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Marshall, Minnesota, Us

Marshall, Minnesota, Us

Responsible for leading the financial support for the brand offerings in the Consumer Brands Group with $1.5 Billion in annual revenue. Provide financial reporting to assist brand, trade and sales groups in achieving their profitability and spending targets. This includes financial support on revenue growth management, commercialization, new product introductions, brand investment analysis, product portfolios and margin analysis. * Active participant on Revenue Growth Management team that set and delivered price realization of nearly $80 Million in prior two years * Revenue growth of 32% over past two years, all categories in which we participate showing improvement * Member of cross functional team responsible for successful integration of new Asian Brands into sales and DSD portfolio along with accounting, planning & forecasting and business unit results reporting * Financial support for the implementation of the Integrated Business Planning process which significantly increased the accuracy of demand, supply and logistic execution resulting in increased margin * Leader of high performing team that included successful remote on-boarding, multiple team member promotions and a team member finalist for the prestigious Schwan’s Founders Award

Marshall, Minnesota, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Managed major expense categories including: Ingredients and Packaging, representing $325 Million of cost of goods sold. Responsibilities included collaboration with Purchasing to determine annual standards, forecasting and variance analysis of all materials spending and usage, forward commitment recommendations, assistance with idea generation and tracking of productivity initiatives, and financial support for the Supply Chain function. * Managed the planning, forecasting and variance analysis for major expense categories. Process included extensive communication and coordination of volume updates, sales mix assumptions, formula changes and raw ingredient and packaging rate changes. Prepared the variance analysis for each major category indicating the key drivers of change. * Financial support for the Purchasing function to develop productivity initiatives and track annual savings. Annual savings of $3-$5 Million over three consecutive years. * Financial support for the due diligence process during the December 2016 Company Sale.

Managed major expense categories including: Ingredients, Packaging, Energies, Utilities and Freight representing $400 Million of cost of goods sold. Responsibilities included accounting and forecasting of all commodity and energy hedging strategies, redesign of planning process from annual budget to rolling forecast, financial support for the Supply Chain function. * Responsible for the accounting of the hedging strategies used for commodities and energies. Included attending monthly risk management strategy meetings, recording daily activity of contract purchases and sales and preparation of quarterly Board Book presentation of overall risk position. * Managed the planning, forecast and actual reporting of the Company Sustainability initiative with cost savings of $5 - $20 million annually over the past several years.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Financial roles in business unit financial planning & reporting, distribution, cost accounting and activity based accounting project team.

London, Gb

Servicing a wide range of audit clients with an emphasis in manufacturing. Clients including small, privately-held and large SEC registrants.