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R Bingham Owens

Asheville

Summary

Detailed Process Manager with over 20 years of experience in change management, process improvement and efficiency across a number of fortune 500 companies. Innovated new processes and positive impacted profit margins, efficiency and quality. Outgoing personality proven to win over stakeholders and successfully promote new methodologies. Highlighted Skills include Analytics, SQL, Project Management, Power BI, Data Bricks

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Business Process Manager, Forecasting & Replenishment

Ahold Delhaize USA Procurement / Peapod Digital Labs / Peapod
01.2014 - Current
  • Responsible for creating, testing and implementing all aspects of a Fact Based Consumer Facing Forecasting Model
  • Develop, Publish & Maintain All Reporting associated with Forecasting and Replenishment
  • Including Goal Templates, Forecast Accuracy, Inventory Levels, and Adhoc Reporting
  • Monitoring and Tracking Issues with Forecast
  • Project Management
  • Communication to Management and Team Members on projects, goals and results
  • Act as liaison between Replenishment Team, Analytics, IT and Management

S&OP Demand Manager

RGP – Resources Global Professionals
01.2012 - 01.2014
  • Created Raw Materials Demand planning template for a regional chemical manufacturing organization
  • Using SAP BI and standardized reporting mechanisms, End Product recipes, lead time and various manufacturing input specifications, created an analytical tool that provided when and how much of each raw material to order to ensure timely delivery of required raw materials to allow uninterrupted production of regionally specific forecasted demand of end products

Procurement Project Manager – Contract Position

Jones Lang LaSalle
01.2011 - 01.2012
  • Solely responsible for the Sourcing, Implementation and Configuration of eProcurement tool. Additionally, responsible for training of end users for this $3.6 Billion Global Real Estate Investment and Management company. Used Oracle, Coupa Software to successfully implement Procurement solution.
  • Identified and sourced a Procurement Tool to meet current world and future world needs
  • Reduced Days to Delivery from 14 to 4 days
  • Validated Business Needs and Training of End User Employees
  • Source, Implement, & customization of New E-Procurement(PO) Tool for all US & Canadian based employees
  • Train of End User Employees
  • Design Data warehouse and create Standard and Adhoc Reports

Senior Operations Analyst

Baxter Healthcare
01.2006 - 01.2010
  • Implemented Ariba in US and Canada.
  • Solely responsible for all spend and savings analytics within the Supply Chain/Purchasing/Finance department of this $4 Billion manufacturer of Healthcare related products. Used Cognos and MS Access to mine data and create financial models to identify and validate cost containment projects.
  • Identified significant cost savings opportunities up to and exceeding $40 million per year.
  • Created and implemented Global Spend Data Reporting Process to improve vendor management and identify cost savings opportunities. Evaluated EPR systems, Created vendor categorizations, consolidations and analytics for purchasing managers.
  • Reduced time to report Diversity Spend to Federal Government by streamlining process/procedures that extracts spend data on Baxter’s 25,000 vendors.
  • Maintained data warehouse to reflect approximately 400 new vendors per month as well as obsolete vendors.
  • All Adhoc reporting using Peoplesoft, Cognos, MS Access, MS Excel and SQL to mine data

Consultant

Robert Half International
01.2004 - 01.2006
  • Baxter Healthcare: Trained of Costa Rican/replacement staff accounting procedures as part of the outsourcing project & Maintained interest rate and foreign exchange swap schedules;
  • Hospira: Created Process Maps using MS Visio and Risk Control Matrix to document SOX compliance, Performed testing for the Control Environment & Recommend areas for improvement
  • LaSalle National Bank: Conducted Operational Audits of staff and Created Process Maps and Created of training manuals using MS Visio and MS Word, Trained of Indian /replacement staff accounting procedures as part of the outsourcing project;
  • Man Financial: Accounting process improvements, Tracked & Maintained Futures Operations

Senior Financial Accountant – Corporate Controls Group

Household International
01.2002 - 01.2004
  • Solely responsible for Escheatment of and the Due Diligence of unclaimed property for this $107.4 Billion subsidiary of HSBC, a $1,072 Billion global bank.
  • Setup, implement, maintain and performed all Due Diligence work relating to unclaimed property.
  • Established, implemented and maintained procedures for timely filing of State Escheatment Returns;
  • Reduced Escheatment Liability over $15.8 million;
  • Recognized 9 times with “Spot” awards by Senior Management for efforts;
  • Reconciled all accrued liability accounts relating to unclaimed property.

Senior Contracts Analyst

CIGNA HealthCare
01.2000 - 01.2001
  • Contractual analysis and analytical support of the Midwest regional hospital contracting negotiators for this $95.1 Billion employee benefits provider. Modeling of data relating to healthcare claims and cost structure of employer sponsored healthcare plans.

Senior Financial Analyst

Clark Retail Enterprises, Inc.
01.1999 - 01.2000
  • Mergers and Acquisitions and Budgeting process functions for this $1.5 Billion gasoline retailer, including over 970 retail stores. Mergers and Acquisitions activities relating to the purchase of and on boarding of independent gasoline retailers.

Senior Financial Analyst

Cancer Treatment Center
01.1997 - 01.1999
  • Budgeting process for over 350 cost centers, development of valuation model and extensive ad hoc reporting for this $250 Million health system. Budgeting process included creating cost center leave budgets and the consolidation of the annual entity wide budget.

Revenue/ Cost Enhancement Analyst

Mt. Sinai Hospital & Medical Center
01.1995 - 01.1997
  • Responsible for identifying revenues enhancement and cost savings opportunities for this $250 Million health system. Including Operational Audits, Medicare cost reporting and financial budgeting.

Controller

Vascular Diagnostic Laboratories
01.1993 - 01.1995
  • Day-to-day operations and all financial functions of this $2.0 Million medical services company. Negotiated with vendor contracts.

Education

MBA - Accounting

Loyola University
Chicago, IL

BS - Finance

University of Colorado
Boulder, CO

Skills

  • Data Analytics / Business Analysis
  • Project Management
  • Operational excellence
  • Business analysis
  • Workflow optimization
  • Process Improvement
  • Lean six sigma

Certification

  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
  • CPSM

Timeline

Business Process Manager, Forecasting & Replenishment

Ahold Delhaize USA Procurement / Peapod Digital Labs / Peapod
01.2014 - Current

S&OP Demand Manager

RGP – Resources Global Professionals
01.2012 - 01.2014

Procurement Project Manager – Contract Position

Jones Lang LaSalle
01.2011 - 01.2012

Senior Operations Analyst

Baxter Healthcare
01.2006 - 01.2010

Consultant

Robert Half International
01.2004 - 01.2006

Senior Financial Accountant – Corporate Controls Group

Household International
01.2002 - 01.2004

Senior Contracts Analyst

CIGNA HealthCare
01.2000 - 01.2001

Senior Financial Analyst

Clark Retail Enterprises, Inc.
01.1999 - 01.2000

Senior Financial Analyst

Cancer Treatment Center
01.1997 - 01.1999

Revenue/ Cost Enhancement Analyst

Mt. Sinai Hospital & Medical Center
01.1995 - 01.1997

Controller

Vascular Diagnostic Laboratories
01.1993 - 01.1995

BS - Finance

University of Colorado

MBA - Accounting

Loyola University

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