Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Public/private finance executive and strategic business partner with significant cross-functional experience in sales, marketing, operations, treasury, mergers & acquisitions, and new product development. Challenge seeker dedicated to creating solutions to broad organizational challenges and influencing change.
• Led organization of 32 finance professionals in forecasting North American financial performance and supporting operational decision-making on $8 billion of COGS • Owned financial communication between North American operating segment and Supply Chain organization
• Led capital structure and strategy for $18 billion CPG company, including earning approval from the Board’s Finance Committee to change General Mills’ composition of debt • Redesigned Share Repurchase strategy, reducing acquisition price of treasury shares • Financed three acquisitions, divested Green Giant, and issued three tranches of euro-denominated bonds for a total of €1.4 billion • Owned communication with General Mills’ banking partners and credit rating agencies, maintaining stable credit rating throughout tenure
• Guided financial strategies of $1 billion brand, influencing cross-functionally to exceed targets • Led defense strategy for nationally-branded competitive entrant, resulting in 22% decrease in their distribution within 9 months; full distribution loss by end of calendar 2014 • Delivered fiscal 2014 profit goals despite significant headwinds including competitive entry