Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Born in Germany and raised in the US, I have lived outside of my home country for most of my life. After having graduated the Finance & Investments MSc at Erasmus University, I started working at Nike in Football sales. My passion lies within sales/sales planning, working with a strategic mindset and strong analytical skills. Having worked and studied in 8 countries, I learned to adapt to various cultures and still enjoy exploring more.
- Developed strategic plans to maximize revenue and profitability - Assisted X-functional alignment between sales, planning, categories, and client - Worked with the account director to effectively plan the P&L, to create long range forecasts and to manage a 3-year rolling plan - Shared insightful analyses with EMEA senior leadership team through weekly scorecards, seasonal teardowns and stock & sales plan - Maintained a strong forecasting process of seasonal purchase with account team - Collaborated with account and key stakeholders to develop and manage the top-line and bottom-line financial plans across categories, gender, and product engine - Stayed aligned with brand and marketing to maximize seasonal launches and events
- Worked in the Graphic Solutions Business for EMEA, helping with the implementation of the new “PageWide” Pay-Per-Use (PPU) Concept - Assisted with improving and explaining the new pricing tool; Planned meetings and held presentations to update the HP Teams of 8 market places of the new PPU features - Prepared a list of new potential customers based on printing trade show feedback - Helped initiate strategic actions to expand the customer base for two markets in collaboration with the particular HP country teams - Took the Gallup Strength Finder Test - Completed the Huthwaite International sales and negotiation training (with HP partners).
- Contributed in the audit and report generation of individual and consolidated financial statements - Electronically documented the audit procedure - Identified risks and control mechanisms by performing process mappings and control tests - Assisted in the audits of: assets, receivables, inventories, cash, liabilities, provisions, and positions of the income statement - Evaluated balance confirmations - Performed the monitoring of inventory - Supported with the position report and appendix check - Plausibility check of financial statements - Compiled excel transition checks for audit - Input and evaluation of Journal Entry Testing reports - Reconcilement and consolidation of the reporting packages - Prepared presentation for final meeting with client - Assisted in the audits of six companies
- Assisted in the development of monthly financial reports provided to senior management - Reviewed dealer composites and performed comparison analyses - Was trained in the Porsche software tools to use key performance indicators - Involved in projects such as electric vehicle charging station capacity planning and road to growth template for a new Porsche model launch (using excel) - Prepared an excel budget template for the annual premier dealer event 2012
- Did supporting work at tooling machines in the gears production area of the firm