Led team of 20 employees through three rounds of software testing and spearheaded successful ERP software implementation for the Order To Cash department hence optimizing the process of their $1.5 Billion in transactions; aligned business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvement and resolved issues through partnership with IT specialist Redesigned Order To Cash department’s customer facing and internal reports with new reporting tool (Oracle Business Intelligence) which resulted in improved efficiency and accuracy; ensured consistency across all departmentsProvided post-go live technical support for newly implemented ERP and Reporting software to a team of 30 employees and ensured successful transition through effective communication

Created a credit model using internal and external data from credit rating agencies in order to prioritize credit collection effort by magnifying Praxair’s exposure to credit risks thus minimizing risk and improving DSOBuilt a dashboard to measure the billing department’s key metrics as well as the individual team member’s performanceDeveloped dynamic accounts receivable aging reports using Cognos Studio to allow anticipation of past due balances

Constructed Margin Improvement toolkit magnifying opportunities to address under charged customers & prioritize contract renewal effort to de-risk potential for competitive pressure, generating $1.1 million of incremental marginPresented Margin Improvement toolkit to senior management so as to implementing the toolkit in other business unitConstructed price optimization models, accounting for cost to serve the customers, opportunity cost, customers’ point of view and net present value of future revenue/cost; facilitated contract negotiations of over $30 million of yearly revenueManaged sales budget of $650 million, architected a template for the consolidation of inputs from 25 sales people while incorporating growth targets; demonstrated managerial skills by successfully handling conflicts of interestEducated plant managers on company's profit and loss statements and key financial metricsTracked and analyzed regional business performance and delivered monthly presentations for regional PresidentOptimized processes in production of monthly reports, reducing process time by 90% and minimizing human errorAnalyzed customer-specific revenue streams and variable margins to pinpoint price increase opportunities, contributing in a $5.0 million impact on yearly revenueOptimized processes in production of monthly reports by automating procedures, reducing process time by 90% and minimizing human errorBuilt monthly reports and presentations for Regional President, evaluating regional underlying business performance

Calculated optimum reorder point minimizing holding cost while optimizing service level for more than 200 productsAnticipated the need in forward contracts for the rest of 2011 and 2012 for three currencies using previous years’ usage and adjusting for 2012 budgetsDetermined the need in net working capital as well as the company’s ability to pay their suppliers for 3rd quarter 2011 Created income statements by products and by costumers to analyze costumer-specific and product-specific profitabilityCreated a product costing for potential new products to assess marketability and potential profit margin

Audited and analyzed three years of financial statements while collaborating with employees, managers, lawyers, accountant, and real-estate agentPerformed first valuation analysis of the company and its real-estate portfolioAssisted in the negotiation of the price and the contract agreement with a website development company Examined the company website www.michelruc.com with Google analytics in order to provide direction to a team of two website developers to improve awareness and conversion rate using adWord. Created and delivered PowerPoint presentation to CEO and Accountant regarding financial situation of the company and provided strategic business recommendations using the analysis stated above

Purchased men's high-end apparel in showrooms for retailing from Zegna, Hugo Boss, Dirk Bikkemberg, D&G from Dolce Gabbana in Milan, Strasbourg and Paris with the store manager and ownerAdvised in purchases of 200,000€ of merchandise which generated 400,000€ revenueAnalyzed the target market and the sales statistics of previous seasons to determine order quantitiesLearned different negotiation style from multinational managers Provided ideas regarding the conception of company website, www.michelruc.fr, that were implemented

Sold high-end brand clothing using comprehensive product knowledge to reach sales goalsAnswered questions about the merchandise to assist clients with shopping experienceHandled over 2000€ in transactions daily