departments. Positive track record with excellent performance in high impact environment. Creative and effective problem solver. Hands-on with excellent people and organizational skills. Excellent business and interpersonal communications skills. In depth experience in training and development, budgeting, data analysis and business process improvement.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ASSOCIATED MATERIALS - Cuyahoga Falls, OH 2004-2009

$1.1 billion manufacturer and distributor of exterior residential building products

Director-Accounts Payable

Managed all aspects of a high-volume shared services Accounts Payable Department comprised of 17 professional and staff personnel providing expense and merchandise payable support to all operations (US and Canada), reporting directly to VP/Corporate Controller. Responsible for the daily operations of the AP Processing, Vendor Management, Check Processing and AP Analysis groups including: supervision of staff, administration, hiring, training and development, budgeting, productivity, quality management and business process improvement.

Promoted to Manager /Accounts Payable in 3/2007 and Director in 4/2008

Selected accomplishments:

• Initiated and implemented internal and external operations training programs for staff members, leading to 100% staff retention rates.

• Worked with management team as a key member on projects including: Sarbanes-Oxley assessment and remediation; Oracle conversion, upgrades and enhancements; expansion of EDI and other electronic commerce; workflow design and implementation.

• Initiated scanning as a tool for accurate record retention and review, saving the company $200,000 annually.

• Was responsible for managing, staffing and tracking the AP call center. Handled all AP vendor relations and communications, including disputes and negotiation of account settlements.

• Balanced all AP related general ledger accounts, prepared accruals and journal entries and developed improvements in internal reporting, tracking and data analysis.

OFFICE MAX - Cleveland, OH 1998-2004

$8.2 global leader in both business-to-business office products solutions and retail office products

Merchandise Payables Manager (2002-2004)

Managed the daily operations of the high-volume Merchandise Payables-Electronics group. This included the direct supervision, hiring, training and counseling of eight supervisors and processor. Department was responsible for researching and performing merchandise invoice matching, POD processing and handling all vendor correspondence issues.

Promoted to AP-Merchandise Payables Supervisor in 2001 and to AP-Manager position in 2002

Selected accomplishments:

• Implemented new productivity reporting for timely associate feedback and departmental planning,

increasing productivity and accuracy rates by 30%.

• Responsible for department’s effective software conversion to SAP financial module, including development, training, procedure planning and documentation

• Directly work with high volume vendors and the procurement group on account reconciliations, vendor negotiations and settlements.

Data Entry Supervisor (1998-2001)

Supervised 16 associates responsible for processing all expense and merchandise invoices generated by Corporate and Retail Stores (six million invoices annually). Also handled the daily general ledger balance between Accounts Payable and Inventory Control, researched all systems and invoicing issues, and acted as the AP liaison between all corporate users and payables area.

THE MARK GROUP – Boca Raton, FL 1993-1998

$ 150 million specialty retailer for women's apparel in United States

Warehouse Operations Manager

Managed several different departments with average of 50 employees (40% temporary staff- flexes from 25-60 people). Responsible for all hiring, training, and associate development.

Selected accomplishments

• Increased overall productivity 20% by creating and implementing improved process flow via RFT and productivity reporting and tracking.

• Created internal error reporting with the implementation of returns processing and refurbishment audits.

STATE CHEMCIAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY - Cleveland, OH 1989-1993

Sales/Marketing Representative

Worked independently to develop base accounts and procure new accounts in the direct sales of over 600 specialty chemicals. Traveled nationwide to train new salespeople and test market potential new products.

EDUCATION

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH- Bachelor of Arts in Communication

International Accounts Payable Professionals-CAPP Certification 2006

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