Robert Cousins Email & Phone Number

St. Albans, Hertfordshire

London

Company appointed director of Trustee Board and Operations & Compliance Committee for £3bn Defined Benefit Pension Scheme

London

Ownership of the UK P&L (£660m Revenue) to Trading Margin and the Commercial Balance Sheet- Managing and developing a team of 5 Commercial Finance managers and 1 Finance Analyst- Robust evaluation and control of £230m of customer investment spend- Development of insightful tools and reporting of commercial performance- Leading the business planning and sales forecasting processes- Delivered £600k annual profit benefit by resourcing to counter Customer audit claims- Achieved 15% improvement in conditionality of Customer Joint Business Plans by developing interviewing and scoring methodology

London

Company appointed director of Trustee Board and Investment Committee for £2bn Defined Benefit Pension Scheme

Finance Business Partner to the UK Sales Director and UK Marketing Director- Controlled £250m Customer investment spend and £25m Marketing budget- Rolled out Financial training for Commercial Managers across all Sales and Marketing teams- Restructured the Sales and Marketing Finance teams following the KP Snacks business separation

Promoted to lead Sales Finance team of 8 managing £850m Revenue business- Finance lead on Sales Strategy workstreams and developed a new Customer Prioritisation model- Delivered £5m profit benefit through analytical review of investment spend

Promoted to lead the Grocery Finance Team of 5 managing £500m Revenue business

Business partnering the Biscuits & Snacks Grocery Trading Director

Business partnering the McVitie's Grocery Trading Director and Jaffa & Penguin brand teams

Business partnering the McVitie's Convenience & Impulse Sales Director and Ireland General Manager

Planning and reporting lead for the KP and McVitie's Convenience channel

Raynes Park, London

Managed a team of 5 to deliver the company’s annual budget and rolling forecasts

West Drayton, Middlesex

Provided analytical support to divisional Commerical Directors by identifying key pressure points in the business and recommending corrective action

Hayes, Middlesex

Provided financial analysis and compiled reports on promotional activities, competitor effect, pricing policy and new store initiatives

Acma, Cgma, First Time Passes

Bsc(Hons), Mathematics And Statistics