Cindi Erikson Email & Phone Number

Dubuque, Iowa Area

• Prepare and present to upper management estimated and permanent product costs for all Upholstery Division new products, prototypes and furniture options. Work with Engineering proto typers to compile and analyze.
• Audit spec books, poly material, load into Bill of Materials. Set up PERT chart for all market introductions. Complete final costing on all furniture and frames (Cost Accounting).
• Compiles/interprets cost margins for price book promotion set by SVP Marketing.
• Prepare price quotes for special accounts, commercial, health care, residential lines as well as national accounts for corporate sales managers.
• Prepare cost analysis on outsourcing cut & sew leather vs in-house costs for marketing.
• Calculate material content to prepare and maintain extensive law label database for safety compliance.

Dubuque, Iowa Area

· Document the detailed results of a disaster event exercise and communicate them to the appropriate stakeholders. Present results directly to IBM business unit leaders as the key advisor to ensure that quality assurance, business controls/procedures result in top-notch administration plans that are on budget/time and meet contracted deadlines.· Managed.

Chicago

· Acted as Business Manager between Editorial and Accounting departments for print and digital, responsibilities:· Manage all editorial projects for monthly magazine from inception through publication, including budget & planning estimating project costs, documenting cost analysis variances to budget and adjusting, shoot/location scheduling, hire freelance.