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PLANT FINANCE MANAGER
Summary

Finance and Accounting manager with a breadth of assignments at Procter & Gamble (P&G), specializing in change leadership, forecast management, and internal reporting and analysis. Leadership experience from five years of Active Duty service in the U.S. Army as an Officer with deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq.

Accomplishments
  • Earned two Bronze Stars (one with Valor) for service with Distinction in Afghanistan as a combat advisor.
  • Received Recognition Shares twice at P&G (only 3% of employees ever receive this distinction once).
  • Instrumental to driving Oxnard, CA plant's cost per unit to largest year-on-year (FY 12-13) improvement of any plant within Family Care category at P&G.
  • Consistently rated in top 20% of peers at P&G
Experience
P&G, Family Care Oxnard, CA Plant Finance Manager 07/2012 to Current
  • Received a positional promotion to Plant Finance Manager (PFM), from Plant Accounting Manager, after outstanding business results. Promotions of this nature are atypical within P&G.
  • As the most junior PFM within Family Care (six plants), orchestrated a financial plan that delivered the largest cost per unit decline in the category, a record year in production, and exceeded the company's Compelling Business Need (CBN) for cost savings by 7%, while also turning over 70% of my plant F&A organization.
  • Led a Family Care plant benchmarking exercise to identify cost savings opportunities in plant overhead spending (i.e. facilities, material logistics, etc.) which identified >$25M of savings.
  • Became one of the site's go to resources to help navigate and mitigate the impacts of the first Carbon Market Cap & Trade program in the U.S.
P&G, Family Care Oxnard, CA Plant Accounting Manager 08/2010 to 05/2012
  • Brought transparency, rigor, and trust to a plant financial forecast with an annual spend of $250M.
  • Took the initiative to develop a robust, bottom-up model to forecast $32M of wages and $13M of Employee Benefits with an accuracy of 2%.
  • Led the annual standard costing process for >300 brand codes utilizing Microsoft Project.
  • Implemented new standards to harmonize forecasts within the plants, in a way that partnered with operations and other multi-functional partners.
P&G Professional Cincinnati, OH Financial Analyst 06/2008 to 07/2010
  • P&G Professional serves the consumer Away from Home, in an entrepreneurial, high-growth business model.
  • Negotiated contract pricing with national and regional food service customers based on volume and costs to serve.
  • Responsible for customer profitability - developed innovative solutions to justify price increases during volatile commodity markets.
  • Coordinated the business unit's Fine Arts Fund charitable program leading to 100% participation - one of only two businesses in P&G to receive 100% participation.
US Army Fort Riley, KS Embedded Tactical Trainer 02/2007 to 05/2008
  • Served as a combat advisor to the Afghan National Army teaching their officers on the techniques of becoming a professional army (operations planning, logistics, intelligence, etc.).
  • Regularly operated in remote, heavily contested areas that inevitably led to close combat, which required decisive leadership, agility, and the ability to mitigate risk.
  • Took the initiative (as a side project to keep finance skills current) to develop a salary tracking system for the Afghan Army to bring more accountability to their payroll processes. The end product was usable in two languages (Farsi & English) and compatible with two date systems (Persian & Roman).
P&G, Home Care Cincinnati, OH Cost Forecaster 04/2005 to 01/2007
  • A difficult, crucible role for a new hire - illustrated by both my predecessor (with five years of experience) and my experienced replacement leaving P&G.
  • Managed a financial forecast of $1.2B across a wide range of products with different technologies - from dish soap to air fresheners. Critical to this role were close partnerships with Purchasing, Commercial Initiative Teams, and Plant F&A.
US Army Fort Lewis, WA Platoon Leader / Executive Officer 05/2001 to 03/2005
  • Held positions of progressing responsibility - led 16 & 21 person teams with associated equipment valued in excess of $30M - through certification process of Army's newest combat model.
  • Led reconnaissance platoon on multiple missions in Iraq without loss of equipment or personnel.
  • As Executive Officer, coordinated the logistical re-supply of an 800 person team via land and air (rotary & fixed wing).
Education
MBA: Finance 2012 Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
  • Through dogged determination, completed a MBA started in 2006 at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio which was disrupted by a deployment to Afghanistan. Resumed at Xavier upon returning.
  • By transferring to Pepperdine many credits did not transfer.
  • Despite the adversity, achieved a 3.8 GPA.
Bachelor of Science: Business (Transportation & Logistics) 2001 Iowa State, Ames, IA
  • Awarded four year Army ROTC scholarship.
  • Served as Hall President.
  • Worked part-time in department stores (Younkers & JC Penney).
  • Appointed cadet battalion commander (the highest student role in ROTC).
  • Graduated with Honors and Distinction.
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • P&G, Family Care
  • P&G Professional
  • US Army
  • P&G, Home Care

School Attended

  • Pepperdine University
  • Iowa State

Job Titles Held:

  • Plant Finance Manager
  • Plant Accounting Manager
  • Financial Analyst
  • Embedded Tactical Trainer
  • Cost Forecaster
  • Platoon Leader / Executive Officer

Degrees

  • MBA : Finance 2012
    Bachelor of Science : Business (Transportation & Logistics) 2001

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