Barbara Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Vernon Hills, Il, Us

• Provides financial analysis support and insights related to modeled dealer pricing and rebate agreements. • Tracks and evaluates dealers’ actual performance against modeled expected results.• Assist in the Sales commission calculation and tracking efforts.• Develops with Sales management regional action plans for achieving future performance objectives.

Downers Grove, Il

Evaluated and directed large RFPs and contract renewals, prepared profitability statements and financial Proformas for the RFP opportunities. Collaborated with pricing, manufacturing, sales and the executive team in order to quote opportunities, the average value ranged from $250k - $50M. Analyzed pricing and cost models, reviewed contracts for accuracy of the financial terms, coordinated and ran on-line RFP auctions.• Developed and streamlined the RFP process to ensure consistency among the proposals for the executive review.• Gathered competitive insight in market by analyzing internally produced and externally sourced prices and used that data in establishing price levels.• Performed profitability audits on existing customers to review the impact and effectiveness of pricing and costing assumptions that had been made when RFP was quoted. Able to identify a $1M overage inventory for one customer.

Bannockburn, Il

Prepared the financial month-end close for a $1B division as well as preparing financial and balance sheet reports for SVP of Finance and SVP of Manufacturing. Served as a resource to the controllers of nine plants regarding SOX compliance, monthly financial reporting, and how to reconcile financial shortcomings at the plants. Analyzed financial performance against key business metrics and documented pertinent financial highlights that enabled management to determine progress against budgets. • Analyzed shortcomings in the freight account for some plants. Identified causes of the shortfalls and recommended solution to the Finance team which were adopted.

Bannockburn, Il

Maintained, created, and updated pricing tools utilized by the sales team and developed pricing matrices for large customers to ensure continued profitability.• Developed, tested and implemented pricing tool for the estimating and sales team. The new tool simplified the estimating process and accuracy of quotes while allowing updates to be completed more easily and efficiently. The new estimating system calculated sell prices and mfg costs for $2 billion worth business.

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

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Finance