THERESA DANBERRY
Ringgold,GA
Summary
Financial and operations management professional with progressive and diverse experience including accounting, procurement, manufacturing, distribution, and human resources. Experienced in Sarbanes-Oxley implementation, ISO certification requirements, and FDA regulated environments. Results oriented, self-motivated, natural leader with excellent problem solving and communication skills.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Controller
Industrial Plating Company
06.2012 - Current
- In charge of all aspects of accounting, human resources, benefit administration, commercial insurance, and purchasing
- Shared responsibility of ISO compliance and safety
- Responsible for financial statement preparation, account analysis, fixed assets, bank reconciliations, payroll, A/P, A/R, and interfacing with external financial and bank auditors
- Established and implemented policies and procedures: credit and collections policy, attendance policy, quality meetings.
Plant Controller
Gill Industries
01.2011 - 06.2012
- In charge of all aspects of plant accounting, including but not limited to financial statement preparation and reporting, cost accounting, account balancing and analysis, inventory management, fixed assets, bank reconciliations, and A/P
- Responsible for all accounting functions at the plant level as detailed above, as well as year-end documents and reconciliations interfacing with the external financial and bank auditors
- Performed various cost saving projects and analysis, for example improving scrap sales recovery by 60% through implementing tracking procedure using independent scales and reconciling production metal scrap to scrap sales.
Senior Manager, Reporting and Analysis
Mohawk Industries
03.2010 - 01.2011
- In charge of forecasting and strategic planning for cost management group to corporate accounting and performing financial close activities
- Responsible for analyzing and reporting weekly and monthly operational metrics to Executive leadership team
- Led improvement projects, including supply room consolidation.
- Achieved operational excellence by streamlining processes and implementing best practices.
- Improved team performance by providing comprehensive training and fostering a collaborative work environment.
Vice President of Operations
Chattanooga Group, A DJO Company
01.2004 - 01.2009
- In charge of all aspects of procurement, manufacturing, and distribution
- Responsible for directly managing team of 5 managers/directors and 130 team associates indirectly
- Led implementation and practice of Lean manufacturing principles, participated in global operation strategy development, solved shop floor and distribution issues, analyzed operational results and determined improvement plans.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Business Administration
University of Tennessee At Chattanooga
Chattanooga04.1994
Bachelor of Science-Accounting - Accounting
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI04.1990
Skills
● Strong accounting and financial background
● Team building and people development
● Experience in both private and public companies
● Lean manufacturing and process improvement leadership
● Successful merger integration plan execution
Accomplishments
- Reduced financial close time by 20% through process evaluation, elimination of waste, and cross-training program in accounting department.
- Built a successful credit and collections team. Restructured the department, established their authority in the company, and persuaded both customers and sales representatives to accept new policies. Successful team building increased cash flow $800,000 per month by reducing DSO 10 days.
- Introduced and implemented Lean Manufacturing concepts into all areas of Operations resulting in improved efficiencies by an average of 25%, reduced inventory through supplier kanban program by 20%, and increased 5S score for overall plant by 22%.
- Developed accountability in distribution through the implementation of a standards program for both efficiency and quality, improving same day shipments by 12% and decreasing shipping errors by 15%.
- Negotiated raw material price contracts and led cost reduction programs. Generated $1 million in annualized savings the first year and $600,000 in each of the following two years.
- Analyzed and reduced inventory from $8 million to $7 million through development of new planning and purchasing policies. The inventory reduction improved cash flow and reduced days in inventory by 10 days.
- Developed and implemented new shipping policy for suppliers. The inbound freight collect policy saved the company $100,000 in freight expense first year.
- Coordinated initiative to centralize supply room inventory to provide a 40% ($1M) reduction across the business at Mohawk.
- Developed and implemented credit/collections policy, attendance policy, requisition system for purchases, and safety programs at Industrial Plating.
Certification
Timeline
Controller
Industrial Plating Company
06.2012 - Current
Plant Controller
Gill Industries
01.2011 - 06.2012
Senior Manager, Reporting and Analysis
Mohawk Industries
03.2010 - 01.2011
Vice President of Operations
Chattanooga Group, A DJO Company
01.2004 - 01.2009
Master of Business Administration - Business Administration
University of Tennessee At Chattanooga
Bachelor of Science-Accounting - Accounting
Western Michigan University
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