Regional Finance Controller - Amazon - North East/ Mid-South Regions
(2024-07)
- Managed the development of Weekly Business Reviews and Monthly Business Reviews for the two regions.
- Partnered closely with Finance and business leaders in Sales & Operations Planning and Production Planning Team to discuss financial strategy for the regions in addition to discussing monthly, quarterly and yearly metrics in the FC Financial Statements during Monthly Financial Reviews.
- Managed the Controllership of Salaried Headcount budget for the two regions. Partnered with the Internal Staffing Agency, Recruitment and Human Resources for hiring for the site and the region to ensure Headcount position is forecasted accurately, requisitions are filled in order to keep the region staffed appropriately.
- Managed the Controllership of Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders for the two regions. Identified controllership opportunities in PR and PO Central Accounting. Reduced dollar amount invoiced by 21% YoY by focusing on ECM spend and reduction of RME and Spare Part orders by working with the Network RME finance by placing guardrails around order quality and On-Hand accuracy.
- Managed and audited CAPEX, OPEX spend and managed NBV0 assets for the two regions. Created a network training module to train Senior Operations, RME, IT, Safety, LP and Procurement teams on how to complete ECMs, CARs and track project spend. Created a weekly cadence around reviewing and validation around comprehensive business case and assumptions for each site by creating an WP &ROI template and intake portal.
- Managed and audited the Employee Relations budget for the two regions. Reduced regional spend by 13% YoY and met budget expectations for 2024. Created an ER tracker for each region and partnered with Operations and Human Resources on planned spend quarterly and ensured execution of PEAK spend and activities for each sites associates.
Multi-Site Finance Manager - Amazon - Tampa, Florida
(2022-11 - 2024-07)
- Managed Total Cost Ownership (TCO) for two sites. Working with Senior Operations and Finance Peers to identity cost savings beyond the FC walls focusing on Labor hours usage and management wasted hours withing FC process paths. Created a scorecard for Florida Regions RFMs to identify opportunities in key material process paths and leakage hours utilizing SQL. RFMs used the report during DBR and WBR to create a glidepath to reduce the number of indirect hours used to the operation. Since the ince
- Managed Month End Close (MEC) for two sites. Analyzing opportunities in FCPU, VCPU, Employee Relations Spend, Capital expenditures and productivity reporting to and working with Senior Operations teams to develop actions plans for the site. Identified an opportunity in Facilities 5s overspend. Partnered with RFM a created an action plan for sites in the Florida Region to identify where individuals were staffed at jam points and created a glidepath to reduce Facilities 5's overspend. Partnered wi
- Developed innovative financial solutions to address issues, automate processes, and drive operational, business, and financial improvements, including enhanced controllership. Identified an opportunity in driving indirect rates by driving SME rates. Previous Year, one site lost on average 3836 hours per week against SME guidance with the largest opportunity being derived by Pack Support (1.7K weekly average hour lost) and Pick Support (957 weekly average hour lost). Utilizing our monthly All Man
- Cultivated team excellence through effective onboarding, continuous development, and unwavering support. Provided performance accountability and mentorship for junior finance and business team members. Onboarded and successfully trained and graduated 3 members of the ORFP (Operations Finance Rotational Program) to various finance roles across the network.
- Championed team and community engagement while serving as liaison for Finance with external organizations such as BLM and Feeding America.
Launch Operations Manager - Amazon - Wichita, Kansas
(2020-07 - 2022-11)
- Led facility launch team achieving 41% improvement in operational metrics
- Developed network-wide Tamper Monkey script for training verification
- Served as regional SME for Pick operations and Cost Champion initiatives
- Generated $395,770 annual savings through quality improvement initiatives
- Implemented network-wide process improvements at benchmark site
Complex Store Manager/ Regional Fresh Operations - Walmart - Kentucky-West Virginia Region
(2018-08 - 2020-08)
Responsible for operations with the largest retailer in the world "Fortune1" exceeding in $100+ million in annual sales. My responsibilities include the training and development of over 500 associates, 34 Department Managers and 12 members of management to quickly adapt and deliver exemplary results through servant leadership. Specializing in the operations of Merchandising, Health & Wellness, Human Resources, Fresh and Grocery.
Created community outreach programs to leverage relationships with local governance in the community.
- Managed $100M+ annual sales operation with 500+ associates
- Achieved 17.9% sales growth and 15.4% fresh department sales increase
- Led regional fresh operations training and development programs
- Successfully completed two major store renovation projects
Store Manager/ District Drug-GM Fuel Coordinator - Kroger - Louisville Division, Louisville Kentucky
(2009-06 - 2018-09)
Responsible for the overall day-to-day operations of several "Fortune 25" national grocery chain stores exceeding 1M in weekly sales. My responsibilities included the coaching and development of over 225 store associates, 20 Team leads and 12 members of management to achieve sales and EBITDA results. Managed inventories more 60M in annual sales ensuring product quality through company standards, improved and innovated operational standards while maintaining costs through 4 stores I was responsible for.
During my role in corporate as Drug-GM Fuel Coordinator operated out the Louisville Division office. My role was to assess each store via diagnosis and was responsible for district inventory ordering, overall inventory metrics, merchandising standards and negotiating sales events in addition to special Vendor programs. Leading 20 stores to over 110 million in annual sales.
- Directed multiple stores exceeding $1M weekly sales
- Led 20-store district to $110M+ annual sales
- Improved EBITDA by 162 basis points YoY
- Named Top Store Manager in District (2016, 2017)
- Achieved 12.5% e-commerce sales penetration
