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Acco North America (Now Acco Brands) Work Values

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Daily Duties at Acco North America (Now Acco Brands):

A key member of the North American and Global Leadership Team which formed the $400 million ACCO USA organization and grew it into ACCO North America, a multi-national $1 billion office products company. Implemented financial strategies to support the company’s operating plans and address information technology, cost, profitability, productivity, and cash flow issues. • Led or participated in directing five restructuring initiatives, including three plant closings and the phased transfer of proprietary tooling to Taiwanese contract manufacturers - that yielded, in total, annual cost savings of $38 million and reduced fixed cost structure and asset investment significantly. • Played a key role in the creation and startup of a $120 million Mexican “maquiladora” operation, directing legal, tax, and financial requirements. • Developed concept for and implemented a Returned Goods Repackaging Center that resulted in $900,000 savings in scrapped product and freight/handling costs. • Achieved synergies of $11 million annually by leading or co-leading teams that successfully integrated five “bolt-on” business acquisitions. • Guided the conversion of financial systems to Y2K compliant software, negotiating with Oracle Corporation favorable price and support/service terms valued at $400,000. • Streamlined inventory controls and production reporting processes across five plants and three distribution centers eliminating $3 million, or 5%, of a chronic inventory shrink.


What they like about Acco North America (Now Acco Brands):

Organizations with strong, centralized leadership are particularly attractive to you. You require a work environment with leadership that aggressively seeks to expand and grow the business and does so in a visible and decisive manner. In general you prefer to work in an environment in which there is a strong link between leadership, its actions, and a strong set of company-wide values.



Information about Acco North America (Now Acco Brands)


Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5

Average length of employment : 7 years

Average salary of employees: $122,000

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Acco North America (Now Acco Brands):

05|
Were your performance expectations clearly communicated?

4.0

Were you recognized for meeting or exceeding expectations?

5.0

Did you feel like your personal contribution was important?

5.0

Was your career path clearly outlined and discussed?

3.0


03|
I would recommend this as a place of employment.
3.0
I believe in the purpose of this organization.
3.0
I would work for this organization again.
3.0
I feel employees are fairly compensated.
3.0


Climbers who worked at Acco North America (Now Acco Brands) had these interests:

Books
The Victors By Stephen Ambrose..... Stories about soldiers and events from D-Day through the end of WWII in Europe.
The DaVinci Code By Dan Brown...Intriguing alternative history of Christianity.
Creative Destruction By Richard Foster....How companies that are built to last often under-perform the market.
Websites
Yahoo Finance

http://finance.yahoo.com

To see how the Stock Market is performing each day.


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