HAREN A. MAIN

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Essex, VT *****

802-***-****

vr701x@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATIONS

Hands-on professional, with a successful record of accomplishments in the chemical and manufacturing industries. Experience in cost accounting, inventory management & troubleshooting, directing cycle/physical inventory counts & reconciliations, systems support, training, ERP, MRP, planning, forecasting, demand analysis, AS400, MacPac, Great Plains, Global Shop, SAP BW and data extraction & analysis with a focus on process improvements and providing both internal and external customers with the highest quality and most accurate result.

Major strengths include cost accounting. Inventory management. Collaborating with IT to deliver systems upgrades to provide increased functionality and decision support capability. Leveraging troubleshooting skills to solve business and technical challenges. Leading cross-functional teams on long-term projects. Simplifying complex processes to save time and money. Training non-technical end-users to optimize use of advanced IT tools and applications. Managed staff to five.

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Created and implemented cost accounting system for company’s Cosmetic Pigment Processing Plant.

• Worked with manufacturing, QC, purchasing and etc., to develop overhead costs and labor allocations, RM costs, BOM’s and standard costs for all products manufactured at the facility.

• Developed reports and JE’s to track and record manufacturing activity, inventory transactions, variances and month-end close.

• Enabled margin tracking by product which was previously unavailable.

Implemented new ERP-based inventory system for EMD, improving efficiency 94%.

• Collaborated with Finance, Marketing and Accounting, defining business and reporting needs.

• Configured and optimized ERP system inventory module.

• Directed costs for all inventory transactions to the proper General Ledger accounts.

• Developed end-user procedures, training and documentation.

• Reduced time required for monthly inventory adjustments from 16 hours to less than one hour.

Created new data coding guides, slashing part number creation errors 90%.

• New part numbers were routinely assigned to wrong categories, causing general ledger inaccuracies.

• Traced problem to cumbersome coding structure.

• Developed Master Coding Guides for each business unit, defining proper categorization.

• Implemented new guides and trained staff, significantly reducing coding errors.

Improved EMD inventory adjustment process, reducing coding mistakes 75%.

• Inventory adjustment process was prone to errors.

• Identified opportunity for implementing easy-to-follow written guidelines.

• Developed and implemented rules for applying adjustment codes.

• Trained staff on new system.

• Achieved lower error rate and improved efficiency.

Devised Cycle Counting process to replace the annual physical count.

• Developed and implemented a system which counted all inventory 3 times per year.

• Maintained and troubleshot system which achieved accuracy in excess of 98%.

• Allowed elimination of the annual physical count.

Automated pricing for EMD sales orders, reducing labor costs and cutting errors 97%.

• Pricing on incoming orders was an inefficient, error-prone manual task.

• Recognized opportunity to utilize new ERP platform to manage process.

• Created customized templates for each business unit.

• Implemented new system in 60 days.

• Cut order taking time 50%.

Streamlined inventory control for new weights/measures, eliminating five-week process.

• Odd batch sizes and leftover units required time-consuming process for creating SKUs and pricing.

• Determined use of smaller unit sizes would increase flexibility in managing part number creation and pricing.

• Configured ERP system to handle new minimum unit sizes, enabling more efficient management of leftover quantities.

• Cut pricing/part numbering time to minutes.

Devised inventory control system, overcoming incompatible accounting required by key consignment client.

• Incompatible measures and methods required by major EMD client made accounting and billing for consumed consignment inventory costly and time-consuming.

• Developed and tested conversion system allowing more accurate and timely accounting and billing.

• Reduced labor required sufficiently to move one fulltime staff member to other tasks.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science (BS), Management Science/Accounting and Psychology, Kean University, Union, NJ.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity

Offices held include:

• Board of Directors member

• North East Regional Director

• Alumni Chapter President

• Delegate to Regional and National Conventions

• District Director

Honors received include:

• Silver Distinguished Service Award, 1st and 2nd degrees

• First presentation NorthEast Region’s Berry Award

CAREER HISTORY

Northern Power Systems, Barre, VT, 2009 - 2011

• Cost Accountant

EMD Chemicals Inc, Gibbstown, NJ, 1988 - 2008

• SAP Business Warehouse Coordinator: 2005-2008.

• Inventory & Systems Analyst: 2003-2005.

• System Support Analyst: 1996-2003.

• Accounting Supervisor: 1991-1996.

• Senior Cost Accountant: 1988-1991.

Tenney Engineering, Inc, Union, NJ, 1979 - 1988

• Senior Accountant: 1981-1988.

• Assistant Supervisor / Cost Accounting: 1980-1981.

• Cost Accounting Clerk: 1979-1980.

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