Ashley O'Bryan, CMA, CSCA

Experience

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  Brady Corporation - Electromark in Wolcott, NY

  Jun 2007 - Dec 2008

  Production Worker

  Worked on the production floor in areas such as chopcut, eyeletting, material prep, and diecut. Also worked in finished goods inventory, inspection, and packaging.

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  Oswego Hospital

  Jan 2009 - May 2009

  Accounts Payable Intern

  Worked with Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, posted invoices into Allegra/Gembase systems, prepared audit schedules for 2009 audit.

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  Novelis

  May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Summer Intern

  • Assisted with document management to satisfy Audit, Tax and Compliance Controls• Performed reconciliation of raw material inventory receipts (approx. $30M in monthly value)• Assisted with maintaining integrity of offsite shipments to and from warehouses and reconciled to 3rd party confirmations• Responsible for petty cash and cash receipts (approx. $30K)• Maintained record of raw material Alloy/Hardener purchases and transfers (approx. $300K)• Participated in monthly cost reviews of operating expenses with full plant management team Show less

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  Novelis

  Dec 2010 - now

  • Management, oversight, and leadership of the Auto CoE Buying Team covering the Oswego, NY, Kingston, ON and Guthrie, KY plants.• Consolidation and alignment of procurement processes and policies across the Auto Cluster plants• Buyer for Critical Chemicals to support plant operations• Works closely with Procurement Operations Leader, Sr. Manager of Cluster and Category Managers on cost savings, supplier management and strategy alignment• Assisted in Coupa design, testing, and roll-out including requisitioner training at Oswego and Guthrie• Works closely with Coupa project team to bring to light current issues and gaps and works with them to identify short term and long-term solutions Show less • Buyer for Mechanical Spare Parts and Lab Supplies. Sourcing Lead for numerous capital projects along with yearly capital spares. • Procurement management of plant wide VMI programs.• Worked with Sr. Buyers and PPL at Oswego plant to coach and develop buying team• Worked with Sr. Buyers and PPL at Oswego plant to strategize and develop processes/policies to mitigate risk to operations including, but not limited to: Open Requisition Reporting, Past Due and Open PO Reporting and Expedite Processing• Worked through Procurement Reorganization moving from plant-based procurement to a central buying team covering multiple plants• Worked through Struxture set-up and training of new buyers to the Auto Cluster Show less - Buyer for electrical and mechanic spare parts, VMI, and safety consumables- Works closely with end users and vendors to source materials of the highest quality for efficient operations at the plant- Works closely with the stores team and vendors to maintain inventory at the correct levels and ensure data integrity of the parts stored onsite- Works closely with our Legal team on risk mitigation through terms and conditions and NDA review and execution- Works closely with end users and vendors to drive saving initiatives at the plant to directly impact our cost per ton target- Lead RFP and negotiations with vendors on $500K capital purchase- Lead, from a local level, a VMI Innovation Event to overhaul our current PPE and Production Consumable Program (estimated over $1M in savings) Show less • Responsible for month and year end closing activities• Responsible in preparing account reconciliations monthly • Responsible for annual budgeting for multiple departments in the plant and monthly forecasting• Works closely with the manufacturing units to go over actuals on a monthly basis and provide variance analysis to report to senior management at the plant level• Tracks, working closely with project engineers, expense and capital projects• Assists and works closely with other departments at the plant including HR (payroll), Procurement (savings, PRs and POs), Corporate Finance (accounts payable). Show less

  • Sr. Finance Systems Administrator

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Purchasing Leader - Auto Value Stream

    Jan 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Senior Buyer

    Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

  • Buyer

    Aug 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Financial Analyst

    Aug 2011 - Jul 2018

  • Cost Accounting Intern

    Dec 2010 - Aug 2011