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Ireland

Leading AMESA customer engagement team to ensure gold standard customer service across customers and markets, collaborating with BU partners and driving our optimization programme. Partnering with internal supply chain and operations functions to streamline process. Manage vendor direct team to ensure best in class processes and governance are developed and implemented.

Lead supply chain business streams through business critical global project, fundamentally changing the way PepsiCo will create, manage and govern master data. Partner with IT consultants as main point of contact for 'order to cash' and 'source to pay' workstreams. Manage team of 30, designing and implementing the organizational footprint post MDM journey.

Cork, Ireland

APAC Business Partner - primary point of contact for BU senior leadership, managing transition of all APAC markets and customers to new Singapore manufacturing facility. Responsible for the onboarding and development of customer services team in Singapore, ensuring robust change management approach adopted. Led transition of supply chain ensuring clear communications with BU and customers on timelines and approach and quick turnaround on any project queries. Developed detailed metric reporting for key stakeholders ensuring best in class service.

Cork

Manage the AOP, quarterly forecast and monthly PPV reporting process for Ireland COGS including detailed variance analysis. Lead productivity projects ensuring annual $ target is achieved and act as Procurement point of contact for other cross-functional projects. Negotiate pricing with suppliers and resolve quality/service issues in a timely manner. Member of Ireland Leadership Team involving active participation at management meetings and collaboration within the matrix organisation. Manage team of 5.

Cork

Responsible for the forecasting, planning and monthly reporting of HQ costs including detailed variance analysis. Regular presentations to SLT. Finance Manager for PWF BIS cost base including consolidation, scenario analysis, project accounting and presentations to PepsiCo BIS CFO.

Cork

Manage team responsible for monthly reporting and forecasting of PepsiCo franchise operations including case sales analysis, G&A and marketing spend reporting. Ad hoc projects. Member of SSC Leadership Team.

Dublin

Responsible for revenue recognition on all Enterprise, OEM and Professional Services categories, ensuring correct accounting treatment applied. Worked closely with Sales Team and Legal on negotiation of Enterprise contracts to ensure compliance with policy. Main point of contact for quarterly external auditors.

Dublin

Monthly reporting and analysis of costs including reconciliations to GL and functional reporting. Supervised Fixed Asset and AP teams.

Cork

Audited a number of clients across a broad range of industries (e.g Dairy/Coop, Software/Tech, Retail).

Aca

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.)