David Fast Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto & Montreal

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto

Vice President, CFO/COO – North American RegionsFinance and business lead for business unit exceeding $300 million in revenues. Head of finance, IT, Purchasing and Facilities for both the North American business unit, overseeing a team of 40 finance and IT professionals.Key Achievements Add the COO responsibility to my role in Jan. 2015 and was a key player in developing and implementing a reorganization of the entire business in North America. Change agent with expansive cost reduction and redesign experience Interim President of North America region for 4 months in 2014• Successfully reorganized the enterprise finance organization, consolidating finance functions in Canada and leading numerous business transformation and restructuring initiatives.• Led the SAP 6 implementation in North America and LATAM to integrate enterprise IT systems with global SAP platform.• Recognized company-wide as a top people leader and outstanding team manager

Toronto, Canada Area

Key Achievements• Led the implementation of internal controls, including SOX.• Leader of change management initiatives and process improvement in areas including price increases, returns policy, G & A reductions and moving underperforming business units into positions of profitability.• Created innovative Profitability Analyses, including strategic pricing models and financial frameworks for customer negotiations.• Led all Capital investment decision making. • Reduced month-end close process timeline by 50%.

London, United Kingdom; Atlanta, Usa; Toronto, Canada

Director of Finance, International – G.P Consumer Products 2004 – 2007London, U.K.Led the European Planning and Analysis department and was a key architect of the comprehensive strategic planning initiative that set the vision of the European Business UnitDirector, Revenue Management – G-P Dixie Foodservice 2003 – 2004Atlanta, GA• Change Management: Led the transformation of a transactional “pricing” department into a value-added, analysis-driven Revenue Management department.• Business Improvement Process (BIP) Customer Team Lead; Worked with McKinsey & Co. and led a team which identified $10MM in profit improvement initiatives taking a “customer back” approach. The team was comprised of individuals from all functions in the organization including Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, Finance, Transportation & Distribution and Supply Chain.Senior Finance Manager, North America – G-P Dixie Foodservice 1999 – 2003Norwalk, CTDirector of Finance – G-P Canada Dixie 1994 – 1999Toronto, ON

Winnipeg, Canada Area

13 years experience in the Printing Industry