Caleb Jones: Director of Operations in Humble, TX
Caleb Jones
Director of Operations
Humble | United States
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US Zinc
Director of Operations | 01/2015 - Current
• Manage direct reports including four plant managers, and one procurement manager
• Responsible for safety, quality, and overall management of United States operations
• Responsible to overseeing all lean, six-sigma, and continuous improvement projects for the United States locations
• Worked closely with plant managers and engineering group to give approval on all CAPEX projects, 2015 projects estimated at 8.2 MM USD
• Closely work with commercial group to ensure product margins are within budgeted standards
• Responsible to reviewing and revising plant KPIs on a monthly basis with plant managers
• Management of procurement department, responsible for decision making of packing materials, auxiliary supplies, and annual contract negotiations
US Zinc
Plant Manager | 08/2013 - 01/2015
• Manage direct reports from production, maintenance, logistics, quality/lab and human resources.
• Ensure all 70-80 employees follow safety programs established per OSHA regulations and guidelines.
• Ensure all quality standards are met and maintained per ISO 9001.
• Maintain and manage full responsibility for P&L, conversion costs, and operational KPIs.
• Work with multiple departments to create 5-year strategic plan for Houston Dust Plant and other operational locations
• Worked on a team to create customer segmentation database, results of customer profit segmentation were 3% profit increase in 2013
US Zinc
Controller | 08/2008 - 08/2013
• Prepared weekly flash reports, and coordinated weekly flash meetings for the senior management team.
• Responsible for consolidating and facilitating the budget process for entire company, including subsidiaries in China and Brazil.
• Prepared 5 year strategic planning model with senior management team, presented to Brazil headquarter annually.
• Finished projects in China and Brazil to standardize financial reporting procedures, as well as all business planning reports/management system reports.
• Responsible for the finances of two Zinc manufacturing operations, and one Zinc trading operation.
• Participated and led various year-end audit actions working jointly with PricewaterhouseCooper.
• Part of key user team which trained other employees during SAP implementation.
• Part of a team that led the migration from US GAAP to IFRS to comply with parent company’s regulations and reporting standards.
United States Gypsum
Cost Accountant | 05/2006 - 08/2008
• Maintain full charge of all accounting functions for Houston location including cost accounting, general ledger, inventory control, and accounts payable.
• Monthly production cost analysis for the following products: paper mill (in house paper for drywall), drywall (1/2”, 5/8”, 3/8”, mould tough), joint compound.
• Manage physical inventory process, and performed warehouse layout improvements, as well as conducted monthly internal audit inventory counts.
• Reconcile inventory in the warehouse, and make adjustment journal entries in Oracle to balance general ledger.