Matt White Email & Phone Number

Addlestone, Gb

Weybridge, England, United Kingdom

To be added.

Weybridge, England, United Kingdom

To be added. Digital Transformation setup.

Weybridge, England, United Kingdom

To complete. Power BI, European level, etc.

Weybridge

Dual reporting role as part of the Sony UK Sales Support department and pan-European Etisation community, focused on the integrity and usability of data, improvement and availability of information, and efficiencies in system usage. Retained elements of prior role. Created Marketing and Sales forecast consolidation and consensus tool for monthly forecast process, resulting in Sony UK achieving best in class forecast accuracy. Co-ordinated development and improvement of stock and sales information, through additional partner reporting, and access to lower level detail in terms of partner estate.Liaised with established and growing market research firms around improvement and accuracy of product. Built standardised Range Review templates allowing field sales team to secure advance orders from independent dealers, sales support to reduce workload via mass upload or the orders, and marketing to audit actual ranging with a third party agency. Automated validation of rebate claims from customers, with a hand over to European Sales Support and possible role out across Sony Europe. Reduced complexity, potential for error, and enhanced audit trail.

Weybridge

Role supporting the Category Marketing department with reporting, automation and analysis. Frequent project work/assistance given to other departments. Standardised and created weekly review packs for main Sony product groups (Home Entertainment, Imaging, Network and Sound). Created automated bonus measurement file for 50+ diverse roles. Built Pricing Tracker to combine internal manual price tracking with external market and internet price tracking from multiple market research firms. Liaised with established and growing market research firms around improvement and accuracy of product. Created automated Market Forecast Models for Product Managers.Automated monitoring of Commercial Investment activities within Category Marketing resulting in an 85% time saving (two hours plus reduced to 15 minutes). Created Commercial Investment modelling tools for use across Sony UK. Worked closely with EMEA SAP Business Warehouse team, building trust and confidence, resulting in key user privileges not normally granted to users within the Sales Companies. Built custom reporting models for various initiatives and investments with major partners. Conducted audit of EDI sell through data alongside retail partners, the Information Systems and Sales teams, leading to correction of major issues. Responsible for creation of £500m FY12 Budget reporting, monitoring and system issue troubleshooting, liaising with various European Business Units and Tokyo headquarters. Built tool to show total customer contractual discount terms, which had been inaccurate for FY11. Looked to as knowledge leader within UK Sales Company for Excel and SAP Business Warehouse. Received three Managing Director’s quarterly Sony UK “Spirit Of Sony” awards, one of around ten awarded per quarter.

New role initially created by European Marketing Director to support key projects within his remit. Self directed following his departure after two weeks.  Implemented analysis of indirect customers, previously not measured within Western Digital.  Created weekly standardised dashboards for EMEA Sales Director, and for EMEA Sales Teams.  Support of Pricing Strategy through Market analysis.

Contracting position working on a number of Revenue Assurance projects for a large mobile telecoms company.  Data and and interpretation work surrounding international SMS interconnect charges.  Client presentations to the main team, including business extension proposals.  Supplied Excel and VBA training within the contracting team.

Position created to develop and streamline Analyst reporting in one the fastest growing companies in the world. Working with areas across EMEA and North America, including transitioning data to enterprise level reporting systems, and rolling out new automated analysis. Integrating financial measures into operational dashboards, allowing revenue and margin measurement at much more granular level previously possible.  Moved operational dashboards from fixed templates to a flexible structure, able to cope with the fast moving requirements of the business.  Developing ‘early warning’ system for key measures around inventory, delivery lead times, operational and financial close predictions, etc.  Sought out departments with powerful relevant knowledge previously unknown to the Finance area, in the process of building new working relationships.  Integrated reporting outputs from SAP, Cognos and various ad hoc sources.

Bracknell

 Proposed, created and led new Central Reporting Team.  Responsible for transitioning reporting functions from across Finance into the Central Reporting Team, saving on manpower and duplication, and eliminating inconsistency.  Supported the integration of Siemens Business Services into the standard Fujitsu Siemens reporting structure.  Responsible for moving various reports to a standardised format of my own design, enabling easier comparison of the performance of different business areas. Close work with other European countries within the organisation, including rolling out GB reporting systems and tools into other areas.  Responsible for the management and development of two Year In Business annual placement students directly reporting into myself.  Supervised annual handover between departing and joining students.  Identified major data integrity issues with various areas, and drove solutions through to completion, ensuring accurate commissions and rebates measurement.  Sourced and conducted technical resource trials in conjunction with Human Resources.  Developed and deployed VBA and Access based tools to save manpower in various departments including Sales, Human Resources, Finance, Marketing, etc.  Key in support of design and maintenance of a number of SPIFs.  Proactively identified and proposed time and cost savings in various areas of the company.  Proactively pursued training in Project Management, and further Excel/VBA training.  Progressed through externally supplied management skills training course, with modules on Employment Law, Interviewing Skills, Presenting Skills and Leading Managing and Coaching (exempt from Finance Skills as in department).

 Approached by previous manager at Dell to join her at Fujitsu Siemens Computers. Responsible for day to day maintenance of SAP Business Warehouse reporting system for the Large Enterprise segment. Responsible for design of standard SAP BW reports for the segment, many of which have been adopted across the organisation. Responsible for transition of business standard reports from Business Objects to SAP BW. Re-built many business critical reports from the ground up. In depth knowledge of the Siebel CRM tool, advised on methods to improve the use with relation to management reports. Policed the customer segmentation between Large Enterprise and Small and Medium Enterprise segments, and identified incorrectly assigned business for transfer. Co-ordinated pricing reviews with Large Corporate Resellers. Developed and prepared monthly Key Performance Indicators. Created and presented the Management Information pack on a monthly basis. Created various metrics, including methods to measure sales activity, opportunity growth, forecast accuracy, etc, and designed and implemented reports for the Senior Management Team showing these. Automated many time consuming processes within the segment and department. Involved in preparation and analysis of Forecasts for the segment, including creating the reports behind this process. Involved in creation and analysis of critical order tracking systems. Assisted in completion of month and year end management accounts. Looked to as a knowledge leader for Excel, Access, Visual Basic and SAP BW across the segment, department and organisation. Completed internal and external training courses for the above. Responsible for identification of white space within existing accounts, and refresh opportunities. Acted as liaison between Finance and Sales departments.

Bracknell

 Sole Operations point of contact for the largest corporate customers (Barclays, Halifax Bank of Scotland, British Telecom, HSBC, British Airways).  Responsible for resolving customer issues, including escalations, with little senior management involvement. Remained in position through many major re-organisations. Co-ordinating internal departmental relations concerning account (logistics, manufacturing, order processing). Responsible for design of customer facing reports, achieving Director level recognition. Included establishing realistic SLAs and managing customer expectations. Designed and implemented customer specific order management tool, again achieving Director level recognition. Assisted various internal departments with projects outside of job role. Participated in BPI (Business Process Improvement) projects and training, improving efficiency and use of automation in the business.