Featured Talent

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Finance Manager/Director level candidate with extensive manufacturing expertise. Value-added business partner to operations with experience in both cost accounting/supply chain as well as sales and commercial finance. Strong relationship building skills with the ability to work cross-functionally to get buy in and affect change. With proven success at a world-class global manufacturer, this candidate knows what good looks like and how to get there. Seeking value-added roles with career growth opportunties with winning manufacturers in the St. Louis area.

Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words): “I”m someone that is loyal and invested in the success of the value proposition of the organization. I have great organizational and relationship building abilities and use those those skillsets to manage up and down the organization. In manufacturing environments, I have a good understanding of all the processes and departments and can drive results to achieve goals”

Strengths: (1) strong technical and analytical finance background, specifically operations finance within manufacturing, (2) works well under pressure, (3) project management skills, and (4) works well in a cross-funcitonal team.

Career Highlight 1: History of consistently finding creative ways to increase incremental sales volume while maintaining margins.

Career Highlight 2: Awarded vendor of the year for a major retail store after doubling top-line revenue related to a specific product line. This involved making a sizable investment to increase manufacturing capicity over a 12-month period.

Career Highlight 3: Ran profit review as the Manager of FP&A after CFO retired, working closely with the Director to successfully create and present the 5-year outlook.

Hobbies & Personal Interests: Kids sports, skiing, golfing, cooking, working out, and taking trips with the family.

Education: BS Finance, MBA

Credentials: US Air Force, Security Forces

Industry Experience: Manufacturing

Company Fit: Great fit for midsize to large companies, especially manufacturers.

Management Experience: 10 years’ experience managing a few direct reports.

Systems Experience: Oracle, Cognos, SQL, Excel, PowerPoint.

Open To: Hybrid, In-office, Remote