Experience

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  Asian paints

  Jan 2001 - Jul 2004

  Handled Branch Accounting related to sales for Jalandhar/Ludhiana Branch

  • Office Incharge

    Jan 2002 - Jul 2004

  • Accountant

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2002
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  Usha international

  Jul 2004 - Jan 2005

  Account officer

  Effectively handled Sales Accounting for four states (Punjab, Haryana, HP, J&K) and payroll.

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  Pepsico

  Jan 2005 - Jul 2008

  Joined as Agro Commercial Officer - Channo Plant & attained promotions to Sr. Agro Commercial Officer (Sep’06 - Feb’07), Sr. Executive -Agro Commercial (Mar’07 - Aug’07)• Responsible for Annual/monthly and weekly Budget/procurement planning and analyses of variance analyses for Agriculture products. Ensured no major variances in forecast vs actual for Frito Lay entire agronomy business.• Responsible for preparation of Seed Pipeline working for management review with horizon of future four year • Analyzed, coordinated, & finalized the seed sale price for FL variety and buy back price in collaboration with Regional Managers to ensure exclusivity of the program• Independently managed (on every year basis) potato logistics for in-bound freight of Rs. 12 - 17 Crores; and negotiation with vendors for non-potato purchase of Rs. 7 crores.• Merit of closely working with SOX & SAP team for mapping agro ‘As is Processes and to be Process’• Acknowledged for independently managing potato logistics for inbound freight of INR 12-17 crore on yearly basis, and negotiating with vendors for non-potato purchase of INR 7 crores Lihat lebih sedikit

  • Asst Manager Commercial

    Jan 2007 - Jul 2008

  • Senior Executive Agro Commercial

    Feb 2007 - Jan 2007

  • Senior Agro Commercial Officer

    Sept 2006 - Feb 2007

  • Agro Commercial Officer

    Jan 2005 - Sept 2006
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  Cargill

  Jun 2008 - Apr 2012

  • Ensuring regular review of regional & All India Business performance, cost component analyses and reasoning • Leading the control agenda for the North Sales Region and supervising internal financial policies, processes and controls as per the requirement• Evaluated & resolved Sales Tax and VAT related issues for North region with the department, and ensured timely submission of monthly/quarterly/annual return• Analyzed creditworthiness of distributor and established control in accounts receivable for the region• Got the opportunity to perform additional responsibility of Institutional (B2B) Business for the period Oct’09 - Dec’09 Lihat lebih sedikit

  • Deputy Manager Business Analyst

    Jun 2011 - Apr 2012

  • Deputy Manager Commercial

    Jan 2010 - Jun 2011

  • Assistant Commercial Manager

    Jun 2008 - Jan 2010
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  Mccormick & company

  Apr 2012 - Apr 2020

  • Spearheading commercial finance function and ensuring profitability maintained as per Budget/Forecast and right pricing for our products & for value chain. • Worked closely with sales, R&D, Industrial & marketing team for new business segment development like spice’s range, ready to eat, ready to cook product range and for new product development as per McCormick long term strategy. Independently worked with key industrial customers for three months and closed few products pricing during absence of industrial sales head.• Successfully delivered SAP implementation project within short timeframe and budget. All changes due to external environment (like GST) were also factored in. Team of 20+ motivated people has delivered the project successfully ensuring change management has been effectively communicated through workshops/trainings. • Actively worked with management & PWC for strategic projects like redefining Route to market strategy for Kohinoor Speciality. • Headed GST implementation project covering impact analyses & change management. PWC was supporting us on this project.• Annual operating plan, Financial Planning, Monthly reporting, Forecast, Business MIS, PNL.• Collaborating with Director Marketing & Director Sales in regulating the A&P Budget, Sales Target & Incentive Plans. • Developing & deploying finance/accounting policies & standard operating procedures, administering their implementation, as well as providing relevant financial analysis to facilitate business decision making. Lihat lebih sedikit

  • Factory Controller

    Jan 2017 - Apr 2020

  • Project Lead Sap Implementation

    Jan 2016 - Jul 2017

  • Commercial Controller

    Apr 2012 - Jan 2016
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  Cargill

  Apr 2020 - now

  Key Business partner to drive profitability for $200Mn+ Business by providing actionable insights, Partnering in Decision making, Scenario Planning & challenging the status quo. Partner to experience $100Mn+ Capex Project and provide actionable insights to deliver committed financial performance.Resolved interpersonal challenges within different finance streams to deliver consistent financial performance as “one Finance team” supported by key initiatives like “No Agenda Call,” “Finance-One,” & Investor callLed a couple of cost-saving initiatives, including competition benchmarking, resulting in plant initiative to bottleneck capacity and performance improvement.Cost to serve analysis to identify Business opportunities from improving PNL by $2Mn.Led twenty-four months IBP process & Enabler for Key business strategies Simplified IBP (Integrated Review, Supply Cost Review, MBR), monthly performance review, & Plant performance review by adopting modern technology like Power BI Partnered with the Risk management team to keep Raw material cost low.Recognized with FIBI Financial Expertise Award, FIBI Proactive Partnership Award, FIBI Growth Mindset Award, APAC A&F WoW Award, CSST Asia Horizon Award Lihat lebih sedikit

  • FP&A Lead Cocoa SEA

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

    Nov 2021 - Mar 2024

  • Regional Finance Lead DS CSST SEA & India

    Apr 2020 - Nov 2021