Responsible for the financial modeling of Visteon???s North American Electronics Product Group Audio Infotainment and Lighting pursuit, forward model and current model programs in support of Product Managers and their commitments to win and re-win profitable programs for Visteon. Ensured pursuit and forward model quotes met corporate hurdle rates. Maintained program financials throughout pre-production ???Gate??? review process with emphasis on maintaining or improving project approved financial metrics, particularly after tax return on sales (ATROS) and internal rate of return (IRR). Assisted in annual and quarterly budgeting and forecasting by preparing product line revenue and cost information. Ad-hoc analysis and assistance including helping the Brazilian plants complete a number of outstanding customer quotes.

Perform financial responsibilities as part of pre-production account management team. Prepare and develop costed bill of material for sales team to quote from and drive profit optimization. Interface with program management to track engineering changes and ensure accuracy of BOM prior to hand-off to manufacturing plant before SOP. Evaluate and approve purchasing requisitions for tooling and capital equipment. Assist sales in reconciliation of pricing with customer.
??? Managed approximately $25 million of awarded plastic seating components business from Johnson Controls.

SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST
Diverse financial role; profit planning, account analysis, month-end activities and financial reporting. Extensive budgeting experience during career at JCI. Experience with flexible budgets and volume, mix, performance variance analysis. Identifying risks and opportunities.

SENIOR BUYER
Directed trim cover commodities; evaluated and negotiated competitive supplier costs; and presented quotations to end-user of the product. Participated in selection of a minority supplier.

TechnoTrim*, Livonia, Michigan
ACCOUNT MANAGER & SENIOR COST ANALYST
*TechnoTrim, Inc. is a joint venture company of Johnson Controls, Inc. and Tachi-S Engineering USA
Evaluated, prepared and submitted customer quotations for new programs and VA/VE activities in a timely manner. Maintained detailed pricing and cost matrix (BOM, labor minutes, tooling) for product pricing during pre-production phase of development, with special focus on maintaining margins. .