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Ryan Chadwick

Middletown,NJ

Summary

Versatile Finance and Purchasing Operations Specialist successful at taking on routine and complex business challenges with resourceful and creative approach. Recognized as driven, dedicated and hardworking leader with history of streamlining operations and increasing results.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Finance and Purchasing Operations Specialist

Azenta Life Sciences
01.2022 - Current
  • Lead Business Operations department for NGS, which conducts research for pharmaceutical and bioscience clients
  • Lead revenue and purchasing operations, manage inventory and supply chain systems and assist with project management
  • Perform administrative activities for Accounting/Finance teams such as billing, invoice processing and revenue reporting
  • Create comprehensive revenue reports and conduct thorough earnings data analysis, enhancing the accuracy of future company revenue forecasts, which helped the company increase gross revenue by $1 million in FY 2023
  • Use ERP software for analysis and to improve finance, purchasing, supply chain and project management systems
  • Create POs to support project needs, manage ordering and inventory, and perform inventory updates with vendors
  • Reduced inventory turnover by using KPIs to track demand forecast accuracy for projects, resulting in less wasted inventory and increasing profit margins for each project by 15%
  • Act as a main point of contact for project managers, buyers and vendors in getting the inventory needed for each project.

Business Operations Specialist

Azenta Life Sciences
03.2020 - 01.2022
  • Assisted with revenue operations, project management and inventory management
  • Created POs to support project needs, tracked project costs and lead times, resulting in projects finishing before deadlines
  • Improved ordering and inventory systems, maintained PO balances and performed price updates
  • Reduced inventory turnover by using KPIs to track demand forecast accuracy for projects
  • Generated comprehensive revenue reports, enhancing the accuracy of future projected revenue forecasts
  • Administered invoice processing and assisted with Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable administrative activities.

AR Client Account Manager

Azenta Life Sciences
09.2019 - 02.2020
  • Oversaw and managed client accounts in the accounting department for the AR team
  • Accounts consisted of major businesses, universities and research centers, including Harvard and Johnson and Johnson
  • Resolved any credits or issues with accounts and streamlined company’s billing process by offering clients new payment options and different payment plans and by creating a clear 30-day payment due-date policy
  • Collected and saved the company over $600,000 in bad debt from customer accounts
  • Actively monitored AR aging reports and accounts, which greatly helped improve AR turnover and minimized bad debts
  • Streamlined daily reporting schedules detailing outstanding bad debt, incoming cash receipts and weekly bank statements.

Project Support Specialist

PSEG
07.2014 - 07.2019
  • Supported project management over various PSEG locations for various civil and electrical projects
  • Projects consisted of mass civil and/or electrical grid upgrades at each location
  • Was the 'eyes and ears' for a project manager on each site by supervising all onsite workers and contractors
  • Communicated with project managers and construction foreman to ensure projects met deadlines
  • Performed field assessments to review project statuses and to maintain accurate counts of all on-site project materials, which resulted in better project coordination and more accurate inventory counts for each project.

Education

B.A. in Economics -

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Skills

  • Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word)
  • Oracle NetSuite ERP Systems
  • CLIMS
  • SAP Ariba
  • AR/AP
  • Business Process Improvement
  • Strong leadership and communication skills
  • Analytical and problem solving
  • Business Relationship Management
  • Financial Reporting & Analysis
  • Project Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Order Management
  • Supply Chain
  • Procurement
  • Sales Quotes and Invoicing

Timeline

Senior Finance and Purchasing Operations Specialist

Azenta Life Sciences
01.2022 - Current

Business Operations Specialist

Azenta Life Sciences
03.2020 - 01.2022

AR Client Account Manager

Azenta Life Sciences
09.2019 - 02.2020

Project Support Specialist

PSEG
07.2014 - 07.2019

B.A. in Economics -

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Ryan Chadwick