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Maintains forecast models for customers, incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from sales, brokers, distributors, marketing, retailer replenishment analysts, and other sources.

Kingsburg, Ca

Santa Clara, Ca

COST ACCOUNTANT • Performed month-end closing, prepare journal entries as necessary, analyze inventory evaluation, inventory roll forward, and various variance and P&L analysis• Evaluated into manufacturing variances related to changes in bill of materials or product routings• Validated of new supplier quotations with Program Managers• Partnered with Operations to ensure proper consigned inventory controls and reporting• Partnered with Internal Audit to conduct monthly inventory cycle counts• Maintained detailed accounting records & ensure transactions and reports are in accordance with GAAP and SOX compliance• Supported completion of financial audits including providing required schedules• Prepared weekly and timely submission of operating reports to managementFINANCIAL ANALYST• Performed monthly and quarterly close process, including P&L review, journal posting, variance analysis, and gross margin analysis• Provided insightful weekly updates to key performance metrics• Assisted in developing forecasts with input from product line manager• Go-to Analyst for critical reserve analysis on emerging products• Collaborated with peers and external stakeholders to improve routine processes resulting in time and cost savings

San Jose, Ca

• Provided independent and collaborative ad-hoc reporting directly to management to present to management and global sales teams• Prepared customer profile mapping, integrating risk assessment, market segments, AR, Sales Revenue, and outside research for senior management• Assisted in implementing improvements on current processes and complete special projects• Monitored global sales and sales ops needs on Credit, Accounts Receivable, and Sales Revenue reporting• Communicated customers’ credit standing with internal stakeholders in order to maximize sales revenue flow• Partnered with cross-functional teams such as finance, sales ops, sales, legal• Assessed existing customers' financial strength and creditworthiness by analyzing financial statements, independent research, and other credit assessment tools for current or potential customers• Monitored customers’ credit usage and work with executives to determine credit lines in support of business demands• Collaborated with business partners (D&B) to improve existing credit assessment tools• Managed large sets of data in MS / SAP daily using pivots / v-lookups / graphs• Resolved customer disputes through partnership with internal sales teams and buyers• Analyzed and monitor cash flow for Accounts Receivable, using internal SAP collections reporting and customers' external invoicing portals• Assisted Cash Application group reconcile unidentified customer payments and ensure payments at quarter closes

Santa Clara, Ca

• Independently developed reports and dashboards to assist on budgeting/forecast, strategic planning activities and management reporting• Ensured key business performance risks, issues, and opportunities are highlighted to management• Demonstrated project management skills with ability to influence with direct reporting relationship with Program/Cost Account Managers

Santa Clara, California

• Prepared and analyze invoices for classified various contract types using Oracle 11g and R12 financial systems• Worked closely with Program Analysts, Contract Administration, and Project Managers to obtain necessary supporting documentation and approval for invoice processing in accordance to SOX compliance • Maintained detailed records and prepare required reports for invoice submission packages• Implemented billing policies and procedures to ensure successful internal/external audits• Performed reconciliations on contract funding sources, customer payments, and various internal logs• Analyzed and reconcile customer rejections or discrepancies• Monitored cash flow for Accounts Receivable, ensuring payment was received within contract terms, and thereby directly affecting cash flow for operations• Assisted Cash Application group reconcile unidentified customer payments

Dinuba, Ca

• Utilize excellent people skills to promote sales with new and consistent beverages and product. Constant improvement on my sales pitch to customers. • Focus in multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment to ensure the efficiency and completion of many duties.• Maintaining a cordial, professional demeanor amidst stressful situations to earn reliability and a model, preferred attitude expressed by my coworkers.• Pay high attention to details to ensure maximum quality in preparing beverages and food, opening and closing responsibilities, following food service and sanitation requirements, and providing genuine attention to customers. • Building local network through genuine connections and relationships with coworkers and customers.

Clovis, Ca

• Exceeded expectations of the JV Coaching role set by the Director of Tennis and Athletic director.• Encouraged and drove positive and outgoing attitudes through sportsmanship and team camaraderie. • Consulted with parents to ensure student athletes were achieving improvement goals in both tennis and academics. • Provided fundamental instruction on the physical demands and strategy of the sport.• Organized, oversaw, and participated in drills and exercises daily for over forty male high school student athletes.• Analyses of performance and character for structuring ladders for matches and tournaments.

Davis, Ca

• Quickly gained trust and friendship with coworkers and management/owners to earn promotion to Assistant Manager. • Utilize excellent people skills to build local network through genuine connections with university faculty and staff customers.• Monitored and supplied kiosks’ inventories across the university campus as Assistant Manager.• Pay high attention to details to ensure maximum quality in preparing beverages and food, opening and closing responsibilities, following food service and sanitation requirements, and providing genuine attention to customers as a Barista.

Davis, Ca

• Representative of Lab and Smartfresh brand ethelene treatment when meeting with commercial clients (packers and shippers) to conduct trial run of treatments.• Prepared and performed experiments testing the effects of innovative ethelene-reducing treatments on produce, both in the lab and out in the field on commercial sites. • Prepared extensive analytic reports of experiments utilizing Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint.• Entrusted with a company vehicle to travel to orange orchards to specially treat trees with 1-MCP Smartfresh technology and periodically observe its effectiveness. • Carefully examined truck cabs in several customer locations for the readiness and effectiveness of our commercial Smartfresh application.

• Installed and integrated Stryker operating room equipment in state-of-the-art hospitals throughout the US. • Represented Stryker with contracted projects throughout the US and a medical trade-show in Orlando. • Worked closely with Stryker Sales Reps to ensure the their project standards.• Knowledgeable about and Stryker medical equipment, along with integration of VGA video, S-video, and fibro-optic cables for HDMI picture.

Fresno, California Area

• Monitored various sectors of the pistachio and almond ranch. • Recorded and reported data of the sophisticated irrigation systems for management: water flows and pressures at well, canal, and field sites, and inspected general technical conditions of the well and canal sites. • Supervised and aided an agricultural research team from UC Davis during a harvest output research project.• Oversaw parts of harvest and tracked truckload output during harvest. • Professionally represented ranch management when acting as courier of irrigation, pesticide, and other farm supplies for the ranch. • Calculated cost analyses for oil consumption at well sites. • Entrusted with a company vehicle for the daily commute and operations of intern position. • Applied and further developed my aptitude with the Spanish language consulting with field-labor foremen and other farmhands.

Kingsburg, Ca

• Followed quality standards set by the packing shed and Sales Office. Worked closely with Sales individuals on some projects to ensure quality of a particular order. • Inspected the Brix, PSI, and many other quality specifications of incoming fruit from the fields and also for the fruit conditioning prior to shipment.• Utilized Excel to file data reports for Sales office.