Carve-Out of Tyre Retail

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Business Unit Controller for Inks Europe, High Technology innovative inks business to many industries.

Project Manager building Shared Service Centre in West Africa, KPI, KPI.s, Performance Management, Performance Measurement, Dashboards

Initial brief was to manage Finance, IT and administration areas in turnaround situation, then support MD in implementing industry changing processes for growth. Finally prepare for merger & integration with competitor, drive EU directed divestment of 50% of business, and prepare for IPO.• Strategy – from Turnaround to Value Creation- Joint-led turnaround of business from minus to positive EBITDA, restructuring & cost cutting of €xM, refocusing on Stretch and Growth Tasks, monitoring & driving Growth Tasks with Management Team- Led finance workstream for EU driven divestiture/Carve-out of Waibstadt facility (Turnover €150M)• Finance Function Leadership- Restructured & refocused Finance and IT teams, hiring new talent; created vision, values & team targets, saving €300K/year- Created incisive & commercially orientated business reporting package, allowing management to monitor & improve business performance; lead to 2% gross margin improvement• Business Growth with Operational Teams- Drove implementation of new industry changing process (co-packer), delivering €xM/ year EBITDA- Led new tender process team, reducing lead-time from 6 to 1 week, & protecting €xxM margin- Project lead KPI’s implementation, across all functions and locations, that enabled daily/weekly KPI performance reviews in all company sites• Operations & Management Information Systems- Created commercially orientated MI system, that integrated reporting, and budgeting & planning process, which improved monthly reporting from +/- €1M inaccuracy to €100K i.e. management could manage business for first time in 12 years- Created IT Strategy leading to ‘One Source of Truth’, robust systems architecture, and commercially orientated IT team who business partnered with the operations teams• Compliance, Tax & Treasury Management- Designed & implemented cash management system, reducing funding requirements by €xxM- Led team to save €xM in utility and duty costs

Provided Finance Director, M&A acquisition & integration services to multinationals; and accountancy services to UK based SME’s. Key achievements:• Creative Media & Construction companies Part-time Finance Director- Two London based SME’s, responsible for creating finance, introduced monthly reporting, budgeting and financial steering of both, leading to 50% cash-flow improvement and enhancing growth over 10%• Acco Brands Europe Financial Control Director- Led European month-end and quarterly reporting & consolidation, integration of financial reporting from 12 countries to two shared service centres (UK & Europe), under IFRS reporting, UK/ US GAAP, & SOX compliance- Implemented Hyperion HFM consolidation for 72 entities, resulting in €200K departmental savings• Outsourced SSC, German AIMS listed property management company, integration, Finance Director & CFO - Following nearly failing 1st year audit, designed & project managed team to put finance function (40+ staff, €3BN assets) on a firm footing & integrate financial reporting of 600+ companies; resulting in re-statement of prior year financials & completed 6-month external reporting• Discovery Networks, integration of Spiegel TV (“DMAX”) Finance Director- Completion of €200M acquisition deal, which was six months late on joining. Closed deal in 4 weeks- Recruited Finance & IT teams, creating vision, values & “Team Germany” targets- Implemented SAP for five entities, creating MI system & KPI’s that enabled weekly KPI performance review- Business partnering with Operational teams, got DMAX station live to air in 7 months• TXU Inc./ Eastern Electricity (EE) Integration Consultant- On acquisition/ integration of two German Utilities, implemented month-end reporting, 3 months ahead of schedule (after 3 year wait), integrated 120 staff finance team. - When EE went into Administration, assisted KPMG in legal restructuring & disposal of German assets (realisation of c. €900m)

- Trained and prepared MBO team, which led to them purchasing GBP 10M business- Sold sponsoring contract to support MBA study

German subsidiary of US based corporation; which manufactures, sells and markets Medical Devices in the Central European Region. Turnover €100M, 500 employees.Finance & Customer Services Manager for EMEA, built, implemented and managed these areas through 6 M&A activities/restructuring, all completed ahead of time and budget.Achievements:- Created and managed EMEA finance function in 3 countries, including financial and management reporting, generating cost savings of €500K/year- Instigated and completed cultural change project in Germany customer service resulting in dramatically improved customer satisfaction through lowest back-order in 7 years and 99.7% delivery on time (24hrs)- Implemented export customer sales onto central warehouse 6 months ahead of schedule

Design, research and development, & manufacture of water processing and treatment equipment for Germany, France & Austria. €25M Turnover, 350 employees.Complete Finance responsibility for company, including finance, IT and personnel. Joint P&L responsibility with MD.Achievements:- Instrumental in changing Board thinking from dictatorial to participative leadership- Designed & implemented Standard Costing system- Re-engineered the Finance function with KPI’s (doubling throughput with 20% cost reduction), with highest motivated team in business- Implemented Group Reporting System in 2 months- Developed and implemented Information Systems Strategy

Achievements:- Successful UK system implementation kick-off- Project managed German financial & ERP system implementation- Re-engineered German MIS function saving €100K/year- Led & motivated German implementation teams of 30+ people across all functions

Achievements:- Identified key issues on $50 M stock-loss situation for Digital Media company, avoiding qualified accounts- Activity Based Costing for paper product manufacturer, leading to savings of GBP 20M- Designed & implemented Standard Costing on JBA financials for a tape manufacturer, leading to savings of GBP 2M

Positions at:RTZ PLC, NorTel Networks, Diageo, Ross Foods- Designed & implemented two Standard costing systems, leading to reduction of waste by 40%- Three M&A projects integrated and accomplished on time & budget- Progressed from trainee accountant to No. 1 Finance position