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Garcia
748 Vista Meadows Dr
Weston, FL 33327
(781) 571-9052
agad5c98@westpost.net
EDUCATION
BOSTON COLLEGE, Carroll School of Management, Chestnut Hill, MA
September 1992 - May 1996
Bachelor of Science Degree in Management, Co-President Finance Academy
University of Phoenix February 2003 - February 2005
Masters in Business Administration - Global Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc, Milford MA. August 2007 - Augu
st 2010
Senior Sourcing/Financial Analyst
* Developed savings tracking reports for the Laboratory Equipment Division (LED)
a $900m entity of Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO).
* Supported 11 sites within the LED group based throughout the world to ensure p
roper savings versus inflation progress related to the market and other TMO divi
sions.
* Instrumental in the analysis of a $200m+ budget for the LED division.
* Analyzed, calculated and processed commodity inflation forecasts and projected
savings based on year over year and Delta P methodology which are the key busin
ess metrics utilize by TMO to evaluate progress.
* Managed monthly reporting for Global Sourcing Director and management team. P
rovided an understanding of the savings and inflation impact within the LED grou
p.
* Served as key point of contact in the implementation of Ariba Spend software w
ithin the LED division.
* Trained US and European sites in the use of Ariba in order to identify savings
opportunities and as a mechanism of analysis inflationary trends.
* Interacted with LED Finance team to ensure reconcilement between sourcing and
finance department.
* Prepared monthly report to Asian management team on LED's low cost region acti
vity.
* Member of Practical Process Improvement Team (PPI) focused on resolving report
ing between Finance and Sourcing departments for the sourcing scorecard.
* Assumed the Director Sourcing Leader (DSL) role for the LED division after the
sudden departure of the LED DSL.
* Managed a team of 8 LED site leaders to ensure division maintained focused on
the objectives set forth after the departure of the DSL.
Bacou-Dalloz, Smithfield RI
August 2003 - August 2007
Financial Analyst
* Focused on reporting territory sales based on distributor sales versus Bacou-D
alloz sales to the distributor by establishing a Territory Sales Management Repo
rt.
* Supported Market Business Unit Americas (MBUA) management providing monthly sa
les and margin reports thru the use of Hyperion
and Powerplay (COGNOS).
* Assisted MBUA controller with budgeting and general accounting tasks as requir
ed.
* Provided sales analysis for commission calculation for five sales channels.
* Created, analyzed and submitted monthly revenue reports to Bacou-Dalloz manage
ment using Hyperion, Powerplay
* Developed a daily sales report providing Bacou-Dalloz management with a snapsh
ot of the daily business.
* Worked with IT to develop a JDEdwards POS program to help improve the distribu
tor sales reporting process.
* Developed financial reports thru Business Objects to migrate from Powerplay in
order to provide more effective sales and margin
Reports to Bacou-Dalloz management.
* Worked to create Access reports to expedite the processing of Point of Sale re
ports received from distributors.
* Interacted with Strategic Business Unit (SBU) controllers to provide accurate
monthly sales forecasts to be used on Daily Sales Report.
* Interacted with IT to establish daily Invoice and Gross Margin report used by
the SBU controllers for purposes of tracking sales
and gross margin by product group.
Databases
* Excel, Hyperion, Powerplay, Access, JDEdwards, Business Objects, Ariba.
INTERESTS
* Traveling (Latin America, Europe), skiing, reading, working out, Native Spanis
h speaker (dual citizenship)