Katherine K. Sabatelle
Poughkeepsie,NY
Summary
Experienced leader with a track record of strategic planning and success in a fast-paced corporate setting. Seeking to leverage skills and transition into a new position. Proven ability to drive organizational change and improve operational efficiency, consistently delivering results. Eager to apply strong leadership abilities and strategic thinking skills to tackle new challenges and seize exciting opportunities.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Director Business Operations and Cost Management
Stadium Goods
03.2022 - 01.2025
- Led cross-functional teams to successfully meet budgets, deadlines and operational KPIs. Allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability across Fulfillment, Inventory, Asset Protection, and Customer Service.
- Delivered Financial business plans, $8+ million spend for all areas of operations, strategized ways to improve cash flow and increase revenue to improve profitability
- Achieved departmental goals by developing and implementing strategic plans and initiatives. Improved KPIs and inventory accuracy, and reduced Warehouse CPU
- Streamlined operations for increased efficiency with process improvements and automation, which generated over $18 million in SG&A savings. Including 3PL Contract negotiation, Implementation of auto packing machine, introduced drone cycle counting and identified transportation savings
- Partnered with cross-functional teams to successfully launch new platform (Shopify) and implement Fraud protection with Forter.
Sr. Director of Finance and Accounting
Stadium Goods
09.2019 - 03.2022
- Provided finance leadership through understanding of SG business, proactively problem solving, and direct cross-functional interaction to ensure all teams met SG financial goals
- Lead Commercial Finance by providing insights and reporting into supply/demand activities, promotional activity approvals and acted as Channel Lead key financial partner
- Delivered monthly financial forecasts and3yr/annual budget plans of $300 million GMV, improved take rates and margin performance
- Created executive presentations with key financial updates, risks and opportunities. Outlined monthly results vs budget, provided strategic recommendation to improve results, optimize opportunities and reduce risk areas.
- Managed all Financial Operations such as HQ Accounting month end close and reconciliations, Headcount plans and strategic initiatives, SOX implementation and testing, Cashflow Management, SG&A actuals across all functional teams vs budget, and Inventory management, counts, and supply
- Facilitated seamless HQ Finance centralization of all accounting and finance activities, ensuring minimal disruption to ongoing operations while integrating teams effectively.
Sr. Manager, Brand Funding FP&A
PepsiCo
10.2018 - 09.2019
- Ownership of all promotional funding offered by PepsiCo to both Pepsi Bottling and Franchise operations, ~$100-200 million in annual funding
- Budgeted, and monitored the spending of all coupon offers, brand specific funding, license revenue, and Marketing funding
- Tracked all space funding by location by customer
- Provided insights and recommendations on brand performance risks and opps by location
Sr. Manager, PCUS FP&A
PepsiCo
05.2016 - 10.2018
- Ownership of PCUS AOP & Forecasting process, including leader of forecast calls/discussions, submission of Early Read vs Forecast, several template and other analytical submissions
- Ensure all volume reporting is aligned with forecasting and AOP guidance for PBC, FBU and PNF
- Ownership of Total PBC US Brand P&L, including period updates, enhancements, reporting, analytics, and distribution to various Finance teams & Sr Leadership for Actuals, Forecast and Plan
- Work cross functionally with several teams to ensure accurate forecast submissions and timely deliverables
- Created several enhancements to PCUS processes such as Brand P&L reporting, NOPBT cause of change, waterfall templates, AOP plan templates, and Tax worksheet submission files
- Improved SOX reporting and automation
- Developed PCUS Concentrate Shipment forecasting process
Sr. Manager Retail Trade Spend
PepsiCo
10.2012 - 04.2016
- Partnered with functional teams to develop and implement new trade spend system (TPM)
- Created a customer P&L analysis comparing CY vs PY actuals, identifying key drivers of activity
- Created scorecards for Regions to monitor and expose leadership to financial activity
- Improved deliverables for P&L and Balance Sheet analytics
- Improved accuracy in cash flow forecasting & streamlined process to include analytics
- Leveraged leadership and experience to restructure internal retail trade accounting team
Sr. Manager Field Financial Reporting
PepsiCo
09.2010 - 10.2012
- Assumed ownership of all 8 Region financials, accounting processes & procedures
- Coordinated with Region Senior Leadership teams to create a reporting tool which identifies key variances between actuals and forecast
- Met monthly with HQ FP&A to understand an align on field processes, initiatives & business drivers
- Created cash flow tool at Region level to assist in forecasting balance sheet accounts
- Improved restatement process by creating time saving efficiencies (6 days)
- Rolled out account reconciliations standardization to ensure all regions and acquisitions were consistently reporting balance sheet activity
- Leverage leadership and experience to lead cross functional update meetings to ensure process & policy alignment between PAS and PBC
- Created “Playbook” for new Finance teams
Sr. Manager Acquisitions
PepsiCo
04.2010 - 09.2010
- Led team through 3 acquisitions (Ab-Tex, Yuba City & PAS/PepsiCo)
- Leveraged cross functional business relationships to successfully perform Due Diligence reviews, account mapping, system integration and transition of processes and procedures
- Utilized Field Financial Reporting experience to create balance sheet & P&L reviews, training on Q-Schedules, and provided on-site training for Chicago staff
- Led cross-functional teams to achieve project milestones and deliver high-quality results, including developing financial plans and restatements
Manager Field Financial Reporting
PepsiCo
12.2006 - 04.2010
Supervisor Field Financial Reporting
PepsiCo
05.2002 - 12.2006
Sr. Accountant Field Financial Reporting
PepsiCo
01.2001 - 05.2002
Accountant Field FInancial Reporting
PepsiCo
01.2000 - 12.2000
Education
Bachelor of Science - Economics & Management Science, Mathematics
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, NYSkills
- Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, D365
- Oracle
- Tableau, Looker & Business Objects Reporting
- Essbase Finance & Sales
- Highly motivated
- Financial management
- Drive for results
- Strong analytical & problem solving skills
- Effective Leader
- Collaborative leadership
- Team management
- Policy development
Timeline
Sr. Director Business Operations and Cost Management
Stadium Goods
03.2022 - 01.2025
Sr. Director of Finance and Accounting
Stadium Goods
09.2019 - 03.2022
Sr. Manager, Brand Funding FP&A
PepsiCo
10.2018 - 09.2019
Sr. Manager, PCUS FP&A
PepsiCo
05.2016 - 10.2018
Sr. Manager Retail Trade Spend
PepsiCo
10.2012 - 04.2016
Sr. Manager Field Financial Reporting
PepsiCo
09.2010 - 10.2012
Sr. Manager Acquisitions
PepsiCo
04.2010 - 09.2010
Manager Field Financial Reporting
PepsiCo
12.2006 - 04.2010
Supervisor Field Financial Reporting
PepsiCo
05.2002 - 12.2006
Sr. Accountant Field Financial Reporting
PepsiCo
01.2001 - 05.2002
Accountant Field FInancial Reporting
PepsiCo
01.2000 - 12.2000
Bachelor of Science - Economics & Management Science, Mathematics
SUNY Cortland
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