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Fort Collins, CO, US

Tomball, Texas, US

Knoxville, TN, US

• Lead global cash flow forecasting and presented results to CFO on weekly basis
• Developed financial models and maintained three statement financials used in corporate reporting
• Drove successful completion of company annual operating plan while down key team members
• Responsible for monthly management reporting packages sent to executive leadership team, summarizing key financial metrics and comparing results to prior year and plan
• Business partner to legal and HR executives

Knoxville, TN, US

• Managed compensation strategy, quota setting and incentive administration for global sales team
• Responsible for annual operating plan, forecasting and analysis for $500M+ organization
• Finance lead for multiple price increases that drove significant ($20M+) price improvements
• Created new forecasting methodology to improve Sales & Orders projections
• Developed “Distribution Scorecard” to measure performance of key distribution partners
• Partnered with Commercial, Sales Operations and Supply Chain leadership to improve SIOP process and drive increased sales funnel accuracy

Knoxville, TN, US

• Introduced and implemented global production and service KPI’s to add visibility to operations performance and identify areas of improvement
• Proposed in-sourcing of 3PL warehouse to the Chief Operating Officer, leading to a new operations center of excellence and $2M+ in annual savings
• Financial responsibility for $40M in annual operating expenses and $50M in global inventory
• Partnered with operations leadership to improve production utilization from 67% in 2015 to average of 79% from 2016 to 2018
• Identified $200k of inventory discrepancies and drove corrective actions that lead to passing year-end inventory audit with 99.9% accuracy. Reduced average annual inventory discrepancy from $120k to $5k

• Developed business concept, raised capital and established an E-Commerce start-up in a rapidly growing industry
• Scouted potential commercial property sites, negotiated favorable terms and reviewed lease contract
• Created and maintained Excel models to understand and improve product cost, inventory, scrap and financial performance
• Sourced packaging materials and ingredients from multiple suppliers to achieve highest quality product at the lowest cost
• Directed freelance workers to design creative, professional marketing materials and website
• Designed facility layout for optimal efficiency and supervised construction

Wayland, NY, US

• Drove dramatic process improvements in inventory tracking and accuracy at two manufacturing sites o Gunlocke inventory accuracy 99.9% (compared to 73.0% prior year) o HBF inventory accuracy 97.4% (compared to 84.2%.
• Recommended actions that drove over $150k in annual savings due to reduced headcount
• Developed new financial tools to support operations initiatives that contributed to over $3M in savings compared to prior year
• Prepared yearly and quarterly operations budget for two operating companies
• Established process to track performance of capital expenditures
• Improved methods used for forecasting financial results and resulting forecast accuracy

Wayland, NY, US

- Took lead on developing and maintaining a weekly operations letter focusing on key performance indicators that is communicated to the leadership team- Created daily report that helped drive down overtime from 15% to 9.3%- Calculated NPV, IRR, ROI and payback periods for various capital expenditures- Standardized reporting between Gunlocke and HBF.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Master Of Science (M.S.), Finance

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration: Entrepreneurship And Small Business Management