Vered Appel

• Managed the RFP process for the following business categories: IT, Facilities, Office Supplies, Event Planning, Fleet Management, Office Leases, Construction Projects, Manufacturing
• Analyzed Bids from qualified suppliers and made recommendations based on cost savings opportunities
• Led contract negotiations across multiple business units and departments
• Led transition of electronic invoicing and payment process
• Financial modeling, budget analysis and adhoc financial reporting
• Supervised, trained, reviewed tasks/duties performed by staff members
• Communication
• Effectively communicates with vendors, senior management, and other departments to meet the business objectives of the corporation and stakeholders Leadership / Initiative
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects across multiple departments
• Organized projects while managing requests from clients and internal teams
• Managed large-scale projects and introduced new systems, tools, and processes to achieve challenging objectives.
• Identified cost improvement changes and cost savings plans to increase company savings.
• Consolidated vendors and renegotiated contracts to optimize costs.

• Prepared budgets, sales forecasts, revenue analysis, variance analysis, and commentary reports
• Designed and implemented new reporting templates corporate-wide
• Responsible for consolidating and reporting monthly P&L reporting packages for over 40-subsidiaries
• Supervised and trained two junior analysts
• Evaluated employee performance and coached and trained to improve weak areas.

• Served as finance liaison between Sales, Marketing, IT, and Finance
• Prepared profitability analyses for new product launches and promotions
• Implemented inventory tracking programs to eliminate client overstock and reduced overstock product returns by 30%
• Designed and distributed monthly financial reporting package to top level management
• Developed presentations and reports to inform and educate stakeholders and financial teams on growth possibilities.
• Tackled both annual and quarterly budget management tasks and developed financial models from benchmarking

Pursued higher education and obtained Accounting certificate at the Carlson School of Business while away from the workforce raising two your childern.