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Logan, Ut, Us

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Member of Finance And Ensuring Supply Leadership teams, responsible for the finance aspects of Nestle Purina Petcare Company (NPPC) US factories (23 factories), Supply Chain and Capital Expenses/ Fixed Assets. Lead centralized Operations Finance team (14 Finance resources), with indirect oversight for Factory Finance teams (150 team members).Month-end close, budget and forecasting responsibility for approx. $3 billion of factory costs, $600 MM in working capital and $1 billion in CAPEX annually.Significant Accomplishments:- Business supported achieved/ exceeded Revenue and EBITA target commitments, in a high growth environment ang against unforeseen headwinds such as COVID-19 pandemic and Supply Chain crisis.- Partnered with C-Suite in strategic planning efforts for annual and multi-year Strategic Business Plans.- Lead compliance efforts for Operations and Supply Chain area, with Best-in-Class results in internal and external audit assessments.- Developed Best in Class Operations Finance team, including new capabilities in area of Digital, Centralized Decision Support, Dynamic Forecasting and Long-Term Financial Planning.- Facilitated successful start-up of 2 new major factories (1.5 billion CAPEX, 330 MM annual expenses) within the span of 3 years.- Led companywide structure and cost optimization projects ($100 MM cost savings in 3-year horizon), profit margin optimization for key brand ($25 MM savings) and operational cost initiatives totaling $150 MM annually.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Led a team of 45 auditors and audit support, based in St. Louis, MO and Mexico City, Mexico. Responsible for audit function for Nestle in North America, including all Nestle businesses in Mexico, USA and Canada ($26 billion in revenue combined). Partnered directly with C-Suite for audit execution.Significant Accomplishments:- Delivered 40 to 50 audits per year (incl. Advisory Reviews/ Special Projects, Fraud investigations).- Acted as a Business Partner, with continued top quartile audit survey response rating. Led Quarterly Audit Steering Committe mtgs.- Transformed worldwide audit organization as part of team of key Audit leaders, including structural re-organization, digitalization of audit processes (incl new audit tool) and standardization of audit processes.

Managed the day-to-day operations of the Nestle Direct Store Delivery (NDSD) Finance and Accounting function, with direct accountability for short and long-term operational planning, forecasting, internal controls, risk management and closing/reporting activities. Managed 100 direct and indirect reports, including Sales Finance, Supply Chain Finance, Trade Assets and Corporate FP&A function, across multiple locations in the US.Key achievements:- Cost control, budgeting and forecasting responsibility for $1.2 billion of cost (sales, distribution, overhead, trade assets, etc.). Implemented ABC driven cost allocation methodology/system (PCM) to drive costs to routes/customers, enabling detailed route and customer profitability analytics. Achieved 200+ basis point YoY improvement in 2013. - Responsibility for Sales Finance activities for the Nestle USA Ice cream business ($2.5 billion sales, $400 MM trade spend budget). In 2012 and 2013, Nestle Ice Cream company did achieve record EBITA and EBITA margin since its existence.- Part of leadership team that led integration of Nestle USA Ice Cream and Legacy KRAFT Pizza DSD networks into one single go-to-market organization. Combination of approx. 5200 employees on 2400 routes within 1.5 years. Start-up of 5 Distribution Centers and 82 new cross-dock/warehousing locations (with 150 sites re-purposed, 270 closed). Achieved $ $140 MM of savings.

Vevey, Ch

Managed the day-to-day operations of the Logistics Finance function, with direct accountability for budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, risk management, operational planning and closing/reporting activities. Responsible for $800 MM in distribution cost spend (3rd Party carrier freight, Distribution Centers, Customer Service Centers, Private Fleet). Led team of 41 employees. Key achievements: Reduction of distribution costs by $53 MM (5-year time horizon), reduction of finished goods inventories by 30% (4 years), $140 MM cost savings (5 years), waste reduction by 25% (3 years).

Vevey, Ch

Development of annual operating plans, financial analysis and review of financial performance for $5 billion sales CPG company. Facilitated the strategic financial planning process for the VP of Finance. Significant accomplishments:o Managed $800 MM of freight and distribution costs across 7 business divisions. Costs decreased by $53 MM from 2005 to 2009, despite significant underlying cost pressure.- Drove budget, reporting, forecasting, month-end close and analysis for 7 business divisions- Managed finished goods inventories ($320 MM) as well as their impact to the overall company working capital targets. Reduced finished goods inventory from 9.0 weeks coverage in 2006 to 6.3 weeks in 2009 (30% reduction).- Identified, tracked and monitored cost savings programs resulting in $130 MM cost savings in 5 years.- Successfully integrated Gerber Food Business ($1 billion revenue) into Nestle USA Supply Chain and Logistics Shared Service, in 9 month horizon.- Overall responsibility for the SAP ERP system implementation in the Logistics Finance area

Vevey, Ch

Performed controlling, risk management and accounting function for commodities purchases ($600 MM purchase value). Managed $50MM derivative risk. Validated together with the Commodities Purchasing team the purchasing strategies, consisting of elaborated futures and options strategies, VMI agreements and long-term strategic contracts. Implemented comprehensive IAS 39 accounting procedures and controls.

Vevey, Ch

Responsibilities included the planning, execution of operational/financial audits on a worldwide basis. Audited 43 units in 15 countries (US, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Western and Central Europe), across multiple business segments.

Nestle Leadership Program

Mba Equivalent, Business Administration