Today marks the beginning of my WEP at Kellogg and the fiscal month. As such, I began my on-the-job training with building professional accrual documents in Excel. Having helped with recording plant expenses, I’ve gained an intimate knowledge of the plant, its operations and future plans, its production lines, its top-level executives, Excel, and (most importantly) SAP. Shadowing the plant controller proved stressful in the beginning, but very rewarding at the end of the day.
After lunch, I toured the plant and saw the lines in action. The plant boasts an impressive number of workers with serious safety procedures and awe-inspiring amounts of dough-processing power — to make both snack crackers and CHEEZ ITS, of course; the plant is indeed a sight to behold with millions of lbs of food being produced every month. Having seen both the administrative and the union-worker sides of the plant, I feel confident stepping into tomorrow. I’m excited to finish closing out the end of the month, as that’s the unglamorous side of the controller’s job; instead, I’m looking forward to the days that come: pivot tables, project projections, industrial baking and chemistry, and more journal entries.
Due to Kellogg’s corporate policy, I’m unable to take photos of the plant without explicit permission of a supervisor; that means, on a day such as today, no pictures could be taken. Lastly, I learned that the CEO of Kellogg and three executives will be touring the plant on Thursday, meaning that I’ll be hidden among the shadows.
Until tomorrow,
Peyton
(p.s. food plants have incredible amounts of hand sanitizer)
