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Irvine, Ca, Us

Irvine, Ca, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Responsible for 8 manufacturing sites in CA, MN, Mexico, China, Netherlands, France and Ireland, supporting $1.2B in Revenue. Managing $500M in spend and $200M of inventory• Manage a matrix staff of 30 finance resources, developing and growing the teams financial and business partnering skills• Directed all financial reporting/forecasting functions including budgeting, expense forecasting and analysis, capital spend, inventory forecasting, financial reviews• Developed business cadence and consistently improved all financial reporting, and KPI's resulting in faster, more accurate reports with action plans useful to executive management• Consistently delivering annual cost down of 5% to support margin growth• Develop the five-year strategic plan – focusing on growth and earnings improvement, in concert with the Divisional GM and other executives• Drive NPV analysis for 2-5 new projects per year with expenses of $1-$40M

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Responsible for 2 manufacturing sites & 13 contract manufacturers• Responsible for the financial processes, forecasting of $120M in spend• Converted Covidien site to Medtronic reporting and financial processes• Manage a staff of 4 finance resources, emphasis on transition to MDT finance expectations• Identified & corrected balance sheet issues around inventory reserves, aging capital, and leases

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Responsible for one manufacturing site & two contract manufacturers• Budgeting – Identified $2.6M in errors; created valid CY budget• Turned 100% of team, developed new team, reducing closing time by 33%, account recs by 50%• Focus on cost reduction, 75% reduction in international overnight freight run rate• Identified & corrected several balance sheet concerns, including $1.4M misclassification of inventory, and $0.5M in-transit reconciling issue

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Responsible for manufacturing cost of two facilities• Acquisition – Managed financial conversion from Great Plains to SAP• Converted business from P&L focus to manufacturing productivity focus• Created comprehensive manufacturing and inventory closing packages• Reduce inventory by $2.7 million, 51% turn improvement in 14 months• Generated $0.5 million in favorable manufacturing variances in 2014 fiscal year-to-date• Business partnered with operations on direct labor productivity, product costs and yields

Boston, Ma, Us

• Responsible for manufacturing cost of three facilities• Managed five employees and generated $1.5 Million in variable cost productivity in 2008• Sale of $30 million medical division, with $4 million gain from sale• Closure of plant, generating $1 million in base cost savings

Boston, Ma, Us

• Responsible for managing $7 billion in inventory for appliance and lighting division• Managed schedules for 20+ factories, determining when production needed to be increased as well as when lack of work was required• Developed automated web interface to MS Excel model which reduced inventory forecast time from 3 days down to 6 hours

Boston, Ma, Us

• Ownership of material cost reduction for refrigeration product line• Engaged sourcing team to find alternative sources as well as negotiate lower cost from current suppliers• Set targets of 10% cost reduction in first year in role and delivered a 13% reduction on our side by side refrigerator line

Boston, Ma, Us

• Developed financial model for transacting with consumers• Responsible for financial results of new division, grew business 500% in 1 year• Worked on deals to develop alternative outlets, including Amazon and corporate partner stores

Boston, Ma, Us

• 4 month assignments covering Acquisitions, Integrations, Euro Implementations, and Financial Audits• Assignments in South Africa, Japan, Scotland, Singapore, Korea, China, Belgium, England, Texas, Georgia, and New York

Mba, Business Administration

Bs, Accounting