David Bowman Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, WA, US

• Director Supply Chain Finance (2018 – Current)
• Lead the development and delivery of financial and non-financial information that provides insights and supports the analysis of supply chain performance. This would include costs, yields, efficiencies, and other KPI’s.
• Recognized for successfully leading several supply chain projects; warehouse consolidation, fleet integration, OTM, 3PL Integration.
• Lead financial liaison supporting the supply chain leadership team.
• Oversee supply chain budget/AOP process and coordinate activities with the Ingredients and Consumer Products FP&A teams, Operations management, and Corporate Accounting.
• Lead team of high performing financial analysts.

Seattle, WA, US

• Full P&L responsibility for both consumer products and commodity divisions with over $2.5B in revenue.
• Oversaw commercial finance budget/AOP process and coordinate activities with Cost Accounting, Operations management, and Corporate Accounting.
• Partnered with risk management team to develop hedging strategies to improve and protect product margins.
• Prepared, updated and presented monthly financial packet to senior leadership team.
• Lead team of high performing financial and pricing analysts.
• Primary focus of improving, communicating and maximizing margin performance across multiple product categories

Seattle, WA, US

• Led the Cost Accounting team with primary focus on cost reduction and continuous improvement.
• Managed annual budgeting process for 13 manufacturing plants as it pertained to plant expenses and standard cost creation.
• Project leader and steering committee member for several special projects.
• Led 18-month project to recreate and improve standard cost reporting using the SAP BPC system in collaboration with Operations Management and Plant Controller teams to drive greater visibility and profitability.
• Finance liaison on 3 company acquisitions, including due diligence and integration
• Interact with all levels of the organization Including finance, procurement, tax, marketing, sales, operations, and internal audit.

Seattle, WA, US

• Partnered with Finance Directors to continually evaluate and develop new product costs.
• Analysis of production batches, shrink, overhead absorption, flex budget, layered cost of goods sold, and lower cost or market inventory valuation.
• Communicated regularly with plant controllers to provide clarity relating to standard cost changes and manufacturing variances.
• Accelerated the development of new labor and overhead costs annually for 13 manufacturing plants.
• Worked directly with Procurement managers to establish and solidify communication of monthly cost updates.
• Led monthly closing process, including preparing reports, approving journal entries and reviewing cost updates.

Everett, WA, US

• Business partner of leadership teams in manufacturing, engineering, procurement and tax.
• Lead role in the implementation, testing, training, and maintenance of the Oracle Cost Module as it is rolled out worldwide, required international travel.
• Lead role in acquisitions: responsibilities included supervision of full physical inventory counts, inventory management and account reconciliations for multiple acquisitions.
• Worked directly with Finance managers to establish reporting needs to communicate, analyze, and improve product margins.
• Reconciled inventory accounts monthly of more than $500M.
• Interim Cost Accounting Manager while the position was in transition.