Business Partner to Senior Management including : Workforce Planning, People & Location Strategy, Talent Strategy and implementationLead HR Policy and Practices for Mainland Europe.Global Lead for Key People initiatives e.g. Onboarding Process, Career DevelopmentLeading a small team in Mainland Europe

Managed and co-ordinated the Implementation of the Oracle R12 ERP Finance System throughoutEurope within a very short time frame.Implemented Balanced Scorecard KPI’s throughout the Division to focus on improving andmonitoring business performance.Interim Managing Director of the German Subsidiary July 2016 - Interim Managing Director of the Geneva Subsidiary Oct 2015 - June 2016Being a Business partner to the CEO’s in Switzerland and the UK focusing on business growth, costreduction and advising concerning business strategy.Detailed due diligence relating to a potential acquisition within the Far East.Improved the accuracy and the detail of the annual budgeting and monthly forecasting process.Ensuring all revenues within the division adhere to US GAAP / IFRS revenue recognition Guidelines.Responsible for the recruitment and dismissal of employees and Business Partnered the CEO in changing the Organisational structure and mentoring.

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Finance- Monthly and Quarterly Forecasts- Annual Budgeting Process- Improvement within the Internal Controls and Risk Management of the business (confirmed by the high Internal Audit Score achieved)- Optimisation of business processes which has led to headcount and cost reductions- Management of the European Head Office Costs and subsequent recharge - Completion of the Annual and Quarterly Accounts as per IFRS- Completion of the Annual accounts according to Swiss GAAP- Optimisation of the Cash Flow of the 3 Swiss Branches and 4 Dutch holding companies- Treasury Management and currency hedging through options and forward contracts- Facilitated Strategy and Vision Workshops within the Senior European Management Team Conferences Human Resources- Completion of Senior Management Employment Contracts- Co-ordination of the Salaries, bonuses and benefits across Europe relating to the Senior European Management Team.- Controlling of the Ex-Pat tax situation according to Swiss employment law

- Business Partnered the CEO to rapidly grow the Turnover and profitability during this period- Appointed head of cost reduction projects focusing on material costs, cost of non-conformance and overheads. - Wrote and negotiated Long Term Supply Agreements with key suppliers focusing on Cost, Quality, delivery and responsiveness as part of the Cost reduction program.- Implemented a complete Balanced Scorecard Performance Measurement System. .- Implemented standard costing and OBU Management Accounting system when the business changed from an SBU to OBU.- Optimized the Internal Control and Financial Risk Management System and reporting.- Defined and implemented HR strategy incorporating the four HR strategic areas of, Resourcing & Skilling, Learning & Development, Performance Management and Strategic Awareness & Alignment.- Initiated and implemented an employee introduction program, career development planning incorporating skills gap analysis, training programs, appraisal process, culture change initiatives, benchmarking employee benefits within the industry, coaching of departmental managers on organizational and people issues, exit interviews and defined local HR Policies and procedures. This resulted in best in class in the group employee retention levels, due to the optimized levels of employee satisfaction, motivation and performance. - Implemented an SAP system (FI/CO/MM/SD)- Management of the Export Department

- Sales and Marketing of Powerjog running machines throughout Europe- Successfully managing UK and European distributor base, key accounts and direct sales staff.- Conducted market research to define customer needs and then defined and implemented a marketing and sales pricing strategy to increase revenues.

- Improved the timeliness and accuracy of the monthly management accounting, the year end reporting requirements and the internal controls.- As customer service manager, I conducted a thorough market research program with our customer base, restructured the service department and processes and response times were significantly improved from 9% to 64% within 1 year.- Human Resource Management incorporating the selection, recruitment, appraisal and dismissal of personnel.

- Managed Audit teams and was responsible for presenting internal control systems and procedures recommendations to senior management.- Designed and improved Audit programs.