Business Performance Manager - Financial Planning and Analysis

ISRAEL A. ESCOBEDO

**** **** ***, *** **** 786-***-****

Miami, FL. 33139 acqxuz@r.postjobfree.com

FINANCE EXPERIENCE

DIAGEO PLC Miami, FL

Business Performance Finance Manager (FP&A) – Travel Retail 07/13 – Present

Managed performance and planning of entire P&L and cash for Travel Retail business unit with over $270 million of annual sales comprised of customers in Americas, Europe, Russia, Israel, Cruises and Airlines. Achieved during last fiscal year an over-delivery of plan in Net Sales and Operating Profit.

Led and completed annual planning process for two consecutive years within a recently reorganized business unit and a complete new set of reporting tools.

Managed Financial Analysts in charge of marketing and overheads spend.

Created performance and forecasting reporting tool for new structure, integrating inputs from team of 4 commercial finance managers in the Americas, Europe, Israel and Russia.

Reported monthly performance to Leadership and Executive teams in Americas, Europe and Asia.

Created a reporting tool to monitor daily sales performance against plan, allowing all four teams to exceed sales expectations and achieve sales target at regional level.

Implemented new S&OP planning process to consolidate and report financial forecasts across 4 different geographical regions.

Commercial Decision Support Finance Manager – Travel Retail 06/12 – 06/13

Identified £3m of opportunities for incremental sales based on depletion trends by customer and by brand, standardizing analysis with a tool which allowed the ability to forecast out depletions, understand abnormalities and compare forecasts against customer’s stock in trade

Developed 1 and 4 year financial plans based on sales and category trends as well as market data and innovation plans.

Designed multiple tools to mainstream and standardize different processes such as reporting of promotional activities and payment of retroactive incentives and trade spend

H.J. HEINZ COMPANY Pittsburgh, PA

Finance Manager - Research & Development 06/11 – 06/12

Created system for coordination, forecasting and reconciliation of productivity efforts for a team of over 10 R&D employees, 10 Brand Finance members and over 4 other finance departments. Coordination resulting in delivery of $20MM in productivity

Managed Financial Analyst through process improvement for control of capital spend.

Managed forecast and reconciliation of 36 different cost centers totaling over $55MM of G&A for R&D and Quality departments. Transitioned 13 of these cost centers through a department-wide reorganization. Management of accruals and journal entries.

Managed development of standardized reports to increase visibility of spend on G&A, capital and factory trials

Sr. Financial Analyst – Business Planning 06/09 – 06/11

Managed entire financials for the premium meals (FY10) and the condiments and sauces portfolio (FY11), each worth approximately $250MM in sales. Supported 3 Brand Managers, 2 Directors and 1 VP.

Created profitability analysis for multiple new product launches with inputs from Sales, R&D, Marketing and Trade.

Analyzed trade spend across multiple brands and created plan to increase efficiency of spend.

Improved and set department-wide standard for analyzing competitive P&L statements

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION St. Joseph, MI

Sr. Financial Analyst Intern 05/08 - 08/08

Performed cost and pricing analysis of representative Duet products for use in projects aimed to increase profit margins by an average of 50%.

Assessed effect of volatility of CPI’s in Whirlpool’s direct cost and developed a long term plan for systemization of forecasting model saving $24K/year. Analysis and model will help development of mitigation plan for more than $1B in cost increase.

Enhanced and streamlined existing forecasting model by simplifying inputs and adding confidence intervals, volatility effects, and real price outlooks.

SUPPLY CHAIN AND OPERATIONS EXPERIENCE

GENERAL ELECTRIC – Transportation 07/03 - 07/07

Six Sigma Black Belt/Lean Leader (08/05-07/07) Denver,CO

Certified as Six Sigma Black Belt

Analyzed and implemented process improvements based on Lean principles across facility.

Decreased median and controlled standard deviation of Union Pacific’s locomotive maintenance process increasing $2.19 M/year of potential revenue for repairs and $1.7 M/year for overhaul program using Six Sigma and lean tools.

Trained 72 people and mentored 2 Green Belts on Lean - Six Sigma projects for more than $20K/year of benefits.

Operations Management Leadership Program (OMLP) (07/03-08/05) Various Locations

Rotated through roles of Contracting Agent, Production Technical Advisor, Supplier Quality Engineer and Supply Chain Productivity

Contracting Agent (Erie, PA) - Achieved 10% cost deflation through negotiation with suppliers

Production Technical Advisor (Grove City, PA) - Supervised 38 employees (3 shifts). Improved quality, production and safety.

Supplier Quality Engineer (Albany, NY) - Established approval process for suppliers from Asia. Increased execution rate by 30%.

Supply Chain Productivity (Erie, PA) - Managed approval process of Chinese suppliers. Increased number of vendors by 14.

EDUCATION

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, TEPPER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Pittsburgh, PA

Masters of Business Administration - MBA GPA: 3.8/4.0 05/09

Concentrations: Finance, Marketing and Org. Behavior.

INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY (ITESM) Monterrey, Mexico

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Business Administration GPA: 3.6/4.0 12/02

Six-Month Exchange Program: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

ADDITIONAL

Languages: English and Spanish (Fluent); French (Basic).

Software: Oracle Hyperion-Essbase, IBM Cognos Planning, Office Suite, Minitab, EZViews and AutoCad.

Certifications: Six Sigma Black Belt and Green Belt certified.

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