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Chicago, Illinois, US

• Achieved 60% revenue growth and 450% EBITDA increase.
• Lead acquisition execution including evaluation, negotiation, and bank financing arrangement.
• Integrated newly acquired production facility into corporate management and financial reporting.
• Managed corporate debt and credit facility refinancing along with treasury services conversion.
• Implemented aggressive pricing policy to enhance margin at customer level.
• Oversaw complex ERP system implementation in newly acquired and existing manufacturing facilities.

Downers Grove, IL, US

• Supported strategic initiatives in partnership with the President and Executive Team, including long-term direction, financial and tax strategies, capital requests/budgeting, and acquisition negotiations.
• Prepared annual business budgets, monthly forecasts, and oversaw all departmental expenditures.
• Analyzed operating results and performed analyses to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Oversaw preparation of all reporting, including general ledger and financial statements, internal and external audit reporting, bonuses, rebates, quarterly sales tax reports, and all state and federal reporting.
• Monitored and valued finished goods and raw material inventory. Developed strategies to reduce obsolete inventory expense.
• Completed extensive customer profitability analysis and established ongoing performance review process.

Oak Brook, Illinois, US

• Coordinate, develop assumptions, create models and lead the strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting processes for five business divisions consisting of 45 plants and 80 warehouses.
• Manage portfolio of $1.5 billion production costs, $400 MM freight and $100 MM warehouse expenses.
• Provide timely and accurate analysis of actual results, and perform variance analysis against prior periods, budgets and forecasts.
• Prepare and consolidate interim outlooks and forecasts for total supply chain.
• Direct investment analysis and strategic projects analysis including capex and plant performance.
• Facilitate the preparation of monthly and quarterly business review meetings.

Oak Brook, Illinois, US

• Led integration of manufacturing reporting structure for acquisition which doubled organization.
• Developed and implemented Supply Chain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) including manufacturing, logistics, procurement, and sales and operations planning.
• Created Qlik/Power BI Executive Dashboard Supply Chain KPI reporting.
• Identified and recommended product simplification strategies to improve plant efficiencies and drive margin improvement.
• Created analysis tool for manufacturing line profitability and recommend business simplification initiatives to enhance margin.
• Coordinated month end close and KPI reporting for consolidated Supply Chain.

Mba, Finance

Education record

Master Of Human Resources And Industrial Relations, School Of Labor And Employment Relations

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, American History (United States)