FINANCE EXECUTIVE
Innovative, decisive, and service-oriented VP Finance with extensive domestic and international experience in multiple manufacturing environments. Twenty years of quantifiable achievements partnering Finance with core business functions to develop highly productive cross-enterprise alliances. Recognized for possessing unequivocal integrity and delivering imaginative business solutions. Effective leader who blends strategic thinking with tactical execution. Additional strengths include:
• Extensive International Experience
• Six Sigma / Lean Manufacturing Skills
• Development and Management of Global Teams
• ERP Systems Implementation
• Operations-Oriented / Supply Chain Background
• Turnaround / Restructuring / Rightsizing
• In-Depth Cost Accounting Knowledge
• Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) / 404 Requirements
• Strategic / Tactical Planning & Analysis
• Inventory Optimization
• Organization Development Minor
• Process Reengineering & Simplification
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE, Denver, Colorado 2008-February 2010
$475 million manufacturer and marketer of food ingredients and animal feed. Products are sold to retail and industrial customers under the GW brand as well as private-label names.
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance and Information Technology
Recruited by company’s President to restructure, reorganize and rebuild the Finance organization after significant turnover. Accountable for all aspects of the Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Legal, and IT functions. Provided leadership for 17 person team. Reported to CEO and Board of Directors.
• Member of executive leadership team that increased Net Income by 1,100% (from $2M to $24M) through a combination of strategic marketing, cost containment initiatives, and balance sheet enhancement activities including a 45% reduction in Long Term Debt.
• Led transformation of the Finance Organization from a provider of information to an integral strategic partner with senior management by providing operating results analysis, anticipating management requests and offering guidance for improvement.
• Played key role as company’s financial spokesperson with the Board, investment community, outside auditors, banks, law firms, and various regulatory agencies.
• Worked in a leveraged environment managing all banking relationships and covenants associated with a $50 million credit facility.
• Significant Board interaction: led Audit Committee, presented quarterly financial information and made dividend recommendations.
• Managed company’s advances in MRP/ERP utilization: reduced lead times, increased inventory turns and on-time deliveries (from 77% to 97%).
• Reduced monthly close cycle by applying Six Sigma process optimization concepts.
• Served on Board of Directors as Treasurer of wholly owned subsidiary.
• In partnership with VP Operations, implemented lean manufacturing across all production facilities.
FININGO ENTERPRISES, LLC, Denver, Colorado 2007
Created an independent consulting organization targeting small to mid-sized manufacturing firms offering financial infrastructure development, overhead optimization, process reengineering, identification and implementation of key business metrics, profitability analysis, restructuring and rightsizing.
Principal
JEFFREY A. FINGERT Page Two
SUN MICROSYSTEMS (formerly StorageTek), Louisville, Colorado 2004-2006
$14 billion worldwide technology company delivering networking and data storage solutions.
Senior Finance Director, Operations and Global Supply Chain
Directed all financial operations of the StorageTek Global Supply Chain (GSC) which consisted of: Sourcing, Logistics, Manufacturing, IT, Facilities and Quality/Six Sigma organizations. Managed 19 multi-tiered support staff, a $250 million operating budget, and $1 billion annual material spend.
• Directed team of five cross-functional senior leaders in analyzing internal manufacturing capabilities. Team’s recommendation to outsource over 80% of current SKUs and close multiple plants were implemented generating an estimated cost savings of $50 million over 10 years.
• Identified cost reduction opportunities for the Sourcing organization by developing tools that modeled the cost structure of each supplier, a key enabler in achieving $48 million in annual material savings.
• Led integration of StorageTek’s Operations Finance into Sun Microsystems after the acquisition.
JOHNS MANVILLE CORPORATION, Denver, Colorado 2002-2004
$2 billion global manufacturer of fiberglass-based building products. A Berkshire Hathaway Company.
Global Operations Controller
Provided financial leadership for fifteen global manufacturing locations. Directed all core Controller’s Office functions. Managed team of 31 and reported to Operations VP and Finance VP.
• Reduced year-over-year indirect costs in excess of 11% by creating spending road map process.
• Reengineered forecasting/budgeting processes achieving a 50% reduction in preparation time.
• Obtained Greenbelt certification; cascaded Six Sigma principles throughout the Finance Organization.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 1990-2001
VISTEON (FORD Automotive Components Division), Dearborn, Michigan (2000-2001)
Senior Finance Manager
• Led strategic process reengineering campaign to ready division for eventual independence.
ARDENNES INDUSTRIES S.A.S. (FORD Subsidiary), Charleville-Meziere, France (1999)
Manager, Process Improvement Europe
• Redefined the mission and structure of European plant-based Finance Departments.
EASTERN EUROPEAN OPERATIONS, Novy Jicin, Czech Republic (1995-1998)
Financial Operations Manager
• Created a Finance infrastructure to support the transformation of former government-owned manufacturing operations into profitable private enterprises and integration into the Ford supply base.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY HQ, Dearborn, Michigan (1993-1994)
Financial Planning & Analysis Supervisor
• Launched first Activity Based Management program at a Ford plant.
COCLISA, S.A. de C.V. (FORD Subsidiary), Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico (1992)
Financial Analyst
• Earned rarely achieved promotion to an international assignment after less than two years with Ford.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY HQ, Dearborn, Michigan (1990-1991)
Ford Financial Management/Future Leader Training Program (Graduated top of class)
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
M.B.A., Finance and Marketing, Minor: Organizational Development, summa cum laude,
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1990
B.S., Corporate Finance, magna cum laude, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1987
Relevant Accreditations: Six Sigma - Green Belt; Dale Carnegie; Ford Leadership Institute.
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