BRIAN P. BELLMAN

Stairtek, Inc is a private equity held business manufacturing quality custom laminate and natural wood stair treads.

• Reimplemented financial reporting and forecasting on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
• Engaged services of independent accounting firm for audit and tax filing
• Managed banking relationship

ITT is a public company with a broad range of companies serving multiple industries.

• Coordinated SOX audit for both sites independently with a team of two direct reports
• Separated P&L statements to cost center owners to give better visibility and more ownership to managers
• Leading project to clean up balance sheet of old uncleared transactions, which reduced non-AP liabilities by $200k
• Led initiative to improve inventory, improving turns from 2.8 to 3.8 in 18 months
• Led collective effort to reduce past due AR from 18% to 10% of net AR
• Developed team of financial analysts to understand cash flow impacts and develop accurate forecasts

Kao is a chemical manufacturing company most well known for their Jergens skin care products, Biore products and John Freida hair care products.

• Lead budget point for multiple manufacturing supply chain cost centers
• Lead role in organizing obsolescence reserve
• Zero Based Budget development and implementation team
• Developed SOP for new distribution business model segment, which included a rebate from supplying vendor for A&P budgets
• Developed ROI assessments for multiple ESG-type programs

GARVEY Products, a Taylor Corp Company, is a leader in the consumer products market with operations in Asia, Europe, and North America; products produced/marketed include: Electronic Article Surveillance Systems, Radio Frequency and Acousto-magnetic labels and hard tags, price marking labelers, labels, box cutters; safety cutters; price tags; price tagging guns; express baskets/carts; inks; cleaners; conditioners; and batch/QC marking equipment.

• Maximized the inventory efficiency of the company by improving turns from less than one to averaging 4+ times per year, with goals for continued improvement
• Reduced aged/obsolete inventory from 35% to 10%
• Maintained a DSO of 46 days through difficult economic period, with less than 8% being 30 days beyond terms
• Improved Operating Income from 12% to 18%
• Designed and implemented a cycle count program that reduced count variances of 25+% to less than 1% with no scanning capabilities
• Lead role in developing complementary product line increasing sales by 2.0% annually
• Responsible for review of all month end/year end financial reports, including uploading information to the parent holding company
• Lead role in software conversion from MAPICS to Dynamics AX 2012
• Responsible for all aspects of budget
• Cost accounting for process manufacturing, light assembly and distribution, includes standard costing and FIFO
• Establish, maintain and approve all customer pricing, both published and contract
• Contract management including building maintenance and customer agreements
• ROI Analysis
• Physical Asset management
• Single point of contact to outside auditors
• Responsible for small on site IT requirements
• Create and monitor performance metrics for the business to promote growth
• Responsible for all procurement and forecasting

MISA is a Japanese steel trading company supplying Just In Time materials to tier one and tier two automotive parts manufacturers.

• Lead initiative in converting material substrate for major automotive manufacturer supplier
• Department Lead for SAP software upgrade
• Customer account manager responsible for sales negotiations and material supply to customers
• Developed weekly inventory reports to supply to JIT customers for review
• Conducted annual off-site physical inventory audits at multiple locations
• Worked with third party processors to ensure JIT fulfillment of customer needs
• Worked with vendors in reviewing quality claim issues

Messina Management Systems is a Cincinnati based professional placement and temporary employment agency.

• Created an Excel spreadsheet to help track escalating commissions earned during the month
• Processed A/P invoices through Peachtree accounting software
• Reconciled bank statements