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Geneva, Switzerland, CH

Orchestrated end-to-end business process transformation to align high-level strategy, people, and operations by integrating agile methodologies and connectors change management tools. ► Drove significant cost savings, introduced KPIs for adequate governance and risk controls, and lowered risk allowance through Six Sigma Kaizen events and new staff.

Geneva, Switzerland, CH

►Strategized and led global SAP implementation initiative to advance process standardization, automation, and simplification.► Successfully deployed SAP to 21 countries in Latin America and converted three affiliate distribution locations on budget during Covid-19 pandemic.

► Spearheaded global implementations for order-to-cash pricing, order entry, and billing, with emphasis on standardization, cost management, and simplification. ► Consolidated global customer and master pricing data and analyzed complex strategies to determine optimal path for profitable growth.► Introduced global pricing framework.

Providence, RI, US

• ► Directed global teams in completing a wide range of financial activities related to IT, telecom management, and vendor integration. ► Led budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analysis to ensure attainment of.
• Provided financial oversight for reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis for a $500M budget.
• Contract management for $2B multi-year service contract for IT Infrastructure.
• Established system to manage multiple global vendors and their related invoice management. Reduced costs from $160M to $121M in two years. Copyright documented.
• Integrated a Telecom management system to manage central bill payment resulting in $3.5M optimization.
• IT Internal Controls Compliance Officer.

► Established Corporate Compliance Office with comprehensive compliance program, Internal Audit function, and process excellence improvement initiatives.► Introduced innovative eCompliance training programs that enabled private company to secure compliance with industry and financial regulations. ► Recognized with Significant Achievement Award for.

New Brunswick, NJ, US

• ► Executed strategic quality application for assessment by J&J Quality Institute, leading to improved company processes.► Optimized capital investments by spearheading comprehensive initiative to evaluate brand.
• Analyzed operational and financial structures and practices to enhance and seek improvement, opportunity and leverage resulting in SG&A costs at 19% of sales and CAGR improvement to 28%.
• Implemented I2 planning systems, improved Sales forecasting to 5% MAPES, reduced inventory by $73M.
• Performed Divisional Future State Analyses that resulted in decision to exit US market.
• Divested four operating companies valued at $1.8M.