Thomas Bell Email & Phone Number

Quincy, MA, US

Quincy, MA, US

Bay State Milling’s purpose is to provide food ingredients to promote the growth of healthful and affordable food choices for the consumer with a concentrated family-owned focus. The strategic intent to deliver growth with the next generation of plant-based foods in North America, and leading the industry with an array of plant-based ingredients is what.

Omaha, NE, US

• Privately held Fortune 500 mutual insurance and financial services company with 5,400 employees and approximately $8 billion in revenue. Multi-line organization providing individual and business solutions spanning.
• Director at Mutual of Omaha (8/2017 – 8/2018)
• Consultant CRi; Technology and Business Process solutions partner at Mutual of Omaha (2/2017-7/2017)Leading Accounting/Finance & Procurement segments across optimization and transformation initiatives.
• Developing and implementing Source-to-Pay strategies leveraging technical capabilities while reshaping internal business processes
• Business partner enabling Finance & Operational segments with new product operating agreements and investments
• Program management partner; developing a new operational framework streamlining stakeholder and finance project impact synchronization

Denver, CO, US

• Ardent Mills, LLC is a grain based product solutions joint venture of ConAgra Foods (n/k/a Conagra Brands), Cargill and CHS with 2,400 plus employees and plus $4 billion in net sales. Formed in 2014, the company offers.
• Program Management leading a 15 month rapid ERP implementation; Flour Milling, Bakery Mix and Specialty Bakery Joint Venture
• Introduced and led the principles of effective change management by connecting the people, process and technology; deployed the ADKAR (Prosci) model of change competencies complimenting the AGILE project management.
• Positioned rapid improvement work streams post ERP implementation; synergy realization and return on investment emphasis

Denver, CO, US

• Co-Lead the rationalization and selection process of a new ERP platform; Co-constructed the business case to attain Board of Directors endorsement
• Elected Business Technology Council lead; servant leadership and enterprise business solutions product owner
• Identified, recommended and implemented unification of process and practice change needs to enable transitional readiness to a single ERP platform

Chicago, Illinois, US

• ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) is one of North America’s leading packaged food companies producing branded, private brand and food ingredients in the B2B & B2C channels. A fortune 200 company with 20,000 plus.
• Strategic end-to-end enterprise business process leadership; project management champion emphasizing growth initiatives
• Innovation council chair leading blue sky strategy; cultivated 'what's next' or 'what could be' ideations spanning product offerings through interactive supplier and customer solutions
• Built and deployed Centers of Excellence team with a keen process optimization focus; Tactical change leadership; continuous improvement corporate segments to shop floor

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Top and bottom line finance/accounting leadership; $1.8B net sales for 23 production locations and headquarter administration; asset footprint and capital investment rationalization and realization; financial &.
• Risk management trade governance, policy, procedures and administration; external and internal audit engagement
• Operational Performance System lead; established plant KPI tool sets and performance metric oversight/engagement

Chicago, Illinois, US

• International grain trading; Europe, Middle East, North and South America; $2.0B net sales
• Joint Venture oversight; operational and financial; customer relations management; contract negotiations, supply agreements and long-term deal ratification
• Led finance teams located across the globe; financial business partner in the day-to-day trade; Sales, Procurement and Execution across multiple product lines

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Trading office supporting Central and South American destinations; operational finance of 20 domestic grain elevators supplying domestic and export demand; $1.0B net sales
• Sox 404 implementation and compliance lead; business unit financial statements; operational and trade metrics
• Regulatory trade compliance; federal, state and local financial compliance and reporting

Chicago, Illinois, US

• General & Operational accounting for 17 country grain elevators
• Internal accounting and operational field audit lead
• Financial, compliance and regulatory reporting

JP

• Guthrie Corporation LLC provided a full array of service offerings to the farming and ranching communities; local grain elevators and regional export terminals supporting the exportation of grain and timber.
• Led all accounting aspects of grain, feed, fertilizer, retail farm supplies and forestry segments
• Joint venture managing partner; decision rights and governance
• Managed banking relationship; lines of credit, loan covenants and cash flow

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Export Grain Terminal; Origination and Sales across a variety of cereal and row crop grains
• Created and led the FOB truck program; developed risk strategies for suppler best-fit programs
• Risk management strategies; trade margin management and logistics optimization lead

• Recruited to develop crop management programs; built new service offerings
• Led customized production programs to attain best-fit returns per client
• Demonstrated least cost economic modeling; production inputs and return realization