Greater Hamburg Area
International finance executive with 20+ years’ experience connecting business strategy to financial performance. Skilled in solving complex financial problems, optimizing processes, and developing leaders and teams. Recently focused on optimizing global supply chains for medical device and FMCG companies, building on diverse prior commercial finance and FP&A experience
• Report to the VP Finance, Global Supply Chain, and lead a team of 2 direct and 7 indirect reports • Serve as first point of contact and strategic counterpart for the VP Procurement and global team of ~400 FTE’s Financial responsibility for ~6 billion € of annual external supplier spend Initiated the use of AI to optimize raw material spend forecasts, with accuracy improvements of >50% Improved processes to coordinate financial and business impacts between Procurement and business units Led the Procurement leadership team in the development of a strategic plan to save 100 million € annually As of 2025 (Year 3), the program has over-delivered by ~20% • In April 2024, accepted additional responsibility as finance lead for the VP Planning & Logistics and team of ~400 FTEs Financial responsibility for ~1 billion € of annual distribution spend and ~1.4 billion € of inventories across 50+ sites Led the development of actionable financial reporting and corresponding operational KPIs Led the Planning & Logistics leadership team in the development of a strategic plan to optimize inventory levels and customer service while reducing distribution costs Initiated and co-led consulting project to define best in class freight cost managements processes, tools, and accountabilities across the supply chain and commercial business units • Co-developed and delivered interactive in-person Value Creation training for non-financial colleagues
• Responsible for the financial management of 11 manufacturing sites in Europe and North America, producing over 18 billion pieces annually, with over 3,000 employees • Managed all aspects of annual budgeting and forecasting, and presented monthly results to senior management • Led team of 4 financial controllers, with indirect managerial responsibility for the 11 plant controllers and their local teams (approximately 30 people) • Identified the need for and co-led (with VP of Operations and external consultants) the 2020-2025 strategic planning effort, with a detailed footprint analysis. Responsible for the corresponding financial analysis • Financial responsibility for up to 2 billion € annually, in cost of goods sold (raw material and conversion costs)
• Responsible for the financial management of 6 manufacturing sites in Europe, South Africa, and India • Led team effort to successfully complete pricing negotiations with a strategic third-party customer • Supported the BSN Medical merger with SCA (now Essity), focused on Operations Finance Led cross functional project to align both companies’ financial and operational reporting, and economic models
Responsible for the financial management of the annual cost of production at a large medical device manufacturing plant. Lead team of 5 Financial Analysts.
Held four positions of increasing responsibility in Marketing Finance for the Consumer Division of J&J. Responsible for sales of approx $800MM and related profit commitments across a portfolio of brands. Managed team of 3 Senior Financial Analysts. Responsible for strategic financial analysis, budgeting, financial reporting, and SOX compliance.
Worked with community to build 6 classroom school building. Initiated and coached secondary school basketball team. Worked with school to build basketball/volleyball court. Served as advisor to local anti-AIDS youth club. Taught Physics at local secondary school.
Responsible for the remediation of 200+ residential homes under Superfund. Completed all related engineering design work and field investigations. Completed design analysis and related construction cost estimates.