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Hoffman Estates, IL, US

Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States

Collaborate with key merchandise categories to promote the use of SHC credit and gift card products. Develop proformas to negotiate with outside credit partners on promotion support budget. Create business cases and sensitivity analysis and coordinate with merchandise category management to develop award card and gift card promotional tie-ins. Manage.

Product Repair Services

Integrate the finance organization supporting product repair and service contracts to more effectively align profit and loss statement, forecasting, planning and key performance indicators. Provide more accurate service event projections, as well as service expense reductions involving fewer trips per repair and reduced food loss and item replacement.

Addressable Marketing

Manage the planning, analysis, and reporting for $33M prepress, paper, and print budget. Oversee all functional areas including procurement, production scheduling, print quality, and distribution. Identify, develop, and manage new business opportunities (print-on-demand and personalized catalogs).Develop and implement cost reduction initiatives (shipping.

Service Contracts

Developed rate strategies for $1.0B Protection Agreement (PA) annual sales for eligible merchandise divisions and selling channels. Maintained amortization schedules for $1.7B of unearned revenue among seven (7) SHC legal entities established for tax and legal compliance purposes.Developed PA profitability model that enhanced pricing and assortment.

Online Business Unit

Prepared annual operating plan for division businesses during period of accelerated revenue growth (16X between 2000 and 2007). Controlled over $100M in operating expenses. Analyzed actual results and updated forecasts for all components of Online and Catalog P&L, including sales, margin, inventory and operating expenses across all merchandise categories..

Direct Response

Oversee monthly financial close, including sales and inventory valuation/accuracy, merchandise margin analysis, payroll and operations expenses balance sheet reconciliations and accounting controls as well as new business initiatives and systems, invoice approvals and processing.- Identified areas of profit improvement and expense reduction including.

Corporate Capital Planning

Analyzed returned, monitored expense and prioritized projects for $1B in capital spending to build stores and remodel a base of over 850 stores.- Develop yearly capital budget and 5 year strategic capital plan.- Monthly reporting and analysis of new and remodel store performance including variance analysis, proforma modeling and post audit reviews..

USA Headquarters

Analyze strategic markets and construct business development models to target the automotive, agricultural and industrial machinery industries.- Formulated over $100M per year of competitive price quotations and contracts.- Prepared and facilitated training sessions to educate sales organization on product profitability, manufacturing cost drivers, and the.

Bachelor'S, Economics

Masters, Business Administraion

Certificate In Production And Inventory Management