Good day,
Thank you for taking the time to review my profile.
I am a qualified Chartered Accountant [CA (SA)] currently based in Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom. I have extensive experience within the FMCG/Consumer industry, having thrived in the Finance function of multiple FMCG/Consumer businesses spanning the past 12 years.
In my current role, I am the FP&A Lead at Getir (10-minute grocery delivery business with > 100 retail locations). My core responsibilities involve partnering with the various HoD’s, reporting & driving the budgeting/forecasting & cash flow processes to drive EBITDA and working capital improvement, improve financial processes and improve the visibility of underlying costs.
Prior to emigrating to the UK, I was a Head of Finance at Tiger Brands (one of the largest food manufacturers in South Africa) in this role I provided business/financial support to the Customer Service & Logistics Director, Supply Chain Finance Director and various other Operations and Finance Directors/Managers. Previously, I held various senior finance positions at AB InBev/SABMiller, wherein I was responsible for their African Logistics operations, which covered more than 70 distribution centres, spread across 8 countries – in this role I provided business/financial support to the Africa Logistics VP and FP&A Director.
Some of my notable achievements include, but are not limited to, the following:
Whilst at Getir:
- Established the Supply Chain Finance function in the business (incl. 3 direct reports).
- Created bottom-up costing model and lead the forecasting process for Supply Chain.
- Developed new Tableau & Power BI dashboards to enhance the visibility of inventory losses/waste costs.
- Collaborated with colleagues to improve stock controls, drive down inventory days cover, reduce store salary costs (est. £8m pa saving) and sourced/negotiated various new indirect suppliers.
- Supported the month-end process with variance analysis, commentary, improved cost allocations and store profitability analysis.
Whilst at Tiger Brands:
- Established the Logistics Finance function in the business (incl. 4 direct reports).
- Developed new reports and tools which provided enhanced visibility and understanding of the logistics function.
- Developed new models to facilitate zero based budgeting and forecasting, with specific links to key operational KPI’s, such as: tons/load, km/load, fuel consumption etc.
- Managed/oversaw service provider costs and adherence to contractual terms.
- Negotiated new service provider contractual costs, KPI’s and terms/conditions.
- Also negotiated a >R200m credit to invoiced costs (± 25% of total invoices)
- Achieved our budgets for the past 3 years (2018 – 2020).
- Implemented new controls/processes to minimize stock losses.
- Partnered with Customer Service & Logistics Managers to deliver cost savings via increased direct distribution.
Whilst at AB InBev/SABMiller:
- Achieved our budgets for the past 3 years (2015 – 2017).
- Directly involved & lead the finance element of multiple cost saving initiatives/business cases, including the following:
- Performance based standards – annualised R123m saving & R730m cumulative NPV for full roll out.
- Customer mechanisation drive – annualised R30m saving.
- Depot benchmarking – annualised R5m saving.
- Developed and facilitated national training 3 years in a row for various levels of operational personnel on how to make better commercial decisions. The course consistently achieved top marks by its attendees.
- Developed new tools to improve the budgeting processes and improve monthly variance analysis understanding, all of which were linked to key operational KPIs, such as: mech %, direct vs secondary %; transporter mix %; drops/load, km/load, HL/load etc. – these tools are still in use today.
- Overhauled and centralized numerous month end and budgeting processes and calculations, which improved the accuracy of the calculations and freed up time for the finance staff at each site.
Other Notable Academic Achievements:
- Graduated Cum Laude and top of the class for the 2017 SABMiller Executive Development course.
- Placed 7th in South Africa in the CA (SA) qualifying exams.
- Graduated from the University of Cape Town with distinctions in Management Accounting & Financial Accounting.
- Placed 2nd in Glenwood High School matric class of 2001, with subject prizes in Mathematics and Additional Mathematics.
With my passion for problem solving, continuous improvement and willingness to learn, I sincerely believe that I can add immense value to your organization by bringing a tool kit comprised of leadership, strategic planning, attention to detail, training and superior analytical skills.
I would be pleased to review my credentials with you. Please feel free to contact me at the number below to arrange a time to speak.
Kind regards
Trevor Butler CA (SA)
