 Evaluate and perform in depth analysis of pricing and sales of US Foods exclusive brand products to ensure that categories align with US Foods pricing strategy while optimizing sales and margins. Collaborate with various levels of the merchandizing organization including Regional presidents, Division presidents and Category managers to successfully introduce and implement key pricing initiatives to all US Foods divisions and Sales force and develop reports to track and measure… Show more  Evaluate and perform in depth analysis of pricing and sales of US Foods exclusive brand products to ensure that categories align with US Foods pricing strategy while optimizing sales and margins. Collaborate with various levels of the merchandizing organization including Regional presidents, Division presidents and Category managers to successfully introduce and implement key pricing initiatives to all US Foods divisions and Sales force and develop reports to track and measure performance of initiatives. Assist Category management with assortment and sku rationalizations decisions by analyzing all components of net cost, Purchase Allowance, Division pricing, Sales Representative cost and Average Sale price. Validate monthly price changes from vendors on US food exclusive brands; create pricing templates for existing products and new product launches by benchmarking against manufactured brands to ensure pricing is competitive in the market place. Show less

 Manage capital expenditures of estimated size of ~$200M. This includes developing and reporting long range plans, depreciation schedules and periodic forecasts for Engineering, Finance and other stake holders. Responsible for tracking all capital expenses for North America, to identify and communicate major swings in spending variances to supply chain CFO and business unit managers. Generated an estimated cumulative savings of $4M through diligent reviews of new capital requests and… Show more  Manage capital expenditures of estimated size of ~$200M. This includes developing and reporting long range plans, depreciation schedules and periodic forecasts for Engineering, Finance and other stake holders. Responsible for tracking all capital expenses for North America, to identify and communicate major swings in spending variances to supply chain CFO and business unit managers. Generated an estimated cumulative savings of $4M through diligent reviews of new capital requests and improved approval process. Partner with in-house and 3rd party insurance underwriters to secure property and equipment insurance for all Sara Lee North America manufacturing and warehouse locations  Responsible for post evaluation of all Sara Lee North America capital projects greater than $2.5million using performance metrics such as NPV, ROI and IRR etc Show less

 Lead estimator for each stage of the product modification process. Partnered with the Brands, R & D and plants to determine both product specifications and plant capabilities to calculate directional estimate or detailed standard cost for product modification/reformulation to drive cost savings to the bottom line. Created pricing models for the Food service group to use in bidding for all new businesses/renewal of existing business/partnership.o Partnered with a cross functional… Show more  Lead estimator for each stage of the product modification process. Partnered with the Brands, R & D and plants to determine both product specifications and plant capabilities to calculate directional estimate or detailed standard cost for product modification/reformulation to drive cost savings to the bottom line. Created pricing models for the Food service group to use in bidding for all new businesses/renewal of existing business/partnership.o Partnered with a cross functional team to formulate a strategy to win a new business of 16M pounds of product ~$15M.o Created pricing models for all 50 SKUs to be used in bidding for the new business in 3 days.o Completed entire proposal in 2 weeks and won entire business for Sara lee North America. Designed and created a database to track and report all product changes and cost savings projects for Sara Lee North America. Refined and improved the overall product change management process including creating KPI’s to track performance/ turnaround time to provide cost estimates to the business units. Show less

 Created forecasts to the Brand Finance Team, along with variances summaries between the annual operating budgets and forecasts. Refined the overall manufacturing variance forecast process and identified ways to improve forecast accuracy. Worked with the plants and business directors to identify, verify and track cost savings projects and initiatives and updates to the cost savings database. Thus Cost savings database could be used as a tool in the forecasting process

 Team member that rolled out a major project that streamlined and improved the functionality of the Oracle Financial Analyzer (OFA) system across Kraft North America. Proactively managed Oracle Financial models for the Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis Team. Provided on going trouble shooting support and assisted in training of OFA users for Kraft North America.  Member of a due diligence team (financial systems) that evaluated and recommended merits for eliminating… Show more  Team member that rolled out a major project that streamlined and improved the functionality of the Oracle Financial Analyzer (OFA) system across Kraft North America. Proactively managed Oracle Financial models for the Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis Team. Provided on going trouble shooting support and assisted in training of OFA users for Kraft North America.  Member of a due diligence team (financial systems) that evaluated and recommended merits for eliminating overlaps in systems with a target acquisition Show less