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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for providing financial management and leadership of $150 million in costs across 4 factories in Operations and Supply Chain. Direct report to Commercial Finance Manager and Business Partner to Operations and Supply Chain General Managers. Leadership of 3 Finance team members.Achievements include partnering the Operations and Supply Chain teams to a reduction of more than $11 million in factory conversion and supply chain costs.

Melbourne, Australia

After almost 10 years with Lion/National Foods/Dairy Farmers, a career break, following my passion for overseas travel.

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for providing financial management and leadership of $320 million in logistics costs. Direct report to Commercial Director, Supply Chain and Business Partner to Logistics Director. Leadership of 8 Finance team members with 5 direct reports.Achievements include partnering the Logistics team in achieving value creation of $48 million, volume adjusted budget favourability in each financial year and optimising the Sydney franchise owner network, reducing the number of… Show more Responsible for providing financial management and leadership of $320 million in logistics costs. Direct report to Commercial Director, Supply Chain and Business Partner to Logistics Director. Leadership of 8 Finance team members with 5 direct reports.Achievements include partnering the Logistics team in achieving value creation of $48 million, volume adjusted budget favourability in each financial year and optimising the Sydney franchise owner network, reducing the number of distributors from over 100 to less than 40 which reduced network costs by $7 million. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for providing financial management and leadership of $160 million in conversion costs at 7 Cheese and Dairy plants. Direct report to Commercial Director, Supply Chain and Business Partner to Directors, Cheese & Dairy Operations. Leadership of 11 Finance team members at 6 sites with 8 direct reports.Achievements include partnering the Dairy Operations teams in achieving $5m in value creation initiatives and achieving it's financial outcomes. Also successfully rolled out a… Show more Responsible for providing financial management and leadership of $160 million in conversion costs at 7 Cheese and Dairy plants. Direct report to Commercial Director, Supply Chain and Business Partner to Directors, Cheese & Dairy Operations. Leadership of 11 Finance team members at 6 sites with 8 direct reports.Achievements include partnering the Dairy Operations teams in achieving $5m in value creation initiatives and achieving it's financial outcomes. Also successfully rolled out a costing model across operations sites which introduced consistent activity based costing of manufactured products. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for providing financial management and leadership of $240 million in conversion costs at 11 Milk and Juice plants across all states of Australia.Direct report to Commercial Director, Supply Chain and Business Partner to Drinks Operations Regional Directors.Leadership of 17 Finance team members at 11 sites with 5 direct reports.Achievements include partnering the closure of milk and juice plants at Booval in Queensland and Riverland in South Australia following… Show more Responsible for providing financial management and leadership of $240 million in conversion costs at 11 Milk and Juice plants across all states of Australia.Direct report to Commercial Director, Supply Chain and Business Partner to Drinks Operations Regional Directors.Leadership of 17 Finance team members at 11 sites with 5 direct reports.Achievements include partnering the closure of milk and juice plants at Booval in Queensland and Riverland in South Australia following manufacturing platform reviews; providing manufacturing financial input for project which removed permeate from white milk, resulting in market share gains for branded white milk; achieving forecast and budget in successive years and restructuring the Drinks Operations finance teams in NSW and Queensland to optimise capability and business partnering. Show less

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for providing financial management and leadership of $180 million in costs at Dairy manufacturing plants in Morwell and Cobden in Victoria and Wetherill Park and Hexham in NSW and Juice manufacturing plants at Riverland in South Australia, Smithfield and Leeton in NSW and Lytton in Queensland.Direct report to Operations Reporting Manager and General Manager, Dairy & Juice Operations.Leadership of 9 Finance team members at 5 sites with 5 direct… Show more Responsible for providing financial management and leadership of $180 million in costs at Dairy manufacturing plants in Morwell and Cobden in Victoria and Wetherill Park and Hexham in NSW and Juice manufacturing plants at Riverland in South Australia, Smithfield and Leeton in NSW and Lytton in Queensland.Direct report to Operations Reporting Manager and General Manager, Dairy & Juice Operations.Leadership of 9 Finance team members at 5 sites with 5 direct reports.Achievements include managing the the financial integration of two ex-Dairy Farmers plants into National Foods; successfully upgrading SAPV4.5 to ECC 6 and playing a a key role in the strategic review of the fresh dairy and long-life dairy manufacturing footprint which resulted in the decision to close the Wetherill Park, Cobden and Hexham manufacturing plants. Show less

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for providing financial management and leadership of more than $200 million in costs for the Dairy division logistics function and manufacturing sites at Wetherill Park and Hexham in New South Wales. Direct report to Commercial Manager, Supply Chain and Dairy Operations Manager.Leadership of two Plant Accountants.Achievements include managing a budget which achieved $3 million in cost savings in an inflationary environment, including the reduction of labour costs… Show more Responsible for providing financial management and leadership of more than $200 million in costs for the Dairy division logistics function and manufacturing sites at Wetherill Park and Hexham in New South Wales. Direct report to Commercial Manager, Supply Chain and Dairy Operations Manager.Leadership of two Plant Accountants.Achievements include managing a budget which achieved $3 million in cost savings in an inflationary environment, including the reduction of labour costs and production line losses by $1 million each; assisting the management of changing the Long-life production structure at Wetherill Park to eliminate weekend overtime, reducing labour costs significantly and streamlining plant finance responsibilities which allowed more efficient reporting and increased time for business partnering. Show less

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for providing financial management and leadership of more than $200 million in costs at manufacturing sites in West Ryde and Caringbah in Sydney, Parkville in Melbourne and Wellington in New Zealand. Direct report to Pfizer Manufacturing Director and Finance Director, Australasia. Leadership of 11 Finance team members at three sites with three direct reports.Achievements include reducing product costs in successive years at West Ryde pharmaceutical plant… Show more Responsible for providing financial management and leadership of more than $200 million in costs at manufacturing sites in West Ryde and Caringbah in Sydney, Parkville in Melbourne and Wellington in New Zealand. Direct report to Pfizer Manufacturing Director and Finance Director, Australasia. Leadership of 11 Finance team members at three sites with three direct reports.Achievements include reducing product costs in successive years at West Ryde pharmaceutical plant, despite declining volume; substantially reducing a $3 million Caringbah consumer health plant subsidy, without adversely impacting volume;; combining three site finance teams into one team with common goals and objectives; standardising accounting and reporting across four plants and obtaining highest possible internal SOX audit rating at West Ryde site with zero major or minor observations. Show less

Perth, Australia

Responsible for providing financial management and leadership of more than $80 million in costs at the Perth manufacturing site and legal entity. Direct report to Perth Site Leader and Finance Director, Australasia. Member of Site Leadership team and Superannuation Policy Committee.Leadership of Finance team of 8 team members.Achievements include playing a key role in integrating the Perth plant into the Pharmacia and then Pfizer organisations; carrying out a financial… Show more Responsible for providing financial management and leadership of more than $80 million in costs at the Perth manufacturing site and legal entity. Direct report to Perth Site Leader and Finance Director, Australasia. Member of Site Leadership team and Superannuation Policy Committee.Leadership of Finance team of 8 team members.Achievements include playing a key role in integrating the Perth plant into the Pharmacia and then Pfizer organisations; carrying out a financial justification and oversaw capital investment of more than $30 million into the Perth plant which increased plant volume by 50%; performing an analysis of Perth plant which ensured its future viability within the Pharmacia & Upjohn organisation and successfully applying for federal government Factor (f) and PIIP pharmaceutical industry grants. Show less

Perth, Australia

Cpa

Bachelor Of Business (Major In Accounting)

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