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Responsible for all aspects of Argentum's financial operations as well as managing supply chain.Liaison to business partners for financial and supply chain matters.

Manage all financial aspects of the company plus Purchasing, Administration as well as HR. Reporting to the CEO.• Implemented accounting and purchasing policies• Developed and executed operational plans/budgets and company valuation• Performing month-end close and related accounting activities• Responsible for all aspects involving banks, insurance, benefits

Manage all financial aspects of the North America and Pacific region (~$200M Net Sales) with emphasis on the US business including Commercial Operations and Industrial/Manufacturing Finance. Manage 32 direct and indirect reports, including Information Technology and Purchasing• Successfully implemented cost reduction program (~-15%) across region.• Implemented new sales reporting system. • Restructured finance and purchasing organization to focus less on transactional and more on business support.• Remediated significant audit findings that existed before my start in this position.

Liberty, Mo, Us

Manage the Finance as well as Information Technology department. Twelve employees reporting to his position plus indirect reporting lines from locations in US and India.• Implemented new consolidation and analysis system (Longview)• Reduced overdue receivables by 45% and inventories by 15% • Implemented new transfer price process for Indian manufacturing site• Established new reporting process for management and board reporting

Ingelheim Am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, De

Managed marketing budgets for multiple pharmaceutical brands as well as relationship to three Co-promotion alliances including forecasting, budgeting, expense and revenue sharing. Manage three direct reports. Report to the Executive Director Forecasting and Marketing Controlling.• Responsible for financial reporting, expense and revenue sharing of three co-promotion alliances.• Implemented new reporting structure for Sr. Marketing Management.

Ingelheim Am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, De

Manage manufacturing finance, inventory control and forecasting for four manufacturing facilities in Missouri and Iowa. Have overall responsibility for cost accounting and establishment of standards for cost of goods sold (COGS) for vaccine and pharmaceutical products. Report directly to the Vice President of Finance.• Led the financial analysis that resulted in outsourcing most pharmaceutical manufacturing to another major pharmaceutical manufacturer to gain substantial economies of scale and save $4M to $5M annually over the 10 years of the contract. Was also instrumental in negotiating the contract.• Designed from scratch and implemented a complete and comprehensive manufacturing finance reporting system.

Ingelheim Am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, De

Led the financial integration of an acquired product line that had been acquired when the Pfizer/Wyeth merger forced a divestiture of some products by the combined entity. • Achieved day-one readiness in all relevant Finance, Purchasing, and Information Technology processes including Order-to-Cash, Purchase-to-Pay, month-end closing, monthly reporting, and acquisition closing. The two-month effort succeeded in enabling shipments of all products on day one.• Successfully integrated newly acquired Finance, Purchasing, and IT staff.

Ingelheim Am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, De

Managed the entire planning, budgeting, and forecasting process across five domestic business lines plus global inter-company sales totaling approximately $250M in annual revenues. Priced new products, established distributor pricing and standards for reimbursement and chargebacks.• Reduced the pricing process by almost two months and reduced the reimbursement cycle by 30 days.• Evaluated strategic projects and, as Finance Lead, was instrumental in closing multiple business-development deals and securing funding for R&D projects by one particular business unit.• Led the financial analysis that resulted in decisions to buy multiple vaccines and pharmaceuticals for companion animals, a deal valued at approximately $15M.• Led the implementation of new and innovative tools to advance the company’s analytical and reporting capabilities.• Designed and implemented a comprehensive planning and forecasting process.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Supervised a team of eight in planning and managing Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance audits for Financial, Marketing, and Sales operations.• Directed a high-profile investigation that led to the resolution of a long-standing hotline complaint.• Created and implemented a comprehensive Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) audit program.

Supervised a total team of 35 in managing all Financial, IT, and Customer Service functions of a subsidiary with total annual revenues of $120M. Reported to the Managing Director.• Negotiated an industry-first VAT refund by the government of $3.5M.• Led a restructuring effort that resulted in a 20% reduction of affiliate staff after government-mandated price cuts reduced profitability of some product lines. • Successfully negotiated the sale of the marketing and trademark rights of 3 products for the Turkish market, a deal valued at approximately $10M.• Led business planning and forecasting processes resulting in a realistic revenue target, enabling the affiliate to achieve plan for the first time in five years.• Successfully recruited and groomed a local successor and other talent

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Directed the work of a team of four in planning, forecasting, and management reporting for an entire sales affiliate with $500M in annual revenues. Led pricing and financial business-development support. • Led the financial analyses for 4 business-development deals with a combined value of $18M.• Led business planning and forecasting to create a realistic business plan that enabled the affiliate to surpass revenue targets for the first time in 13 years and profit targets for the first time in four years.• In 2003, assumed additional Manager Finance responsibility for Lilly Forschung GmbH, Hamburg, during a maternity leave. Supervised three employees at a research site.

Planned and monitored allocations of working capital and financial of affiliates in AsiaPacific, Japan, and China. Developed and implemented a hedging scheme for the Chinese affiliate.• Reduced overdue accounts receivable $2M in the Asia/Pacific region.• Acquired $5M in external financing for Chinese affiliate from banks in China.

Monitored financials for the German and Swiss truck market with annual revenues of $2B. Established pricing for a new truck model and led profitability analyses for fleet contracts with individual sales volumes of more than $45M.

Mba, Corporate Finance

Diplom-Betriebswirt (Ba), Accounting And Marketing

Abitur

Hs Diploma