Jeff Ludwig
Woodcrest, CA 92504
Director
/ Controller
Cost -
Plant Accounting/ Finance
Manufacturing
/ Food Production / Plant
A
dynamic, passionate, and results-oriented Finance professional with a demonstrated
25+ year track record for leadership and growth. Consistently deliver superior
business results through strong strategic vision, operational knowledge, and
creation of tools to drive greater efficiency and profitability. As a
controller at the plant level, I have acquired the skills to interact and
manage employees at all levels of the business in both a union and non- union
environment.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Plant Controller / Cost
Accountant
Windsor Foods - Frozen Food
Mfg 2004-May 2013
Active member of management team,
involved in business making decisions.
Responsible for all aspects of
accounting including month end analysis
of division performance.
Prepare clear and accurate budgets
with supporting documentation
Complete accurate monthly forecasts.
Develop spreadsheet models to make
cost based decisions with actual data.
IT representative at plant level,
facilitate resolution of problems with corporate office.
Member of cost reduction initiative,
which is the sharing of cost saving ideas and best manufacturing practices
throughout the entire organization.
Member of Safety Incident Review
Panel, (SIRP).
Provide timely analysis and support
union negotiations.
Present daily KPI performance in
production meeting.
Facilitate yearly independent audits
with outside auditors.
Monitor internal controls to safe
guard company assets.
Maintain Bill of Materials and
standard cost system.
Provide standard cost estimates for
R&D - new product development.
Work with engineering to prepare
capital expenditure requests and analyzing projected payback.
Track inventory of ingredients for 100
million lbs production annually.
Financial
Contributions:
Reduced staff from 6 to 4 by
streamlining the accounts payable process and by eliminating need for cost
accountant through cross training. Overall savings in excess of $150k/year.
Responsible for company green
initiative and recycling program. Efforts have saved company over $100k/year.
Made observations that not all pieces
of equipment in an automated folding operation where working and proved that by
fixing what was missing we could improve labor efficiencies by approximately 2%
- total estimated annual savings $145k.
Operations Manager
Spectraturf - Synthetic
Rubber Mfg. / Contractor 1997
– 2004
Coordinate plant activities to insure
the total manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost
effective manner.
Establish and monitor overall plant
performance against production and quality standards.
Participate in new product development
and problem solving.
Manage Human Resources..
As secretary was as an officer of the
company.
Monitor plant KPI's to achieve
improvement/stretch goals.
Manage production staff of
approximately 50 employees.
Plant Controller:
(1997-2004)
Develop
and maintain accurate standard cost system.
Prepare annual three year plan and
provide monthly forecast projections.
Analyze monthly financial performance
for accuracy and clarity, and prepare bridge analysis to monthly forecast and
plan. Develop budget.
Facilitate the day to day operations
of general accounting tasks, and prepare the monthly financial reporting
package for consolidation.
Supervise credit department - Develop
credit and collection policy.
Maintain fixed assets system and
prepare all capital appropriation requests.
Manage administrative staff of 5.
Plant Controller
Alumax Mill Products, Inc. -
Aluminum Sheet/Plate Mfg.
1983 – 1997
• Contributed sharp analytical abilities
toward completing monthly profit and loss statements and annual inventories,
including creating month-end financial journal entries and reports using
departmental cost allocation and expense accrual.
• Handled comprehensive accounts
receivable billing and plant-wide accounts payables with ensured rapid and
consistent large-scale collection of receivables and processing of department
payables for company.
EDUCATIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration with an emphasis in accounting, California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona 1983
COMPUTER
/ SOFTWARE SKILLS
Microsoft
Office Products, MAS, AS 400, JD Edwards
OTHER PROFILES :
