Responsible for overseeing team that handles trade contract management. Partner with sales and category management to assess profitability with our different customers. Provide suggestions on price changes and changes in contracts in order to drive more profitable portfolios based off data analysis. Responsible for partnering with third party vendor to create budget functionality in trade systems to drive compliance and eliminate manual work. Also partner with Finance and IT teams to set requirements for new margin management analysis system. Identified as ambassador for the system and provided training to cross functional teams on new system and processes. Developed new reporting and forecasting models in MMA. Responsible for all close activities each month, updating the monthly financial forecast and communicating reports and variances to senior management.

Responsible for managing both trade and SG&A P&L performance, forecasting and trend analysis. Suggest and drive process improvement for accuracy and automation. Run and analyze reporting with multiple dimensions for business reviews or ad hoc reports. Provide detailed cross functional support and variance detail to all levels of management and category leadership. Other duties include customer and product profitability review, copilot on customer contracts, preparing annual budget for all sales and support teams, perform audits, as well as perform ad hoc reporting and analysis in multiple systems.

Continued to have same responsibilities as previous position below an in addition added ownership of cash and collection responsibilities. Partnered with management to integrate acquired businesses into SAP. Continue to manage cash and collection activity and partner closely with sales and customer service. Maximize team to leverage strengths and provide opportunities in and out of department. Owner of the AR balance sheet and provided variance reporting timely each period. Became involved in development opportunities such as the Women’s Leadership Committee, a champion for the vitality initiative and received a Star of the Quarter Award for Q4 FY11.

Promoted from a coordinator to manage and supervise the team. Responsible for daily deduction reporting for entire team, including management. Managed all employee related activities including hiring, regular reporting, accuracy calculation, budgets, time cards, vacation time and performance metrics. Identified opportunities to improve processes and strengthen internal and external relationships. Lead in testing new processes and procedures within SAP and Blacksmith. Worked directly with multiple customers as needed to escalate and resolve outstanding or reoccurring issues. Reported employee performance issues, implemented action plan to meet goals using specific timelines.

Managed individual deduction reports on a daily basis to re-establish priorities. Analyzed customer invoices and performed accurate validation to ensure valid claims used trade funds/ contracts. Liaison with customer service, cash application, pricing, brokers, sales and trade team to ensure collaboration between groups. Joined focus group to help formalize training manuals. Received Stepping Up to the Plate Award during go SAP go live.

Traveled to multiple locations across US to receive training on order to cash processes to transition business to Omaha. Was responsible for training coworkers after returning to Omaha. Responsibilities included order processing, analyzed pricing, input and verified shipping details, validated product availability and completed special project assigned by management. Handled and tracked shipments, returns and redeliveries. Formalized and initiated Certificate of Analysis Process used by multiple teams. Able to interact with all levels of management to communicate issues and provide feedback.

While I attended college, I worked part time in the athletic office. I collaborated with coaches to schedule camps for children of all ages during the summer and offseasons. Responsible for financials, booking facilities, marketing, scheduling, recruiting, reservations, reports pre and post camp, and assuring everything ran smoothly to ensure satisfaction from coaches, participants and parents.