Blake Furry

Engaged Strategic Operational Financial Leaderimproving, transforming and optimizing organizations from $100M to nearly $2B in annual sales

Manufacturing Experience

• 20+ years of LEANS systems experience in numerous industries

• Subject Matter Expert in Standard Costing, Cost Savings, Variance Analysis and Reporting, Investment and Cap Ex Analysis and Make vs Buy decision making

FP&A, Forecasting and Budgeting

• 20+ years using LEAN system principles and collaborating with cross functional partners; Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing, SCM, Procurement and HR and then presenting results to Executive Management and Board Members

• Develop, communicate and implement 18 month rolling Roadmaps for EBITDA, Working Capital and investment needs

SCM and Procurement

• Business Partner for 10+ years

• Extensive experience in S&OP and cost savings discovery, analysis and implementation

• Connect the dots with Manufacturing, Sales and Marketing

Leadership and Management

• Managed up to 10 locations in various industries and countries

• Empowering management style utilizing Policy Deployment and 5 Rocks

Board and Senior Management Communication

• 15+ years in presenting Financial results to Executive Management and 10+ years presenting Financial results to Board Members

I would like to have a conversation to discuss the items above in more details to demonstrate in how I can lead and support optimizing Finance Excellence, Profit/Cost improvements, Cost Savings initiatives, Team Building and cross functional Business partnerships.

Manufacturing Experience

​20 plus years of LEAN system’s culture and application experience with a German private Company Freudenberg & Co, a Global leading manufacturer in several industries.   Significant costing related experience in Automotive, Oil & Gas, Aerospace, Fluid Power, Filtration, Healthcare, Millwork and other industries in Low Mix/High Volume or High Mix/Low Volume manufacturing environments.  Subject matter expert in the ERP system QAD with nearly 10 year’s ERP experience with SAP.  Have lead Company costing systems, analysis and reporting for more than 15 years which includes Standard Costing, Cost Savings, Variance Reporting, Investment and Cap Ex Analysis and Make vs Buy decision making.  

FP&A, Forecasting and Budgeting

​20 plus years of experience utilizing LEAN system principles and collaboration with cross functional partners; Sales, Marketing, Operations, Engineering, SCM, Procurement and HR.   Lead, develop, teach and communicate the process to all levels of the organization and the outputs to Senior Management, including Board members.  Utilize 18 month rolling forecast for EBITDA, Working Capital and Investments to clearly understand where we are currently and then where are we going and then communicate key findings to Senior Management.  Business knowledge is obtained by clearly understanding the Profit, Cost and Cash drivers by following the Business Value Chain, the Operational Process Flow, listening to cross functional partners and then understanding the economic landscapes.  

SCM and Procurement

​SCM and procurement responsible or Business Partner for more than 10 years; providing proactive analysis, providing forecasting and budgeting, S&OP and Cost savings initiatives.  SCM Manager for a $30M facility for 3 years implementing S&OP, Visual Managed Inventories and aligning procured lot sizes with customer lot sizes to minimize inventory and to eliminate waste.  Finance Business Partner supporting S&OP business process implementation and launching and then developing the analysis.

Leadership and Management

​Engaged, empowering management style utilizing Policy Deployment Matrix and 5 Rocks to manage priorities and key initiatives.  Believer that clear Role and Responsibilities eliminates the core of frustration and confusion within cross functional team.  Strong advocate of the principles in the books “Traction” and the “5 Dysfunctions of a Team”

Board and Senior Management Communication

​15 years of presenting Financial results and Strategy to Senior Management and nearly 10 years of presenting Financial results and Strategy to Board Members

BSBA Accounting and Finance at the Ohio State University in Columbu, Ohio