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Hoboken, New Jersey, Us

Walnut Creek, Ca, Us

•Lead the Procurement and Logistics Finance functions in forecasting and budgeting processes•Revamped/Streamlined the analysis and reporting of Procurement and Logistics actual costs (vs. budget, forecast, and prior years)•Implemented a cross-functional monthly close reporting process between site-leadership, Finance and Executive leadership•Develop KPI reporting capabilities for the distribution and transportation functions – Warehouse Cost per case, Transportation cost per Cwt shipped•Drive Productivity across the Logistics and Purchasing Functions – Value Engineering cost savings projects, Vendor Contract Negotiations, Warehouse Footprint optimization savings•Manage the commodity hedging function for natural gas and diesel consumption

Palatine, Illinois, Us

•Provide financial leadership in support of the Supply Chain Operations group (MFG and Sourcing)•Managed through record growth in volume during COVID and unprecedented Inflation Headwinds (Raw Materials, Labor)•Calculated Inflationary impacts to help Business take pricing to cover cost increases.•Developed Labor Productivity Models to drive YOY savings/efficiency in the MFG facility.•Oversaw the financial modeling/NPV/ROI analysis for key strategic initiatives (new European manufacturing facility, consolidation of US factories into one location)•Developed the Supply Chain Annual Operating Financial Plans (Raw Material, Overheads, Capital Spending, Labor, Productivity, Tariff Implications, MFG Network Footprint Optimization)•Supporting work on new S4 Hana SAP implementation

Palatine, Illinois, Us

• Responsible for maintaining standard costing in SAP environment• Streamlined Supply Chain FP&A function for Budgeting and Month End Variance Reporting• Assisted in the manufacturing footprint optimization planning / analysis;• Overhead / Cost Center forecasting and budgeting• Helped reduce $30MM of OH costs over 3 year period• Lead financial support for the launch of multiple product lines• Re-engineered the Transfer Pricing Process for global subsidiaries• Lead/mentored a team of 3

• Provide financial leadership for the category including financial and businesses oversight• Serves as the voice of finance function in the decision making process as it relates to quarterly/annual reviews, monthly close process (including analysis and reporting), oversight of commercialization initiatives, and development of strategic plan• Interfaces with other members of Finance, Sales, Operations, Procurement and Customer Teams to deliver financial commitments and identify contingency plans• Supports efforts to reduce costs through manufacturing operations and overall business management and works with Procurement & business team to align on strategic pricing and risk management strategies Responsibilities: Develop and maintain regular financial performance reporting for the category and ongoing management of the budget, including:• Develop all Category financial plans (AC, MBR, etc.) and system (FiT) loads for major forecast submissions (Hyperion/Essbase/SAP)• Understand actual and forecast performance of the category across entire P&L (From Consumption to GR to NR to OI) across category and customers• Understand customer profitability, through effective trade management and partnership with Sales• Ad hoc analysis and reporting of such items as: A&C budgets, earnings variance analyses, supporting new business propositions, and consumption variances.• Develop and complete monthly ‘category at a glance’ reporting performance and more detailed quarterly performance reports• Drive Gross and Net Productivity delivery via strong linkage with Operations and R&D • Supporting the development of a 3-year Strategic Plan• Identify pillar priorities and provide financial support for key priorities to be driven by the categories – CAPEX, marketing, innovation, cash, etc.

> Responsible for coordinating and consolidating all forecast and Strat Plan processes across each sub-BU.> Prepare the forecast presentation decks that are submitted to Corporate FP&A.> Provide analytical support for the Senior Director of Finance.

•Responsible for Domestic Foodservice BU full P&L reporting and forecasting.•Responsible for customer sales discount forecasting and analysis•Ad-hoc financial analysis

•Managed operational expenditures. Responsibilities include preparation of budgets and monthly variance bridges with commentary for senior management. •Partnered with cross functional teams to evaluate and execute network reset of production facilities.•Teamed with sales, marketing, and R&D functions to optimize product costs.

•Managed the Distributor Trade budget for the Foodservice division – month-end close process, forecast updates, budget variance analysis.•Worked with the Distributor Sales Team to develop new trade programs – prepares cost estimates, analyzes budget implications.•Supervised Trade Finance staff – manages workload within the finance team.•Provided financial support to the Distributor Sales Team – prepares Distributor P&L Statements, ad-hoc reporting.

•Managed the National Account Volume Planning process by gathering the volume planning data from the different channels and prepared the various reporting packages. Facilitated the forecast meetings between Marketing and Finance.•Provided financial support to the National Account Sales Team - prepared customer P&L Statements, customized reporting packages, ad-hoc reports.

•Prepare operational and financial reporting packages for senior level management (e.g. customer line install/disconnect, minutes of use, network utilization, etc.)•Identified, investigated and resolved customer/billing related issues by working within all areas of the company (Sales, Billing, Provisioning, Network Engineering, Field Operations, etc.)•Manage the customer toll-free rewards program•Created ad-hoc reports for senior level management when requested

•Developed key performance metrics and analytical reports for senior level management utilizing a wide range of information systems and data warehouses•Created ad-hoc reports for senior level management when requested•Identified, investigated and resolved customer/billing related issues by working within all areas of the company (Sales, Billing, Provisioning, Network Engineering, Field Operations, etc.)

•Performed process and operational audits focusing on key Telecommunication risk areas (e.g. billing, revenue and cost assurance, order entry, provisioning, etc.)•Analyzed risks, performance and best practices to improve business processes in an internal control environment•Participated in the PeopleSoft software implementation to ensure that proper controls were integrated into the different financial modules•Supervised and trained audit staff

•Conducted client risk assessments utilizing specialized software to identify and prioritize the clients’ most significant risks•Developed audit plans based on the results of customer risk assessments•Performed process and operational audits by analyzing risks and testing the effectiveness of the controls in place to mitigate those risks•Utilized best practices to improve business processes focusing on the internal control environment•Performed year-end financial statement audits for publicly traded companies•Developed project management skills•Supervised and trained staff members

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