Beauty Focused Direct to Consumer Ecommerce Company• Built the Finance function to support Supply Chain and Corporate Shared Services in preparation for the initial public offering.• Created inventory reporting tools establishing an aged and obsolete reserve process, enabling accurate tracking of expirations and shrinkage, resulting in a 75% reduction in on-hand inventory.• Designed dynamic reporting tools using Adaptive EPM, providing detailed planning and analysis capabilities, which were updated and reviewed weekly with senior leadership.• Instituted a monthly cross-functional variance analysis process, generating a comprehensive channel specific reporting package presented to the CEO, CFO, and COO.• Established a capital planning and approval process to facilitate ongoing software capitalization initiatives and support the transition to a company-owned distribution network.

• Served as the finance lead supporting innovation, corporate operations, company-owned manufacturing facilities, fixed asset management, and cost structure budgeting and reporting.• Established a cost structure management process encompassing strategic planning, annual forecasting, and monthly dashboard reporting.• Instituted and led annual network planning to optimize production costs across internal and external manufacturing partners.• Developed a global capital planning, approval, and tracking process to enhance internal management controls, performance monitoring, and overall forecast accuracy.• Designed and implemented an activity-based costing (ABC) system, delivering profitability metrics to brand teams based on product, packaging, and customer type

• Managed a $160MM construction budget for the first company-owned manufacturing facility and corporate office expansion, providing monthly status updates to the CEO and CFO.• Led annual planning and forecasting at the item and component levels, coordinating plant operating budgets and detailed variance reporting (ingredient, packaging, toll, etc.).• Recovered 1% of the annual COGS budget through auditing contract manufacturing pricing and invoicing.• Developed comprehensive forecasting tools for plant labor, headcount, utilities, and annual operating budgets.• Developed annual guidance for raw material spending, inflation, and productivity across categories totaling $500MM.

The Original Craft CoffeeDirect Store Delivery Consumer Packaged Goods and Retail Company• FP&A Business Partner supporting sales, marketing, and operations, leading all aspects of forecasting, pricing, and capital allocation.• Streamlined customer pricing processes and implemented new guidelines to maintain margins in a highly inflationary environment.• Deployed an interactive ROI tool to enable tactical capital project planning for new customers.

Food and Beverage Consumer Packaged Goods• Collaborated with cross-functional teams across marketing, sales, R&D, quality, and procurement to enhance and source production capacity to meet business needs.• Negotiated and managed strategic long-term operating agreements totaling $258MM in annual spend across 24 manufacturing and repack locations.• Developed financial models to streamline annual planning, monthly variance reporting, quarterly business reviews, and pricing analysis within the Contract Manufacturing group.Subsidiary of Dean Foods prior to spin-off and aquistion by Danone

• Led a team overseeing financial reporting, ad hoc analysis, forecasting, and business case development for innovation, standardization, and sourcing initiatives.• Provided financial insights during vendor contract negotiations, achieving $12MM in annual productivity gains.• Established robust reporting systems for senior management to enhance the credibility of key performance indicators.

• Collaborated with a cross-functional team that visited over 100 production facilities to analyze plant processes and implement consistent activity-based cost standards.• Designed a production planning and budgeting model that reduced the time to develop plant operating budgets and year-end forecasts by 80%.• Created operations-based cost models and pro forma financials for new plant concepts with CAPEX investments ranging from $50MM to $200MM.

Engineering Design and Consulting Firm• Design electrical control systems to compliment mechanical designs ranging from small self-contained machines to high-level plant control.• Led cross-functional teams in the design, construction, and installation of industrial control solutions