Experienced Manufacturing Controller

LINDA A. HOLLAND

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Executive Summary

Technically skilled, well rounded financial professional with 20+ years of manufacturing experience in diverse industries. Strong leader with ability to identify and develop team member potential within Finance, Supply chain and IT disciplines. Experienced in business turnaround situations, spearheading cost reduction initiatives and working with other key managers to increase profitability of business. Solid project management skills, specifically in continuous process improvement initiatives and ERP system implementations and development. Global business perspective and ability to work effectively with different cultures. Motivated, driven individual inspired by the challenges of creating and growing businesses and leading others to succeed.

Professional Experience

Schott North America, Inc., Pharmaceutical Packaging Division, 30 Lebanon Valley Parkway, Lebanon, PA, April 2009 to Present

Director of Finance North America

• Partnered with VP/GM of North America Pharmaceutical packaging operations to provide both site level and divisional financial support for the Lebanon, PA and Veracruz, Mexico facilities ($85mio + budget).

• Manage staff of three professionals in Finance and IT.

• Key contributor on Site Leadership team focused on turnaround activities for local facility.

• Directed planning and forecasting activities for short term and 3-5 year strategic plans.

• Provided site level and product line financial reporting for two distinct business units- one an existing manufacturing line, the other an R&D development project involving significant capital investment planning and startup cash flow and earnings analysis.

• Provided monthly and quarterly cash flow forecasting and planning needed to integrate with North American operations and European sites.

• Directed compliance activities for the site including risk analysis and communications with site personnel.

• Generated financial reporting needed for compliance with both IAS and US GAAP.

• Full responsibility for completion of annual tax reporting requirements and IAS footnotes.

• Spearheaded cost reduction initiatives essential to meeting aggressive earnings targets for site and division.

• Directed costing and pricing activities focused on increasing margins and identifying opportunities for item rationalization or transfer to lower cost sites.

• Well versed in dealing with basic foreign currency issues between U.S, European and Mexican sites.

• Partnered with European controllers to develop consistent reporting and metrics to support worldwide Pharmaceutical packaging business, as well as New York corporate office to support North American profitability.

Standard Register Company, 121 Mount Zion Road, York, PA–May 2007 to April 2009 (regionalized consolidation of Finance function eliminated position in York)

Facility Controller

• Key member of senior leadership team, responsible for leading the Finance, Purchasing and IT teams for this facility ($40 million budget).

• Hands on manager and individual contributor providing timely and accurate monthly and quarterly financial reporting and analysis.

• Directed all Sarbanes-Oxley compliance activities, coordinating with corporate office.

• Directed annual planning process working closely with plant management team to develop capital investment plans, sales plans and strategies, cost center budgeting and cost containment initiatives.

• Provided periodic forecasting critical to ensuring profitability and spending targets were met.

• Provided leadership to supply chain functions necessary for managing raw material levels (paper, ink), developing vendor relationships, support MRO purchasing, and manage key supply chain KPI’s.

• Directed inventory control activities including warehouse managed stocks, cycle counting processes, physical inventory planning and execution.

• Key member of team responsible for configuration and implementation of new manufacturing scheduling tool which enabled essential linkage of scheduling process with production, inventory control and job cost system.

• Performed financial analysis for Lean/Six Sigma projects supporting cost-out plans for facility.

• Assisted with design of new Quality reporting tool, designed to monitor internal and customer quality claims financially and through the CAR process.

• Managed department through company-wide RIF in November 2008 which targeted 20% of York salaried workforce, leading to restructuring and job re-design and training.

RR Donnelley, Lancaster West (Offset Printing facility), Lancaster, PA – Mar 2005-May 2007 (Position eliminated)

Division Controller

• Partnered with Senior VP of Manufacturing to provide financial services for Telecom and Catalog SBU’s.

• Managed staff of 18, supporting the areas of sales accounting, manufacturing job accounting, customer invoicing, financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, plant data collection and payroll.

• Restructured Finance organization to eliminate one Controller position and merge two finance departments.

• Provided financial support and analysis for $34 million major plant expansion through planning and execution.

• Partnered with local operational managers to generate and implement cost and productivity initiatives, saving the division over $1million during the fiscal year.

• Created a weekly and monthly forecasting process that forced accountability with operation managers and enabled over 95% forecast accuracy.

• Participated in SAP GL, FA, Essbase systems implementations, pilot location for new division forecasting tool.

• Directed Sarbanes-Oxley quarterly testing and revision of SOX documentation to ensure compliance.

• Managed Budgeting process for two business segments at Lancaster location ($150+ million), facilitating a 5% reduction in value added costs and additional cost savings needed to offset rises in benefits and commodity costs.

Hershey Foods Corporation, Lancaster Plant, PA – January 2000 to March 2005

Manager, Administrative Services

• Key member of senior leadership team with full responsibility for Finance, Planning, Purchasing, IT and Administration for the Lancaster facility ($80+mm budget). Managed parts storeroom and retail store. Managed 11 direct reports.

• Provided leadership as management coach for Quality through Excellence program which encouraged employee suggestions and involvement in continuous improvement activities and employee recognition.

• Served as backup management sponsor for behavioral based safety program which implemented plant-wide program to tackle rising OSHA recordable rates.

• Served on corporate team to create new Hershey Corporate Ethics policy.

• Directed planning and forecasting and cost improvement initiatives, saving site over $750,000/fiscal year.

• Member of item rationalization team with operations and sales, eliminating unprofitable products.

• Supported Plant Manufacturing and Engineering with operational analysis, line performance/key plant metrics, capital project analysis and systems production reporting support.

• Served as Project Manager for local SAP implementation. Coordinated process flow mapping, issues resolution, testing and training activities for HR, EHS, Time Mgmt applications.

• SAP Power user and trainer.

Yuasa, Inc. Reading, PA - June 1997 to Jan 2000.

Operations Controller/ERP Implementation Team Leader

• Full responsibility at a corporate level for operational financial reporting for 6 manufacturing facilities.

• Implemented standardized costing policies and procedures, plant performance measures, plant resource utilization, cost improvement projects across all sites.

• Directed assessment of feasibility of product improvement efforts and capital investment proposals.

• Managed 4 professionals responsible for cost analysis, budgeting and forecasting activities, inventory control and reporting for all plant locations and 100+ service and consignment locations.

• Worked closely with SBU Financial Controllers to monitor product profitability, commission and allowance programs, trade promotions, SBU financial performance.

• Directed systems enhancement initiatives with Plant and Sales Controllers, targeted at improving key costing and pricing information available for assessing product and customer profitability.

• Managed Finance project team responsible for successful installation (6 plants, 35 service centers, corporate office) of all Baan Financial applications. Baan Power-user from Customer Order to Receipt of Cash.

• Co-managed business process re-engineering efforts, system configuration activities in a primarily make-to-order environment, master data design, data conversion, cut-over planning, key user training, system troubleshooting activities.

Previous professional experience includes several increasingly responsible professional and management positions with the following companies:

Conestoga Wood Specialties- Manager of Cost Management – June 1996-June 1997

Wheat First Butcher Singer- Financial Consultant – Mar 1992-June 1996

Gichner Systems Group – Corporate Controller (Defense contracting)- Feb 1991-Feb 1992

Woodstream Corporation- Director of Financial Services- Jan 1988-Feb 1991

York Snacks, Inc.- Management Accountant- Oct 1986-Jan 1988

Hamilton Technology- Cost and Proposal Administrator (Defense contracting)- Jan 1983-Oct 1986

Education, Licenses:

B.S. Business Administration, Accounting/Finance–Millersville University, Millersville, PA, Dec. 1982

Masters of Business Administration, Management/International Finance- LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA,

May 2000.

Center for Creative Leadership-Leadership Development Program, Greensboro, N.C., June 2004

Series 7 (NASD), Series 63 (State) Securities Licenses, Licensed PA Insurance Agent.

Series 65 – Registered Representative for Investment Advisor

Intercultural Training- Working across Cultures – Global Arena, April 2011

Computer Skills:

Microsoft Office, Essbase, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook, Visio, Publisher, Lotus Notes. ERP systems- SAP and BAAN. Legacy systems expertise includes Primac 11 and 21, Peoplesoft, Pansophic, MACPAC. Report writing tools-Monarch, SQL reporting in Baan Tools, Business Objects, MIK reporting.

Training Skills:

• SAP Super-user/Trainer for Master Data and Cost Accounting, SAP Project Management for 4.6C upgrade & HR/Time Management implementation,

• Baan ERP System Implementation– conducted user training, train-the-trainer sessions.

• Conducted Business Education training Hershey Lancaster plant - General Business Process, Supply Chain, Understanding Financial Metrics.

• Conducted Investment seminars for Wheat First Butcher Singer on Stocks vs. Bonds, Financial Planning, Asset Allocation, Tax and Estate Planning (with local attorney) and Mutual Fund Investing.

• Delivered Junior Achievement classes at Landisville Intermediate Center for three consecutive years.

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