Gerry Phillips Email & Phone Number

I am a down to earth, passionate, results-oriented finance and IT expert. I have optimised business processes, reduced supply chain costs and designed and implemented business intelligence and IT solutions across multiple business units in the Asia Pacific region within a leading FMCG food company. I am a fully qualified CPA member with over 25 years of experience in accounting and IT including 15 years with SAP.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS / CORE CAPABILITIES• A business problem solver with expertise in finance, costing, management accounting, IT systems and manufacturing. I have a proven track record of reducing or eliminating supply chain costs in innovative ways.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and solve business problems, resulting in significant cost savings and process improvements.• I have strong problem-solving skills and an ability to identify problems that no one knew existed and designing and implementing optimal low-cost solutions.• Highly skilled in optimising existing business software solutions, implementing and developing new systems, and providing reporting and analytics that people didn't realise they needed until they saw them. Examples include:• Designed and implemented an inbound freight processing and costing system for imports providing full analysis and control for a significant business cost that had previously minimal control or analytics. It also resulted in significantly less time for the accounting within an SAP environment. • Designed and implemented a monthly cost of sales backflush process enabling accurate cost of sales reporting by customer and product reflecting the latest material and manufacturing costs within SAP.• Programmed and implemented enhancements to the B2B E-Commerce processes in response to changing customer requirements abating the need for costly core system changes.• Demonstrated success in driving financial performance, including sales, margin, and profit growth.• Adept at understanding the production processes.In summary an expert at Financial Optimisation, Supply chain excellence, Business Analytics and IT solutions within an SAP environment, passionate about making a difference and driving growth.

Listed skills include Leadership, Systems Analysis, Information Technology, Business Process Design, and 28 others.

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  Monash University

  Accounting And Finance