Kimberly Decker Email & Phone Number

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

• Developed supply and demand forecasts for an education-based startup that utilizes robots to teach children how to code
• Created forward looking model to forecast sales
• Created model to forecast capital, Opex and R&D
• Validated historical data for transition to NetSuite

Santa Clara, California

• Established inventory metrics for accessories and set up regular reviews with VP. Business Metrics focused on inventory aging, turnover and excess. Began with over $10M in inventory and, through focus, drove down to $2M.
• Instrumental in reducing a prior Reverse Logistics provider closeout estimate from $615k to $313k.
• Helped re-negotiate pricing for Reverse Logistics provider yielding a positive $500k to Nook.
• Prepare financials for $200k/month invoicing of Reverse Logistics partner
• Business Partner to Engineering, Product Management and Operations. Combined budgets of $6.5M annually.
• Drove a project to integrate a Reverse Logistics provider system (Salesforce) with SAP at Nook in order to automate billing and inventory management on customer returns.

Santa Cruz, California

• Managed Opex budgets for 75+ departments, headcount of 120 and annual budget of ~$100M.
• Primary business partner with CMO and EVPs on Sales staff providing financial and analytical support.
• Prepared month and quarter-end accounting entries and presented forecasts and variance analyses in monthly corporate meeting.

Milpitas, California

• Responsible for forecasting Opex and allocations for over 60 departments in 24 sites worldwide. Worked with 14 budget owners to ensure accuracy in spending vs. forecast. Annual budget of approximately $70M.
• Partnered with Senior Finance Controllers and Vice Presidents of 4 business units to finalize forecasts and allocations based on strategic direction.
• Started as a consultant documenting system security and access for Oracle, Essbase and Hyperion.
• Systems used included Oracle, Essbase and Hyperion Planning as well as PowerPoint and Excel daily.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Managed delivery of orders through in-house manufacturing and 2 subcontract manufacturing sites in U.S. and Europe.
• Initiated cross-training for all direct reports to ensure continuity of business operations. Provided employees with growth opportunities.
• Initiated a cross-functional team to clean out over $1M in non-existent, “in-transit” inventory from European sub-contract site to headquarters that was a result of an implementation issue with Oracle.
• Implemented quarterly, cross-functional communication forums between my group and Purchasing, Manufacturing and Order Management to resolve issues and improve teamwork.
• Established Planning website with daily updates to the field on order status and any material shortages or quality issues that would affect lead times.
• Developed Business Metrics for planning that were presented to Executive Staff each month.

Santa Clara, California, United States

• Ensured compliance on approximately $12B a year in capital spending.
• Developed a 10 year financial model for capital depreciation forecasting based on authorizations and lag time. Analytics were instrumental in driving a change in authorizations.

Hudson, Massachusetts, United States

• Key player in driving Hudson acquisition from $230M annual loss to cash positive and $33M annual loss within 3 quarters through revenue growth, spending reduction and aggressive benchmarking.
• Negotiated with Compaq on pricing of non-CPU products resulting in a net gain to Intel of $22M in 1998.

Santa Clara, California, United States

• As FP&A manager, prepared monthly and quarterly close reports for $10B annual factory network. Variance analysis reported to CFO monthly.
• Worked with stakeholders to re-engineer the allocation methodology for facilities and R&D

Santa Clara, California, United States

• Managed up to 10 people in 2 different groups.
• Responsible for recruiting, hiring, and training.
• As Planning Manager, led a team that ensured supply met forecast for primary CPU and associated chipsets. Participated in corporate allocation meetings when supply was tight.

Folsom, California, United States

• Managed supply line of CPU devices from forecast through finished goods
• Worked with engineering on new product introductions and product revisions
• Assisted finance and accounting with inventory management and reserve calculations

Mba, Finance

B.S., Production Mgt, Information Systems