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Elburn, Il, Us

Director of Accounting

Irving, Texas, Us

Supplier of Building Materials and Aggregates.• Developed pricing strategy to increase revenue 10% and maximize profitability.• Created multiple strategic analysis studies to profitably grow revenue and capture market opportunities.• Analyzed monthly revenue and operational results, driving a 12% operational efficiency boost.• Conducted impactful ad hoc studies, contributing to a 30% increase in team productivity.• Developed KPI tracking and review process for Sales Managers resulting in improved efficiency.• Proficient in analytical systems and software tools (SAP, Tableau, PowerBI, and MS Office) to develop and report results analysis, customer trends and recommendations to senior executives.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation.• Developed product lifecycle strategy to create technology roadmap from concept to end of life to satisfy customer requirements and strategic direction.• Directed wireless gateway software and hardware development, user interface, and deployment strategy to meet customer requirements. Communicated roadmap, marketing strategy, and product launch status to customers and stakeholders.• Achieved revenue and gross margin plan with strategic roadmap while meeting global sales forecasts, expense budgets, and KPI’s as part of P&L achievement. • Directed technical resource plan that aligned Division’s product plan and site strategy, ensuring staffing of global resources to meet client and business solution requirements.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

• Implemented disciplined expense initiative for budget approval, cost modeling, reporting cadence and SLA practice, resulting in $1.6M decrease in CAPEX and OPEX while meeting customer satisfaction, schedules, and business targets.• Managed Product Management team for Agile, Scrum, and waterfall software and hardware product development.• Created and implemented 3-year global lab site strategy resulting in 31% decrease in lab space and $1.5M in annual expense savings. • Led management of Partnership Program with strategic sourcing strategy that exceeded customer and business requirements, key metrics, and enhanced service plans. • Managed, trained, and coached team of 15 for operational initiatives, ROI business case development, product planning, sourcing, and expense budget management process.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

• Led product portfolio of customer solutions from concept, market planning, deployment, and end of life. Managed multi-year product roadmap, pricing strategies, forecasting and customer engagement strategy to meet continuous improvement strategic direction.• Led Partnership Program, relationship management, marketing, market sizing, and product strategy to meet sales requirements, strategic direction, and business requirements.• Directed annual budget with 32% decrease in expense charges from partner organizations.• Delivered Executive Team presentations of business reviews, business cases, and customer requirements. • Led product lifecycle management of partner gateway solutions for best-in-class features, architectures, and technology roadmap. • Partnered with global product teams to develop and deliver marketing communications, process development, and product strategy for product launches and proposal development.

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