Tim Black Email & Phone Number

Green Bay, Wi, Us

Joining American Foods Group in 2019, I was recruited as the VP of Strategy and Business Analysis to orchestrate the corporate strategy and provide the vision and roadmap for 3 prepared foods facilities, 2 ground beef facilities, and 4 beef facilities with ~4,000 employees.I work in collaboration with the leadership team, leveraging deep expertise in corporate finance to support sound decision making and achieve company business goals. A highly cross-functional role, I also have frequent interactions with the Sales, Marketing, Operations, Procurement, and Supply Chain departments, while providing in-depth financial and SWOT analysis to influence and drive strategic decisions. These concerted efforts are aimed to identify margin improvement opportunities, maximize capabilities, optimize cost structure, improve overall operational performance, and deliver ROI. Representative Highlights:♦ Develop and lead comprehensive, profitable M&A strategies — including the development of relations with the C-suite and negotiating win-win outcomes♦ Support business units during and post-acquisition — including transitioning people and assets into the American Foods Group culture♦ Provide financial leadership and data-driven decisions across pricing, market trends, KPIs, scorecards, and competitor analysis to achieve gross margin and profitability goals __________American Foods Group provides wholesome, on-time delivery of the freshest beef from America’s heartland. It is the 5th largest beef processing company in the country, shipping over four million pounds of beef a day, and exporting to over 38 countries.

Springdale, Ar, Us

As the product cost expert, I was promoted to Director of Pricing for Tyson’s Food Service Prepared Foods Division — developing, influencing, and executing corporate pricing standards, policies, and best practices for raw materials.In this role, I led a team of 6, providing guidance and strategies to drive profit gain and add value to the Division. We were constantly monitoring changes in the protein market and performing detailed data analysis in market share, volume, competitive pricing, and margin performance. Representative Highlights:♦ Drove excellence in product management — analyzing 3K+ SKUs to optimize high-performing products while eliminating products not performing to margin expectations♦ Delivered effective strategies for our high-volume customers — reviewing price, performance, and mix to establish segmentation pricing — ensuring profitability while providing discounts for volume and scale♦ Key player in the integration of M&As — including Hillshire Food, Advance Pierre Foods, and Tyson Legacy into the Tyson Foods♦ Led innovation across business needs — designing and launching a proforma tool to assist field trade managers and playing and integral part of the SAP implementation team for pricing and M&A integration__________Tyson Foods is the world's largest processor and marketer of protein food products.

Springdale, Ar, Us

Promoted to support the Vice President of Finance, I provided sound financial and business leadership for the Food Service Prepared Foods business.A proven Pricing & Finance leader, I delivered strategic pricing insights through the development of a data analytics forecasting model to accurately project trade spendacross product and customers, delivering clarity to senior leadership in support of short and long-term business goals.Representative Highlights:♦ Analyzed business unit category performance compared to prior year and the annual operating plan♦ Generated quarterly projections and analysis.♦ Fostered a forecasting model to accurately project prices for formula priced customers

Springdale, Ar, Us

Leveraging a solid background of results in Accounting, Pricing, Cost Controls, and Analysis for varying Divisions for Tyson Foods, I accepted the position of Group Controller II in 2013, supporting the Sales and Marketing management team with real-time product Accounting Data Analytics to facilitate the accuracy, comprehensiveness, and timeliness of the customer list price and comply with the USDA Mandatory Price Reporting Act. The scope of my responsibilities included directing Accounting functions across all sales offices — covering the corporate office, 5 domestic service centers, and 8 foreign offices, while leading a team of 6 managers and 3 support staff.Representative Highlights:♦ Controlled tens of millions in rebates to customers while ensuring the accurate reporting of list prices through regular auditing♦ Drove excellence across project management and profit building strategy — leading a customer segmentation project determining volume and pricing performance to provide transparency for senior leadership into the key drivers of customer profitability — and to outline the potential of margin growth♦ Selected as part of a key team for a Tyson Fresh Meats Kaizen event — leading to annual improved margins greater than $10M

Springdale, Ar, Us

After leading in several accounting positions with Tyson’s IBP Fresh Meats Division, I was recruited to provide pricing and analysis oversight for this new division and multi-billion- dollar business unit.As the Director of Pricing, Quantitative Analysis, I created enterprise-wide analytic pricing and promotional trade spend models to optimize margins by customer segments and categories.Bringing transformational leadership to our Pricing strategy, I brought the pricing functions of the Poultry Group and Prepared Foods Group in-house, establishing processes to provide consistency and improve accuracy, and implemented systems to enhance promotions and trade spend programs.Representative Highlights:♦ Recognizing opportunities to enhance performance, I created KPIs to monitor and analyze key metrics and the value captured from pricing activities♦ Drove streamlined processes across reporting — including leading the creation of a comprehensive reporting tool — providing pricing managers and sales representatives with real-time access to data, assessing the profitability of promotional trade spend programs in the hundreds of millions ♦ Led key cost control measures — including hiring a 3rd-party vendor to develop a robust system, saving tens of millions in trade spend♦ Recognized with Tyson’s prestigious “Outrunning the Bear Award” as the only single contributor to win the award

Springdale, Ar, Us

Tyson Fresh Meats is a subsidiary of Tyson Foods, Inc., and the world's leading supplier of premium beef and pork. Headquartered in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, Tyson Fresh Meats maintains 17 production sites throughout North America and employs nearly 41,000 team members.As Division Controller, I analyzed and oversaw production costs and product yields; performed detailed carcass cutouts and meat analysis to drive margin optimization. I also provided pricing recommendations and analysis for new products and evaluated product mixes each week via optimization meetings. Additionally I designed custom operational models, modeled financial impact, and assessed financial options and implications to the organization. I took pride in consistently ensuring accuracy of yield data while developing standards in customer / procurement pricing, scheduling databases, primal optimization, and plant yield performance.I coached and managed 3 accounting managers and responded to ad-hoc assistance requests from operations, quality control, VPs, and executive-level managers. I successfully influenced senior management decisions and earned reputation across the enterprise as the “go-to person” for pricing strategy, modeling, and business insight.Selected accomplishments:• Realized $5M+ annual return by creating and implementing numerous corporate-level reports on optimizing product mixes.• Developed and maintained pricing formulas for company's largest customer with $1B+ in annualized sales. • Led weekly cross-functional meetings that provided optimal product mix recommendations for $13B business division.★★★★For detailed list of accomplishments, please request my resume.

IBP, Inc., formerly known as Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. is an American meat packing company based in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, USA. IBP was the United States' biggest beef packer and its number two pork processor until it was acquired by Tyson Foods in 2001.At this company I continually advanced through a series of progressively responsible roles due to outstanding performance in developing, implementing, and maintaining effective systems to report and analyze production costs.I was promoted to spearhead comprehensive accounting responsibilities, including liens, check reconciliations, formula pricing, gross margins, and legal requirements. I implemented procurement and yield systems for newly acquired plants and drove divisional analysis. It was my responsibility to deliver forecasts of profit and loss performance. Additionally I performed cost analysis, capital project analysis, and payroll audits while managing an automated payroll system and labor reports. I also reconciled and executed month- and year-end closings.Selected accomplishments:• Successfully ensured proper procurement payments of more than $550M.• Additionally served as Cost Accounting Supervisor (1994-1996)★★★★For detailed list of accomplishments, please request my resume.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting

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