BUI THANH TAM

• Budget Management: Effectively control all budget line items on a monthly basis, and manage budgeting for Coplan 2025 holders, ensuring accurate actuals, forecasts, and gap analysis for departments including QA, Legal, Logistics, Warehouse, Planning and Purchasing.

• Cost Optimization: Conduct in-depth calculations for business cases aimed at optimizing operational costs, contributing to enhanced profitability, and sustainability. • Inventory Control: Oversee all stock management processes, including the flow processes of stocks and the cost of goods sold (COGS), ensuring efficient inventory levels, and minimizing waste.

• Business case: Support all functions under OPs to conduct trade-off costs in each project or business case, such as maximizing fixed rates and expansion in the international market.

Projects leadership:

• Bonded Warehouse Go-Live: Led the successful launch of a bonded warehouse, developing and executing flow processes to streamline operations.

• Geo-Optimal Project: Spearheaded the initiative to establish additional 3PL warehouses in the US, optimizing last-mile carrier efficiency and service delivery. Measure the Geo Optimal scorecard to manage networks of warehouses in the U.S..

• FIFO Project Implementation: Managed the go-live of the FIFO project in the U.S. warehouse, defining the status of stocks both physically and in the system to improve inventory management.

• Flow Correction: Corrected all flow processes for
SO - OB - SI, PO - GR - IR, complete transfer From FOB to FCA in all vendors in Vietnam.

New Product Development (NPD): Build COGM project to change the process applied in business analysis for NPD.

• Tariff Period: Follow up with teams to push actions immediately when the tariff impact occurs, and help the BOD make decisions at the right time.

• Lead process Closing month-end reduced from 15 days to 5 days.

• Control cash flow forecasts in the tariff period, and propose actions to control cash during the hardest times.

• Controlled supply chain budget, including overhead, transportation, and inventory costs, to enhance efficiency.
• Ensured FIFO compliance for raw materials and reconciled physical stocks with book stocks.
• Led quarterly and bi-annual physical inventory counts to maintain accurate records.
• Managed Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO) to optimize working capital and minimize excess stock.
• Ensured capital spending adhered to approved budgets and complied with regulations.
• Conducted fixed asset physical counts and quarterly reviews of idle fixed assets.
• Prepared financial reports covering budgeting, forecasts, monthly closings, and audit requirements for supply chain costs.
• Collaborated with Supply Chain and Operations Excellence teams to validate savings initiatives.

• Managed product costing by establishing annual standards and adjusting as necessary throughout the year.
• Supervised month-end closing activities and reconciled accounts related to COGM cost centers.
• Ensured accurate posting of expenses to work centers and cost centers.
• Oversaw grower accounting processes for timely financial reporting.
• Executed annual activity rate creation for COGM cost centers, making appropriate adjustments as needed.
• Developed area-based standard unit costs by variety for annual budgeting purposes.
• Conducted internal and external audits concerning inventory balances and costing practices.
• Collaborated with teams to forecast COGM monthly, rolling in three months of data.

• Analyzed actual P&L, identified gaps, and collaborated with commercial team on action plans.
• Managed budgeting and forecasting through volume, pricing, trade marketing, and market research inputs.
• Validated forecast assumptions by analyzing changes and developing mitigation plans for budget discrepancies.
• Controlled Trade Marketing budget, including promotions, rebates, and sales support expenditures.
• Monitored period-over-period gaps to enhance financial performance tracking.
• Owned category P&L, overseeing all budgets, forecasts, and management reporting processes.
• Developed pricing strategies for new and existing products to optimize revenue.
• Participated in SAP go-live project by preparing master data for all SKUs and learning distribution cycle processes.

Inventory Management:

• Reviewed and controlled invoicing receipt processes related to inventory across all business units.
• Resolved inventory issues impacting all business units, ensuring seamless operations.
• Developed schedule for stock counts, maintaining processing control throughout the year.
• Evaluated stock take reports, summarizing issues and lessons learned quarterly for relevant stakeholders.

Fixed asset management:

• Established guidelines for creating, capitalizing, and reclassifying fixed assets, focusing on project-related codes.
• Maintained accurate records of fixed assets for financial reporting, analyzing changes in asset status.
• Collaborated with warehouse leadership to propose strategies for effective fixed asset management.

Management team: Managed a team of four members executing inventory reconciliation for five business units.

2018 - 2019: Control total OVHs in 2 Factories in Viet Nam and 3 Markets APAC

• Delivered key business metrics for OVH in Vietnam on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Managed communications with approximately 15 budget holders across Corporate Services, Marketing, and Operations.
• Prepared monthly and quarterly forecasts for OVH and developed the OVH coplan.
• Collaborated with budget holders to identify potential savings and address necessary budget cuts.
• Performed gap analysis between actuals and forecasts, providing insights for management oversight of OVH.
• Coordinated with GBS team for monthly OVH input and coplan alignment.
• Ensured data accuracy by collaborating with Finance Champions from three entities.
• Delivered KPIs for conversion cost and manufacturing cost per kilogram.

2016-2018:

• Collaborated with overhead budget holder to support Senior Finance Manager in controlling OVH.
  Prepared monthly and quarterly OVH forecasts and Coplan, providing variance analysis commentaries.
  Analyzed variances between actuals and forecasts for OVH, CF, and PL during each QPR and year-end.
  Conducted annual stock counts for fixed assets, investigating any discrepancies with valid explanations.

2015-2016:

• Processed and recorded invoices, ensuring accuracy and completeness of accounting data.
  Coordinated with vendors and internal departments to resolve discrepancies in invoices and payments.
  Maintained accurate records of all transactions related to accounts payable, including invoices and payments.