Linda Shepherd Email & Phone Number

Around the world, more people trust their hearing to Cochlear than all the other hearing implant companies combined. Our implantable hearing solutions include cochlear implants, bone conduction solutions and acoustic implants. To help our customers achieve the best hearing outcomes we have the largest clinical and support network in the industry. Our Global HQ is located in Sydney, Australia with links to world leading hearing science research. Cochlear employs more than 3,500… Show more Around the world, more people trust their hearing to Cochlear than all the other hearing implant companies combined. Our implantable hearing solutions include cochlear implants, bone conduction solutions and acoustic implants. To help our customers achieve the best hearing outcomes we have the largest clinical and support network in the industry. Our Global HQ is located in Sydney, Australia with links to world leading hearing science research. Cochlear employs more than 3,500 people worldwide. Show less

Maquarie University

Project Manager for the Finance Stream of the Oracle R12 Upgrade at Cochlear. This is a position to manage and coordinate the upgrade of Oracle across all Finance modules, align processes and implement new functionality, globally.

Macquarie University

Global Reporting Support and Analysis for the Manufacturing and the Supply Chain Operations of Cochlear Ltd.During this time Costing and reporting processes were aligned across all manufacturing sites and a suite of Inventory Management reports were designed, built and implemented across all of Cochlear's logistics companies, globally.I also managed the project to implement inventory management into our Belgian operations ahead of manufacturing and the Oracle upgrade project… Show more Global Reporting Support and Analysis for the Manufacturing and the Supply Chain Operations of Cochlear Ltd.During this time Costing and reporting processes were aligned across all manufacturing sites and a suite of Inventory Management reports were designed, built and implemented across all of Cochlear's logistics companies, globally.I also managed the project to implement inventory management into our Belgian operations ahead of manufacturing and the Oracle upgrade project commencing. Show less

Business Analysis to assist Business Engineers with modelling for proposed plantStandard Costing creation and review for 9 Flour Mills and 4 stockfeed plants in Australia and New ZealandBudget management for 9 Flour Mills and 4 Stockfeed plants in Australia and New ZealandImplementation and Project Management of Maximo, a Computerised Preventative Maintenance SystemBusiness integration of inventory after acquisition of a business

Financial Reporting to Divisional Office and for local management for the Northern Region of Weston Cereal Industries, which included 2 flour mills in NSW and 1 mill in QueenslandStatutory Reporting for Corporate OfficeYearly budgets and quarterly forecasting for the regionStaff management in Sydney & Brisbane (8 in total)Oversite of Accounts ReceivableCapital Project managementVariance AnalysisCosting exercises for pricing decisions

Created a Budgeting process for all of Weston Cereal Industries division, which was adopted by the bakeries divisionSAP Costing Implementation review & Refined Costing after the SAP ImplementationManagement of the yearly budget process for the DivisionMaintenance of Standard CostsSAP Costing and Manufacturing training for finance staff in the division

Implementation of the SAP Costing module across all flour milling sites in the Cereal DivisionSupport for the Stockfeed and Ingredients sites already liveTraining of users in Costing and SAP CostingStandardisation of Processes across all sites

Preparation of the Monthly Reports, Yearly Budgets, and Statutory Reporting for the Stockfeed business in NSW (2 sites)Tax and Insurance ReturnsManagement of 7 staff across 2 sitesImplement efficiencies in the administration area of the businessAssist with the implementation of SAP across 2 phases on implementation.

Preparation of the Divisional Office monthly accounts and statutory reportsConsolidation of Monthly Finanical Accounts and Budgets for 10 business unitsDebtor Control for Weston Cereal LaboratoriesBudget ManagementPreparation of Capital Proposals

Debtor ControlGeneral Ledger ReconciliationsGeneral Ledger Entry to Trial BalanceStaff TrainingStocktakesNew Product Costing for pricing decisionsStaff Training

Business, Accounting

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