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Camarillo & Thousand Oaks Facilities

Key role in the company’s program business management, financial forecasting, cost accounting, management reporting, inventory and internal control processes.Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Program Managers, Engineering, Manufacturing, Contracts, Purchasing and Accounting) to provide end-to-end program financial support.Bring a strategic and.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Short-term contract work (1-6 month duration) involving Financial and Operations leadership activities.

Greater Atlanta Area

• $3.3B Mattress Manufacturer / Relocated to Los Angeles (birth place)Created a monthly S&OP process encompassing 40 manufacturing locations in the US and Canada.
• Provide forecasting for a make-to-order business, identifying future spikes in demand and providing sku guidance for prebuilding in advance of firm orders.
• Provide accuracy metrics by plant / dealer / product family. RCCM on major misses.
• Identify network constraints and work with the enterprise to engage help from those plants with excess capacity.
• Work with Sourcing to ensure raws will be available on time to meet demand. Track those vendors where spike in volume is projected.
• Identify ‘pinch-points’ in production where, based on future demand, capital equipment will be required.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Opportunity to create / implement / manage an S&OP group with $1M capital budgetProvide financial support for a $B global business unit of a Fortune 500 client with multiple domestic locations and international locations in Mexico, China, India and the Netherlands. Responsibilities include consolidated forecasting, waterfall reporting on sales and margins.

Twin Cities MN

• $7B Global Water Company / Layoff due to Business Unit ConsolidationsHired as a change agent and starting from a blank slate, created a monthly SiOP (Sales, Inventory and Operational Planning) process for a $0.6B GBU.
• Led the Sales & Marketing, Production, Supply Chain, and Engineering functions in identifying sales-target road blocks, developing mitigation plans and executing to resolution.
• Business Unit comprised of multiple acquisitions over the last decade with different products, sales structures (OEM / Distribution / Service), and market drivers.
• Collaborated with sister sites to resolve issues at vendors (tooling/ force majeure/capacity) and internally (change in product chemical make-up for national customer).
• Negotiated stocking agreement with major customer, defining agreed-to volumes and passing on expediting fees to customer due to large order spikes.
• Developed relationships with key external customers, sharing forecasts and identifying discrepancies.

Greater Los Angeles Area & Eagan MN

• $46B Aerospace Company / Plant Closure, chose not to relocate to Owego NYDeveloped and executed long-range plans for a $1.0B Line of Business (LOB). Led monthly reviews with Executive Leadership Team on performance to.
• Created stretch goals/bottoms-up AOP to achieve Business Unit (BU) targets.
• Changed the perception of our LOB at the Business Unit (BU) level as one of the worst LOBs to one of the best based on accuracy and timeliness of submittals.
• Created monthly and quarterly forecasts and analysis of financial results and variances, presented in terms understood by non-Finance managers as well.
• Formed cross-functional teams to create more robust processes meeting expectations of all functions involved.
• Managed 5 multi-million dollar contracts ($1B in total) in SAP, oversaw 1,000 budgets across all functions and 2 other sister LOBs.

Minneapolis MN

• $1.1B Global Financial Services Company / Left due to Family Matters; Relo to CaliforniaSupported VP/GM of a $360M multi-product line group.
• Executed strategic plan for national sales force of 36.
• Approved and denied all major sales deals.
• Ran Due Diligence and closed on 4 Acquisitions.
• Ran AOP with use of Hyperion Planning tool.

Golden Valley MN

• $40B Conglomerate / Promotional Freeze During Merger with Allied SignalFinancial business partner for VP of $210M HVAC business unit having full financial planning and analysis responsibilities, along with P&L, working.
• Finance lead for multiple cross-functional Product Line Business Teams, developing new product offerings and marketing programs.
• Pro Forma responsibility on new product development, including IRR, payback period, and pull-through business with speed-to-market as a focus.
• Prepared competitive market analysis, market size & capture, pricing and margin from a Voice Of Customer perspective, and retirement of aging and under-performing product lines.

North Hollywood, CA

• $250M Aerospace Company / Move to Minneapolis MN for Job TransferFinance Manager of Pricing department with 3 direct reports, automating processes and negotiating multi-year, multi-million dollar Aerospace contracts.
• Ran Financial Planning and Analysis, developing Long Range Plans, annual budgets, and quarterly estimates.
• Valuation of acquisition candidates through pro forma, cost of New Product Development, and cost savings.
• Orchestrated physical inventory reviews and reconciliations, cycle counts and variance analysis, material transfers, update standard costs and review BOMs,
• Evaluated Excess and Obsolete inventory and set reserves.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting Theory And Practice

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Education record

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