David Kovach Email & Phone Number

Chicago

• Financial lead for US supplier funding which included planning, forecasting and detailed analysis• Gross profit planning, forecasting and analytics for the US business• Primary financial partner for US product management teams• Created a new total cost of ownership model to help the business understand the profitability of product lines and drive cost savings in supplier negotiations• Developed an incremental cost to stock hurdle rate to help the business make financially sound decisions around stocking bulk products

• Primary financial partner for SVP to manager level leadership within the Support Services organization• Developed the annual plan, quarterly re-forecasts, long-range projections and ad-hoc analysis related to both capital and expense for the Human Resources, Corporate Facilities & Services, Legal, Safety & Security, and Executive departments• Consolidated company wide financials, which included coordination with international business units• Drove the growth and productivity initiative to reduce Support Services expenses• Created the Support Services global allocation plan

2-year rotational program across Finance, Internal Audit and Accounting Marketing Analytics• Developed a report that predicted the revenue impact of closures in the branch network• Created an in depth product analysis of KeepStock Vendor Managed Inventory• Provided analytical support to the Customer Service team that was critical in making market penetration decisions Enterprise Planning Systems• Provided financial/accounting support including month-end reporting, accruals and variance/trend analysis for the Architecture and Support Services teams• Developed the annual plan, quarterly re-forecasts, and long-range projections related to both capital and expense• Coordinated month-end review packaging, leveraging cross-finance and international business partners to illustrate capital and expense spend associated with IT across the organization• Assisted in the preparation of project valuations, NPV/IRR calculations, Capital Appropriation Requests and analyzed these projects to update business partners on project spend Customer Service• Provided financial/accounting support including month-end reporting, accruals and variance/trend analysis for the customer service network• Coordinated with the Senior Director of Investor Relations and the Treasurer to create an analysis of Grainger’s competitors and presented analysis to the CFO and his staff• Developed quarterly expense forecasts, leveraging cross-finance and Customer Service business partners to illustrate spend associated with key initiatives across the organization Internal Audit• Executed a full audit of the inventory and processes of the Dallas Distribution Center, which included pre-work, fieldwork, completion of the audit report and the resolution of outstanding review notes• Coordinated with cross-functional domestic and international business partners to perform a foreign corrupt policies analysis of Grainger Panama, Grainger India and Acklands Grainger