John J. Griffin

**** ******* ** - ******* ****, NY 10547

2786. E-mail:

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Senior Finance Professional experienced in all aspects of the manufacturing

environment. Excellent leadership and communications skills, with the

ability to lead and direct teams to achieve goals in support of company's

strategic objectives. Ability to work with and influence cross functional

teams and all levels of colleagues. Developed and managed budgets and

forecasts for foreign division's entire P&L. Explained year on year and

budget to actual changes. Modeled new product P&L's and efficiency project

P&L's, as well capital projects management. Managed Inventory Control

(department of 8). High level knowledge of SAP Accounts Payable.

Additional areas of accomplishments: Operations Finance; Brand Finance;

Supply Chain Network Optimization; Financial Planning and Analysis; Supply

Chain Management; Inventory Control; Cost Accounting; Trade Spend; New

Product Development; Capital Expenditures

Technology skills: Windows, SAP (COPA, FI, CO, MM, PP, SD) MS Word, Excel,

Outlook, PowerPoint, LotusNotes, MS Project, Accolade. Proven ability to

learn new computer software programs quickly.

Consulting Assignments:

PEPSICO, Valhalla, NY

Trade Spend Analyst (Gross to Net.) September 2010 - Current

THE DANNON COMPANY, White Plains, NY

Deployment Analyst March 2010 - April 2010

Materials Planner November 2009 - February 2010

DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP, Rye Brook, NY 1994 -

2009

(Formerly Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages and Mott's LLP)

Operations Analysis Manager 2004 - 2009

Analyzed manufacturing configuration and efficiency projects determining

the lowest delivered cost alternative, including component acquisition

costs, conversion costs, warehousing costs, and all freight charges,

including customer delivery charges. Costed / valued "as is" and "to be"

scenarios to determine the least cost alternative for company.

. Saved the company $1.8 million per year: Negotiated multiple

vendor/supplier agreements, partnered with Project Engineering to remove

equipment by auction and scrapping and was responsible for the disposal

of toxic waste in decommissioning and selling of Canadian plant.

. Generated $1.2 million in savings per year: Conducted due diligence,

presented cost justification and gained executive buy-in to expand

production capability of Hawaiian Punch to a second manufacturing

facility.

. Generated $600 thousand in annual savings per year: Analyzed the

manufacturing and logistics costs of Snapple production in the US and

Puerto Rico, presented recommendation and gained executive leadership

approval to move Puerto Rico production to United States.

. Managed Capital Expense requisitions for all Commercial Marketing

projects requiring change or new production capability. Provided written

and financial documentation as required by policy to enable process

changes and or new equipment to commercialize the projects. Processed on

average 20 projects per year.

John J. Griffin

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Special Project - Manager, Inventory Control and Operations Analysis

2008 - 2009

Position held concurrently with Operations Analysis position.

Selected to direct and manage five employees responsible for controlling

$65 million of inventory located in 29 co-manufacturing facilities and

eight third party warehouses. Audited physical inventories and reviewed

inventory reconciliations for these sites.

. Increased customer fill rate by four percent. Restructured

organization, reallocated work, redefined roles and responsibilities,

which enabled team to meet reconciliation deadlines.

. Utilized knowledge of in-plant SAP transactions in reviewing internal

SOX compliance mandates to positively influence implementation of SOX

controls.

. Forced off-shored A/P entry team to post invoices to profitability

segments as directed on the invoice. Taught manager and team lead how

to post invoices using this methodology.

Senior Business Planner 1998 - 2004

Developed, implemented and utilized financial planning and analysis tools

to drive and support strategic decision making and day-to-day management of

the company. CFO for Brand Teams.

. Budgeted and forecasted Cadbury Beverages Canada, Inc. entire P&L

($200 million CAD in sales) in SAP in two currencies. Utilized COPA

module to manipulate US Dollar SD pricing conditions into Canadian

dollars. Maintained planning versions in COPA.

. Increased senior level support for validity of company's $73 million

distribution budget. Changed metric from rates per equivalent case to

rates per hundredweight using unit of measure equivalents in MM

module. Partnered with SAP IT to upload logistics rates reducing two

weeks of manual input by five team members to 20 seconds in real time.

Improved process to include key logistics / operations managers in

validating line items.

. Delivered standard costs and distribution rates for next year's

Budget. Directed the participation of Purchasing and Cost Accounting

in developing yearly standards.

. Controlled and reviewed all company Capital Expenditures for financial

accuracy and completeness. Recommended approval to Finance Leadership

for follow up action.

Cost Accountant 1994 - 1998

Maintained the company's Standard Cost System in SAP, including labor and

overhead rates. General Accounting liaison with intercompany entities in

the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Mexico.

. Completed yearly calculation / input of standard costs, both in-house

manufactured and co-packed in Costing module of SAP. Validated G/L

balances in FICO during go-live.

. Generated intercompany transfer pricing between Mott's (US) and

Cadbury affiliates. Input transfer prices as SD pricing conditions in

SAP.

. Subject matter expert for copacking and intercompany sales

transactions during go-live. Analyzed SD condition types to COPA value

fields and validated FI postings.

Accountant, Advanced Distribution Systems, Northvale, NJ

Plant Accountant, OSRAM Sylvania, Maybrook, NY

Cost Accountant, Best Foods Baking Group, Bronx, NY

Junior Cost Accountant, Farberware, Bronx, NY

EDUCATION and TRAINING:

BS, Accounting, St Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA

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