Highly analytical person with over 7 years of purchasing/sales, budgeting, forecasting, and cost saving experience.

1. KIMBERLY FRENCH
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Career Summary: Six years of experience with personal finance and cost driven business strategies.
Seven years of experience with international business: marketing, import/export, inventory, sales, and
customer service. Four years of experience performing Human Resources & Operations duties in a
manufacturing setting: administration, supervision, training, ISO, and business analysis.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP
Financial Analyst, Direct Report to Vice President of Finance
• Analyzing monthly sales and expense figures to ensure accuracy and report any discrepancies for
multiple divisions and teams to the corporate accounting office for adjustments.
• Attending monthly financial review meeting with the President to discuss financials; discrepancies
and projections.
• Prepare, review, and distribute numerous financial reports (expense, travel, PM, budgets, etc.)
• Maintain Currency exchange rates in Project Tracking & Adaptive Planning
• Developed US division OE Budget 2016
• Analyzed cost saving opportunities through projects such as the Editor Payback Model.
• Created a model to analyze the cost of production and compare outsourcing advantage.
• Maintained forecasting software: Adaptive Planning: data entry, trending, mapping, and reporting.
• Developed (2) procedure models: How to set up PSG coding & how to upload actuals to Adaptive.
• Assisted VP of Finance on executive tasks and projects.
FASHION DIGGERS, INC. MIAMI
Financial Analyst
• Calculate sales figures for annual reports, analyze the competitive market for new ideas and
develop cost saving strategies
• Forecast future sales and budgeting, reconcile company bank accounts, and review monthly
internal reports
• Formulate strategic plans to assist the organization in overall development and bring hard to find,
high demand products to the online global marketplace
• Develop internal reports and perform regular cost analysis to ensure the organization’s products
are sold at the lowest cost and best quality
• Oversee operations including merchandising and promotional activities, inventory management,
reconciliation, and deposits
THE CONSTRUCTION STORE, INC, MIAMI, FL
Office Manager
• Led employees in the daily operations of the facility to achieve peak performance, maintain
quality service, and meet aggressive operational objectives
• Provided excellent customer service to new and existing customers and quickly resolved issues as
they arose
• Trained, recruited, and hired employees to ensure the deployment and development of top-notch
talent at the supervisory and staff levels
• Administered innovative training programs that enabled the continuous improvement of newly
hired associates
• Established and monitored employee work schedules and assignments
• Developed proposals upwards of $500,000 in contracts and work scopes to prospective clients
• Analyzed company’s mission and goals to develop a custom cost saving plan to decrease monthly
operating expenses by over twenty percent
• Performed administrative duties as needed including coordinating meetings, answering phones
with many extensions in a fast-paced, high pressure environment, processing expense reports and
invoices, monitoring emails, faxing, and filing
5042 Ashley Lake Drive #411
Boynton Beach, FL 33437
September 2008 – January 2009
January 2009 – Present
March 2015 - Present

2. ARMOUR-ECKRICH MEATS LLC, KANSAS
(Formally known as ConAgra Foods)
Continual Improvement Facilitator/ ISO Coordinator
• Investigated daily operations of the facility to identify cost saving opportunities
• Analyzed the production floors to reduce downtime, waste, and turnover
• Maintained 5S Organizational Program
• Developed training material to improve the effectiveness of employees and reduce turnover by
twenty percent.
• Created manual playbooks for complex machines using PowerPoint to reduce set up time by fifty
percent
• Oversaw yearly auditing to ensure ISO Certifications were maintained in order for the company to
take advantage of tax saving benefits
• Acted as the Lead Auditor of internal processes
• Maintained ISO 9001:2000 Systems
CONAGRA FOODS, INC., KANSAS
Human Relations Trainer
• Developed hands on and interactive training material to improve the effectiveness of employees
• Trained new employees on plant policies, procedures, and work instructions
• Coordinated training and re-training for new and old team members for certification on OSHA,
LOTO, Chemical, and Forklift Training
• Called and scheduled interviews and provided plant tours for potential employees
• Developed new employee schedules and tracked improvement process through evaluation cards
• Created all employee work badges to provide security access to certain locations (IT)
• Used Excel applications to track and update HR scorecards, and track monthly safety training
FOOD 4 LESS, KANSAS
Customer Service/Cash Office
• Reconciled tills, provided cash loans to store employees, and audited all end of day reports for an
organization with sales of $10,000 daily
• Answered customer questions regarding products and promotions
• Performed cashier duties to include scanning and bagging groceries, handling money, processing
Western Union transactions, money orders and lottery
NON-PROFIT
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
Team Captain 2006
Organized and raised over $1,000 in prepared food sales and got other employees to volunteer.
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
Team Captain 2007
EDUCATION
Master of International Business Administration December 2013
International Field Seminar: Shanghai, China March 2013
• Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL
Money Management Certificate November 2013
• Financial Peace University Fort Lauderdale, FL
Bachelors of Science, Finance; Minor: Marketing April 2012
• Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL
Associates of Arts April 2007
• Barton County Community College Fort Riley, KS
August 2003– Sept 2004
September 2004 – September 2008

3. COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
• Advanced skill using Word, Excel (V-lookups, Pivot Tables, Solver), PowerPoint, Adobe, Access,
SAP, HTML coding, CODA, Business Objects, Adaptive Planning, BMIS, ISIS, PT, GT