Peter Happe Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Lead Process development and redesign of Commercial and Finance processes• Member of the North America CropScience Leadership team meeting• Collaborating with Local and Global functional Leader in defining functional Strategies• Accountable for delivering short/mid/long-term process optimization roadmap• Partner with Transformation office with focus on prioritization and resourcing • Aligning development of new Business Opportunities with new Process Development and IT Roadmap• Leading efforts in preparation for S4 Hana implementation

Led the global Finance and Strategy activities of Bayer Vegetable Seeds• Member of the global Vegetable Seeds Management team• Led global Finance team in multiple global locations• Partner with global Vegetable Seeds Business to ensure long-term sustainable growth• Develop customer centric global Business Strategy through go-to-market optimization and Portfolio Improvements• Lead key financial and operational Business processes• Improvement of key financial indicators with a strong focus on cash flow development• Optimize quarterly, annual and long term planing processes

Led Finance Business Partner activities of the CropScience Commercial Business NorthAmerica • Partner with Commercial business to drive sales growth above market, improving pricing through analytics, and capturing value through gross margin optimization. Lead operational expense and cash flow optimization for quarterly, annual, and long-term projections, and propose action plans to mitigate challenges.• Member of the US and Regional Commercial Leadership team • Manage US Finance Business Partner Team in US and guide / support Canadian Finance Business Partner team• Align and implement global processes and lead improvement activities based on US and Regional Market needs• Identify, develop and improve business models based on financial insights• Develop tools to drive growth and cash flow. Results include new understanding of customer needs and development of financial solutions for distributors, retailers or growers• PMO lead for Risk Management reorganization (2016)• Global Integration Work-stream Lead for Reporting Process (2017-2018)• Responsible Hiring-Manager for US finance trainee program

Led the Controlling & Business Services Environmental Science North America which comprised of Controlling Team, Customer Service Department, Customer and Product Master Data Team and Business Project Management Team• Member of Environmental Science North America Management Team• Partnered with the different ES Commercial businesses to drive sales growth above market, optimize gross margin, development and realistic spending budgets to ensure ability to react in adverse business situations • Developed Business specific short, mid and long term planning scenarios • Drove process efficiency improvement activities in Customer Service to optimize Customer experience • Focused on developing IT solutions to enhance Business Service processes • Led Support team focused of all activities from ideation to launch of new ES Products for the North American market• Financial Lead of ES M&A projects • Member of Change Management Team during ES integration

• Guided entrepreneurial Organization to sustainable and profitable position in the Market place • Established systems and processes dedicated to support the specific needs of a Consumer goods business• Developed financial relationships between Bayer and Distributors and Big Box retailer