Deb Blohm Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Las Vegas Metropolitan Area

Promoted to Senior Contract Manager based on proven accomplishments:*Acknowledged flexibility for taking on new projects and supporting new sales territories.*Selected to contribute with internal team overseeing the streamlining and development of contract templates for use in North America region. *Mentored junior member of legal organization. *Led two 'Introduction to Commercial Legal' sessions for new sales trainees at New Hire academies in Q1 and Q2 2018. Relocated to Greater Las Vegas, NV metropolitan region in May 2019 as in region legal support for local sales territory.

Greater Chicago Area

Transitioned from Financial team to Legal team leveraging experience gained from Distribution Finance role, which has a strong cross-functional relationship with Legal.*Reviewed, drafted, negotiated, and analyzed customer contracts for competitive or other proposals.*Spearheaded contract change order process for executed agreements.*Coordinated responses with several internal support teams including lead counsel, IP counsel, sales operations, System Integration project management teams, and Finance. *Partnered with territory Sales VP on optimal responses in compliance with company contractual requirements.*Conduct research as necessary to support corporate and financial audits.

Schaumburg, Il

-Analyze monthly and quarterly global cost results, primarily focusing on direct materials and freight. Coordinate with four manufacturing sites and three distribution centers on significant cost variances to Plan, Forecast and previous year.-Interact with Factory Accounting, Business and Product Finance teams; resolve cost issues with applicable site(s).-Manage $26M annual operating budgets including: new product introduction, purchasing, logistics and order management teams.-Site Controller for Americas Distribution Center responsible for shipments to North and Latin America. -Work with Operations to ensure correct inventory controls are maintained; manage inventory levels and limit excess and obsolete exposure. -Perform site walks and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) testing.-Monitor outsourced costs of Third Party Logistics provider managing the daily pick,pack and shipping activities to ensure contract compliance.

Schaumburg, Il

-Supported the largest by dollar volume Sales team in the United States with a $639M annual Orders Plan.-Strategized with Sales and Legal teams to develop best in class responses to competitive and sole source requests for proposals for public safety communication systems. Interacted directly with state and local government customers and decision makers. Part of team that negotiated the final terms on a $55M statewide communication system contract within one week. -Developed cash flow analyses for project business cases. Worked with Accounts Receivables team as necessary to resolve late payments as well as made sure customer orders processed smoothly. -Determined revenue recognition treatment (Percentage of Completion or Ship and Bill) of all projects greater than $1M, averaging 10 to 15 treatments ranging from $1M to $10M each per quarter. Coordinated with Sales, Project Management, Engineering, Service, Legal, and corporate Accounting teams to ensure contractual commitments, terms and revenue recognition conclusion met Sarbanes-Oxley guidelines. -Managed $10M annual sales operating budget.

-Reported monthly financial results to two regional Finance Controllers (Federal and State and Local government).-Developed monthly/quarterly/annual performance bridges to Plan and Forecast.-Established Plan and Forecast load schedule/calendar for Americas Finance community.-Coordinated with Sarbanes Oxley controller as needed for audit and external reporting requirements.

Schaumburg, Il

-Developed Outlook, Forecast and Plan for Elgin D.C. -Provided monthly analysis of Elgin D.C. conversion costs-Partnered with Inventory Manager to maintain accurate Excess and Obsolete inventory reserve which averaged $25M.-Worked with Operations partners to drive performance to cost targets.

Schaumburg, Il

-Oversaw financial performance during the construction and implementation of seven State and Countywide radio communication systems, averaging $85M each. -Collaborated with project managers to develop project revenue milestone plans to comply with company-approved revenue recognition guidelines. -Monitored, approved and challenged as appropriate ongoing project costs compared to forecasted projections.

Schaumburg, Il

-Worked with Distribution Finance, SI Finance Analysts, Sales and Project Managers to ensure correct billing per contract.

Schaumburg, Il

-Promoted to Group Lead position supporting 12 state territory.-Responsible for training market service analysts on new maintenance contract billing system.-Partnered with Service Finance managers to ensure correct revenue, cost and billing transactions.

Schaumburg, Il

-Interacted with Service Customer Support managers-Recorded service maintenance contracts in Service financial system-Worked with credit organization and service teams to correct billing issues as needed

Schaumburg, Il

-First point of contact for external customers through phone and email.-Resolved simple customer service issues and routed more complex issues requiring in depth back office support to correct internal teams.

Schaumburg, Il

-Reviewed and processed health insurance claims

Norfolk, Ne

-Reviewed, corrected and submitted weekly payroll reports to store and Home Office (Bentonville, AK) management.-Audited shelf label pricing integrity, ensured markup/markdowns entered correctly-Performed inventory count audits to limit shrink.-Monitored local competitor sales prices to ensure store pricing consistency.

Mba, Finance

Ba, English

Junior Year Abroad, English

Junior Year Abroad