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Tom Hillabrand
1215 Berkshire Drive
Adrian, Michigan 49221
(517)263-3487
Career Direction Has Been Determined Based On Formal Education And Related Professional Training, Diverse Experience, And An In-Depth Interest In…
• BUSINESS & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT •
Some Areas Of Expertise Include, But Are Not Limited To…
- CFO RESPONSIBILITIES - FINANCE & ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT -
- CREDIT & COLLECTIONS - TAXES - RISK MANAGEMENT - LEGAL INPUT & SUPPORT -
- BENEFITS & COMPENSATION PLANNING - BUDGETING & COST CONTROLS - STAFFING -
- STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANNING - SCHEDULING & CONTROL -
- PURCHASING - INVENTORY MANAGEMENT & CONTROL -
- MATERIAL & REQUIREMENT PLANNING -
- MIS/IT MANAGEMENT -
Possess A Creative Mind That Enjoys Effective Motivation And Team Building… Utilize Entrepreneurial Skills With An Independent Work Ethic… Exhibit Visible, Leadership By Driving Changes And Improvements… Creative, Skilled And Very Competent… An Excellent Communicator, Both Written And Verbal…
Hydro Inc., Adrian, Michigan.
Hydro is one of the leading suppliers of aluminum components and foundry alloys, sheet, tubes and extrusions to carmakers in Europe and North America.
Finance Manager, 2006 – 2008.
Effectively managed and coordinated responsibilities in Purchasing, Credit, Finance, Payroll, Pension Benefits, A/R, A/P, Fixed Assets, Budgeting, Audits, Taxes, and Banking. Personally and professionally challenged manufacturing operational decisions to ensure profitability. Recommended substantially accurate tracking controls to improve reporting of daily results, and successfully participated with other members of the Management Team to recognize and implement changes needed to ensure accomplishment of financial goals.
• Evaluated Business Operations and recommended Process Improvement changes. My efforts achieved a $2,800,000 budget goal while sales were 14% less then budget levels in 2007.
• Established growth strategies through implementing entrepreneurial ideas. Led the charge to diversify products into the private home markets.
• Researched health care benefit options and implemented changes to HSA and HRA plans in order to lower annual costs by $800,000.
• Evaluated payroll system and implemented a program to advantageously track piece rate costs. This change lowered costs by $100,000 annually.
Additional Experience-
Formal Education…
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Monarch Press Inc. /Swenk-Tuttle Press, Jackson and Adrian, Michigan.
Web printer of periodicals, continuous and sheet business forms, and integrated products. offset and letterpress printing; typesetting and glue binding of office forms, accessories and supplies; wrap, tag, label, seal.
General Manager, CFO, Controller, 1995 – 2006.
Oversaw daily production operations and financial management of the company. Managed manufacturing, quality, accounting, finance, cash flow, A/R, A/P, collections, budgeting, auditing, business insurance, banking relations, IT and human resources. Maintained production standards while controlling costs. Supervised and coached department Managers. Played a significant role in strategic planning, including an initiative geared toward operational excellence. Oversaw monthly and quarterly variance analysis of organization's financial and operational performance against budget and forecasts. Managed day-to-day processing of accounts receivable and payable, reconciled monthly activity, generating year-end reports, and fulfilling tax related requirements. Developed, maintained and monitored accounting systems and procedures. Assisted in the recruitment and hiring of the most qualified applicants to meet the organizational needs. Conducted orientation, trained, coached, and developed Department Managers in execution of daily tasks. Maximized and measured sales performance on a daily basis by reference to class sales reports from year prior on same day. Oversaw compliance of Department Managers with established company policies and standards, such as safekeeping of company funds and property, personnel practices, and security, sales, and record-keeping procedures. Helped solve concerns that affected service, efficiency, and productivity.
• Improved the operational systems, processes and policies in support of organizations mission. Specifically, supported more effective management reporting, information flow and management, business process and organizational planning.
• Managed and increased the effectiveness and efficiency of support services (HR, IT and Finance), through improvements to each function as well as coordination and communication between support and business functions.
• Drove initiatives within the management team and organizationally that contributed to long-term operational excellence.
• Maintained production standards and quality while lowering material costs by 15%. This was done by negotiating 90 day, 5% discount terms with a new major paper supplier. Graphic supply costs were also improved by 10% through supplier changes.
• Implemented Improvements into Work Flow Processes and Internal Controls to strengthen Teamwork Building. By doing this, cross training for each job was achieved and payroll costs where lowered by 20%. In 1996-1998 and 2000-2004 profits increased annually by 5-10%.
• Negotiated new terms with vendors and creditors to improve cash flow.
• Changed production hours to three shifts per day to more efficiently secure customers turnaround demands. Recommended personnel changes to better utilize individual skills.
• Implemented improvements into Work Flow Processes, Internal Controls and Teamwork Building. Implemented new individual job costing procedures to transcend previous tracking methods of labor and material costs on a per job basis.
Additional Valuable Experience Was Gained while in Banking Successfully Serving As Collector, Underwriter, Lender, Branch Manager, Assistant Controller, Auditor, And Loan Administrator…
FORMAL EDUCATION
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Bachelor of Business Administration
Major: Economics • Minors: Finance & Political Science
Additional Professional Training
Ohio State University, "School for Financial Controllers”. Ball State University "Management Skills for Supervisors
Fred Pryor Seminars for Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint & Excel. AIB Courses: Mortgage, Coml., & Personal Lending