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Malmö, Skåne, Se

-Standard cost calculation and analysis-Budgeting and Forecasting for hybrid manufacturing -Monthly COGS variance analysis and absorption/sku mix analysis. -Created detailed variance analysis by co-manufacturing site-Freight and inventory variance analysis -Creation and implementation of SOX procedures-New product innovation costing and analysis

Burlington, Massachusetts, Us

- Finance controller for beverage concentrate. Monthly tasks for these facilities include month end closing, yield reporting, budget variance analysis, monthly P&L, forecasting and balance sheet reporting, account reconciliations, and SOX compliance activities. -Subject Matter Expert for Supply Chain finance for new beverage concentrate facility in Newbridge, Ireland. Working with IT and consultants to create a more streamlined SAP system with the goal of migrating the current beverage concentrate facility to the new SAP system in the future.-Using Lean Six Sigma methodology, improved efficiency of financial tasks in St. Louis, allowing for a reduction of one employee, resulting in labor savings of $100,000.-Coached employee with inefficient and substandard work until he could solo close the books for the plant. This was a 50% improvement on his internal skills matrix in a six month time period. -Improved efficiency in month end closing tasks which reduced the closing timeline from 3 days to 2 days. Created work in progress analysis model to automate month-end variance analysis and reduce manual analysis of work orders by 3 hours during busy month-end close.-Created material usage variance analysis model to drive production savings. Model can be run on a daily basis, providing real time information on the 2000 orders processed each month. By analyzing these results, we have been able to eliminate waste in product transfer, more efficiently schedule batch sizes, and reallocate labor. Savings from the project are around $40,000 a month. -Managed zero-based annual budget for all cost centers, bills of material, routings and standard costs/absorption. Maintain proper reconciliation of all SAP General Ledger accounts, integrity of financial statements and SOX controls.

Leuven, Be

- Liaison to the North American Zone Raw Materials and Energy/Fluids departments to provide monthly data to analyze, evaluate, and execute initiatives to close gaps in order to delivering savings.- Enhanced communication between Finance, Supply, and Procurement in order to lead common effort to reflect year over year savings- Developed a cross functional variance analysis tool to help the supply and procurement team identify corrective actions to close gaps from system constraints.- Developed Procurement Budget Pricing files for all raw materials in order to validate the 1YP savings commitment approved by Global Management- Qualified internally on Lean Six Sigma within the Supply Organization- Increased accuracy of rice monthly price variance estimate by 50% using green belt methodology. Worked with procurement and rice mill staff to identify and mitigate issues affecting the accuracy of the current variance estimate.- Gained a thorough understanding of Raw Materials (Malt, Rice, Corn, Syrups and Flavors) and Utilities hedging policy and how this affected financial results. - Perform ad hoc reporting for raw materials, utilities and malt processing categories.

Leuven, Be

- Appointed Lead Budget Analyst. Led a team of two other analyst to run entire SAP budget for US. Communicated deadlines with procurement and supply. Fixed multiple data integrity issues to insure an accurate budget.- Created a new stockcoding model to help in stockcoding the LE volume set, including a percentage of promo packs based on historical actuals. New model reduced time requirement for stock coding by several days.- Developed Access Database to provide detailed mid month reporting of financials for all 12 US breweries. - Working with procurement and planning and performance management, developed budget sensitivity files for secondary packaging materials. These files allowed procurement to accurately price all cartons, carriers, labels and stretchwrap down to the material level.

Leuven, Be

- Re-designed access database to more accurately mimic product cost in SAP. Previous database was accurate within 20 million. Updated database was accurate within $5000. - Updated the Bacardi report, powerpoint, and variable cost model to more accurately reflect actuals. The new report helped de-escalate the tense situation between the Bacardi brand manager and GHQ- Ran budget in SAP for all Variable Industrial Costs. Created new model to allocate filler machine hours based on actual logistics information. Improved accuracy of budget as filler lines were now based on actual data, rather than a mathematical formula.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

- Analyzed local, national and international handicrafts markets in order to develop appropriate marketing plan and new products for artisan sector. Acted as event planner, marketing manager, volunteer coordinator and participant liaison in a series of six national craft fairs.- Worked with community leaders to conduct competitive analysis of competitor’s offerings and strategies in regards to carpet weaving and embroidered linens before organizing training in product development, quality improvement, and marketing materials for local women’s weaving cooperative- After analyzing current local and national markets and the demand for naturally dyed hand-woven carpets, organize natural dye training for weaving cooperative, resulting in a 95% switch to naturally dyed wool carpets, a decrease in production costs and an increase in carpet sales

Chesterfield, Missouri, Us

Chesterfield, Missouri, Us

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor'S Degree, German Language And Literature

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General