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Burton, Oh, Us

United States

Co-Pilot to the Division General Manager Senior Finance Leader for $2B Pizza Portfolio Focused on driving results in short term & long term business and financial objectives. Leading through E2E Partnerships and collaboration in Multi-Year Business Strategy, Monthly Business Planning, & Annual Planning. Leading Integration of business processes, optimization of commercial spend, and delivering value creation. Generating insights & influencing results through E2E optimization & business transformation. Change Champion for Integrated Business Planning Pilot & Enterprise CascadeContinued Mentoring, coaching, and development resource.

Solon, Ohio, United States

Managing NUSA Sales East Portfolio (Sales Finance): $3B Portfolio.Driving long term sustainable, profitable growth through assortment optimization, promotion, trade management and pricing.Driving Strategic Contract negotiation and terms of sale governance & compliance.Successfully lead & implemented rollout program for NUSA Future of Finance Digital Capabilities & Behaviors

Solon, Ohio

Business Controller for Modern Health: $0.5B Portfolio.Lead and developed the critical strategic repositioning of the Modern Health Portfolio through a sustainable multiyear stabilization plan on Lean Cuisine, the Harvesting and Migrating of Fit Kitchen, Exit of Wildscape, and New Brand Launch of Life Cuisine. These actions have led to share gains since BH 2020, exceeded targets for 2021 and continued into positive OG in 2022.Served as Interim Expanded role as the Total Meals Portfolio Financial lead managing a $2B Portfolio. SPOC Lead prior to new organization structure in 2021. Key Accomplishments:• Lead E2E Nascar Value Stream Conception, Business Case Objective Approach for margin expansion and re-investment• Partnered with CCSD VP to Develop & support leading Meals First Weighted Power Ranking Tool with more robust financial metrics to maximize profitable growth contribution & continuing to support refinement through system integration (Power BI)• Lead Monthly Business Planning Process Refinement for Meals and Continue as NUSA Certified Trainer & Implementation Division Finance Lead• Contributed expertise on New Product Costing Standardization and supported insight and process mapping expanding to other divisions to replicate and launch a tool and process map based on sharing our way of working across campuses• Mentored and developed Senior Analysts, FMTs, Summer Interns and Cross Functional counterparts to support & elevate their continued Nestle career progression

Solon Ohio

Lead strategic multi-year business planning & forecasting and critical monthly financial commercial business planning activities that; drove overall market share gains, profitable growth, and delivery on continuous cost optimization while maximizing ROI through total commercial spend on a $2B portfolio.Key Accomplishments:• Supported and lead in the ideation, development, business case, and strategy to launch DiGiorno Snacking, DiGiorno Stuffed Crust 2.0, & DiGiorno Croissant Pizza; effectively implemented the transition of Outsiders Pizza into the portfolio following “test” in market & drove refined business case and key criteria for success and positioning• Lead and implemented as Commercial Finance Lead for the Total Foods Division “Project Fortune”; New Product Costing Standardization Process and Workbook to lead to improved forecasted costing accuracy • Acted as Foods Finance SGC Lead for Governance and financial assessment while actively establishing strategic portfolio management• MBP Reboot Process Trainer and Champion for roll-out & implementation on Pizza Division prior to other NUSA Division’s “Go-Live”

Solon, Ohio

Influenced optimal trade execution at an account level by reviews of promotional stacking, competitive trade promotions, and event execution.Key Accomplishments:• Lead Total Commercial Portfolio Reviews Quarterly with Division LT to provided visibility to profit & loss spending and volume goals with insights and recommendations to move promo depth/frequency and drive ED pricing averages in market by top retailers • Influenced key accounts & businesses to adjust annual plans to ensure promotional effectiveness on a sales/lift perspective as well as a trade cost/ROI perspective

Solon, Ohio

Maintained & Improved AR Portfolio for the DSD business (Nestle Pizza & Ice Cream) thru integration process for OH, PA, KY, & WV, along with CVS & Kroger (1000+ active accounts $15M~$17M Average AR Balance **annual portfolio revenue exceeding $1.2B)Key Accomplishments:• Lead SBT (Scan Based Trading) AR Management and key liaison to supply chain. • Lead and developed coaching for Collectors, PB2 (Promotional Billing Specialists), and APC’s (Account Payment Coordinators).• Post Audit Team Leader & Trainer for all large and small format customers; reduced trade spend expense claims in excess of 23%. Claims were between $5M ~ $7M annually for Pizza & Ice Cream Division.• Championed NCE in initiation process in Credit & Collections and developed Supply Chain “Go See Think Do” for SBT receivables process prior to departure and successful opening of the gate for the department.

Twinsburg,Ohio

Maintained & extended credit lines thru conducting regular financial reviews based on financial statements, D&B, Experian, and Global Credit Services. • Created enhanced processes for accurate credit hold controls while having seamlessly efficient & effective communication with Order Entry, Sales, Transportation, and the Logistics personnel. • Reduced the Average DSO from 4.6% to 1.2% in less approximately three months’ time.

Assisted in the preparation of the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement for two companies. Prepared inventory analysis, costing analysis, and complex sales analysis reports every month. Calculated and dispersed commissions.

Oversaw the firm’s issuance of credit, establish credit-rating criteria, determined credit ceilings, and monitored the collections of past-due accounts. Managed the AR sub-ledger, communicated with CS operations, prepared contracts, UCC Filings, leans and outlined conditions, as well as periods of loans, and rates of repayment.

Payroll Management, GL Entry, Accounts Payable Management, and Cost Accounting • Championed cost accounting project which resulted in a reduction of manufacturing overhead costs 8% and directly impacted and reduced COGS

Assisted in determining cost incurred as well as in determining prices charged for service based on labor & forecasted annual impacts.Managed tracking of warranty costs, audited repairs, and determined the cost of materials for repairs made & determined risk and opportunities based on actuals to forecasted YTG plan.

Responsible for all facets of the company's shipping and receiving/redistribution functions to ensure customer satisfaction with product delivery.Responsible for all inventory control and database management functions.Direct contact with customers, as well as customer service reps and shipping agents. Developed an MS Excel database and customer notification system to track blanket ordered finished goods inventory system.Improved customer satisfaction, reduced inventory levels, and eased burden on sales representatives.Re-organized distribution center resulting in more efficient used of storage area and improved workflow.Improved efficiency of distribution center operations by obtaining more appropriate and effective equipment.

Master'S Degree, Organizational Leadership

Bachelors Of Arts Degree, Accountancy/Financial Management

Financial Management/Accounting