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Berlin, De

Berlin, De

Berlin, Deutschland

In this current tenure:I act as key member of Finance Business Partner of Away from Home Market & Field Sales Management. I am responsible for the overall profitability of served clients, ensuring profitable growth and conditioned performance. I direct and ensure full financial transparency of field sales and business unit customers.Initiate multiple financial analysis processes for sales operations and customer profitability. Support year-end closing process and ensure complete accuracy.Following are the highlights of my key achievements that I attained:» Controlled complete financial administration of €80M OpEx budget for Field Sales and business unit as well as €150M net revenue, €60M gross profit for one busniess unit.

Berlin, Berlin

In this past tenure: I strategically chair a team of four IT Business Partners to lead overall aspects of German business unit, including production, warehousing, transport, distribution, procurement, quality, demand and supply planning. I align business requirements with advanced IT solutions, while delivering end-to-end management for supply chain and procurement processes. I ensure right strategic positioning regarding supply chain and procurement solutions consolidation with strategic IT management, while setting the foundation for new digital solutions. Following are the highlights of my key achievement that I attained: » Introduced and led implementation of a demand sensing tool, which resulted in improving forecast accuracy short term by 10%.» Generated over €1M in cost savings by initiating SAP Ariba deployment for procurement organization.

Berlin Und Umgebung, Deutschland

In my past role: I acted as key member of Finance Business Partner Field Sales Management. I monitored cost control and reduction process, implemented appropriate action plans to increase business profitability. I directed and ensured financial transparency of field sales and customers. I initiated financial analysis process for sales operations as well as infrastructure projects to support year-end closing process and ensure complete accuracy. Following are the highlights of my key achievements that I attained:» Boosted sales force efficiency by restructuring overall sales representatives’ team.» Controlled complete financial administration of €1.4Bn net revenue, €500M gross profit, €50M OpEx budget for home marketing as well as €260M net revenue, €85M gross profit for one customer management group.

Berlin Und Umgebung, Deutschland

In this past tenure: I spearheaded cross-functional teams to oversee all phases of production processes, including budget. I conducted detailed financial analysis for assessing cost of sales and projects that manage by two teams and 18 associates. I administered €1.5Bn cost of sales as well as yearly business planning process, including month-/year-end production facilities and infrastructure projects. Following are the highlights of my key achievements that I attained:» Played a vital role in reducing cost of sales by €15M through the execution of financial management best practices.» Achieved cost saving over €2M through successful implementation of several infrastructure measures.» Developed exceptional merger and integration framework during the merger from May 2016 on incl. 1st year end closing according to IFRS (before US GAAP).» Contributed to NWC reduction project, freeing up over €200M of FCF.

Berlin

In this earlier role: I effectively managed financial operations with keen focus on identifying, evaluating, and built cross functional transformation projects. I covered overall financial aspects of transformation measures like business cases and scenarios. I’ve managed complete financial measures responsibilities, such as pay back, IRR, and NPV. I served as focal point of contact to overall transformation. Following are the highlights of my key achievements that I attained:» Achieved cost saving over €5M per year, while steering entire infrastructural changes, development, evaluation, and execution by serving as key Finance Business Partner.» Acted as deputy for the Region Finance Manager, in this role led and strategised €140M OpEx budget management for one production region included 10 locations with five associates.

Berlin Und Umgebung, Deutschland

In this tenure: my responsibility was established, executed, and controlled a centralized commercial business center with 70 associates and six sub teams. I delivered high-level support in managing sales, overall local customers, wholesalers, and infrastructure projects. I oversaw €4M OpEx budget and over 2K customers’ funds.Following are the highlights of my key achievements that I attained:» Conducted successful negotiations with workers council, enabled project organisation, scheduling, and planning. » Optimised employee productivity by 50% and minimised overheads.

In this role: I provided strategic and disciplinary direction to over 60 associates in four teams regarding procurement and finance management, business analysis, customer service, and demand planning. I acted as Finance Business Partner for Sales, Logistics and Regional Marketing to lead all financial related matters. I formulated business plans and rolled out estimation for the sales center, including presentation to senior management and workers council. I continuously analysed sales center P&L, including derivation and implementation of measures to increase profitability. Following are the highlights of my key achievements that I attained:» Held complete P&L responsibility of €210M sales revenue and €84M OpEx budget, while acting as Finance Business Partner and Commercial Finance Manager for the sales center.» Finance lead for the merger of two sales centers, revenue of €100M each. Afterwards serving as Finance Manager for the merged sales center.» Centralised credit management and general ledger departments (saving of 6 HC), also organisational lead of shift of a closed site within the sales center, generating savings of > €200K.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Management (Marketing & Sales)

Dipl. Wi.-Ing. (Fh), Controlling, Mechanical Engineering

Industrial Engineering and Management