Sales Finance Director
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Christopher Y. Meyer
Career Objective Become a CFO - Over 33 years experience with General Motors including international
assignments within finance, planning, purchasing and engineering
DOMESTIC EXPERIENCE –GENERAL MOTORS
Finance Director – General Motors North American Finance
Present
Lead role to set up new Hummer company separated from GM ($1B start-up)
2007 – 2008 Purchasing Executive – Steel Resale Operations
Lead migration to new system for steel parts
Developed enhanced financial processes for steel resale buy/sell contracts
Finance Director, Controller’s Staff
2005-2007
1. Special assignment in Financial Shared Services
Resolved global inter-company billings issues
2. Finance Director, Information Systems and Services
Reporting directly to GM CIO (GM Group Vice President) responsible for total
financial reporting for about $3 Billion annual spend
Heavily involved in execution phase of new 2006 global service contracts and
structuring a global finance team to support new agreements
Working directly with major OEM hardware manufacturers to execute in-country
lease agreements throughout the world
2003-2005 Finance Director, Sales and Marketing GM Credit Card
Responsible for financial decisions on GM Credit Card operations including credit
card accounting, bank negotiations on revenue/fees, and special incentives for
incremental vehicle sales
Finalized bank negotiations with the 3 banks supporting the GM Card
Also responsible for major financial decisions for CRM including Call Centers,
Direct Mail, Employee Purchase Program, GM Racing, Advertising and Corporate
Marketing, GM Industry Analysis, and Fleet
1999-2003 Finance Director, Retail Incentives
Responsible for developing, coordinating, and announcing all U.S. dealer and
customer incentives (rebates, leasing, financing) totaling approximately $15 billion
annually
Required coordination with 5 regional offices, 40 marketing teams, and senior
management
Developed process for incentive development and for communicating with 8,000
dealers throughout the U.S.
During 1999, directly responsible for leading a team to introduce a web-based
incentive communication tool for dealers and all GM personnel
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1995-1999 Finance Director, Oldsmobile Division
CFO with P&L responsibility for a $7 billion vehicle division of GM reporting
directly to the General Manager/Vice President of GM
U.S. dealer network totaled 2,900 franchises
Developed organizational enablers for introduction of brand management which
began in 1995 at GM
Key role in trade-off decisions to improve market share and profitability which lead
to significant financial turnaround for Oldsmobile from 1995 to 1998
Key participant in managing GM incentive (customer and dealer) activities
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE – GENERAL MOTORS
1992-1995 Marketing Comptroller, GM of Canada (Toronto, Canada)
P&L management responsibility for a $6 billion division of GM marketing virtually
all brands of U.S. produced GM products across Canada to 1,000 dealers
Reporting to CFO of Canada and Finance Director for North American
Operations
Responsible for initiating and implementing a pricing/incentive management
process giving GMCL full accountability for their decisions (prior process required
approvals from Detroit)
Finance Director, North American Export Sales (Detroit, MI)
1989-1992
P&L management responsibility for all U.S. exports outside of North America
Sold and invoiced product to over 100 countries
Responsible for planning, developing, and implementing a migration of systems
and processes from this Division to GM of Canada for more efficient use of
company resources
Managed organizational 'chaos' from reduction in workforce during the above
migration over a 2-year period
1988-1989 Planning Executive, GM Europe (Zurich, Switzerland)
Responsible for Light Commercial Vehicle planning with emphasis on agreements
with Asia-Pacific suppliers (Isuzu, Suzuki, and Daewoo)
Reporting to the Vice President of Planning for GM Europe, this position was
established in July 1988 to manage the relationships with Asian suppliers to GM
Europe for vehicles and technology
1985-1988 Finance and Distribution Executive, GM Japan (Tokyo, Japan)
P&L responsibility for GM Export Distribution Company selling vehicles and
vehicle kits outside of Japan and outside of North America
Consulting assistance to GM Divisions/Subsidiaries in negotiating with
Isuzu/Suzuki
EDUCATION
1977 Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute - GMI)
Flint, MI
BA – Industrial Engineering
University of Michigan
1979
Ann Arbor, MI
MBA
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