Lauren (Kovarsky) Leiman

Commercial Finance Director at Twinings North America
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Chris Hoyle

Lauren has a great financial mind that works well with numbers but she also understands sales principles which is so helpful for us as she supports our Walmart sales team. She is motivated, talented, and a joy to work with on a day to day basis which makes work a lot more enjoyable.

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Experience

  • Twinings North America
    • United States
    • Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Commercial Finance Director
      • May 2021 - Present

  • Reckitt
    • United Kingdom
    • Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Manager, Net Revenue Maximization
      • Dec 2019 - Apr 2021

    • Business Controller, VMS
      • Dec 2018 - Dec 2019

    • Marketing Finance Lead, US Health
      • Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

    • Sales Finance Lead, Grocery & Discounters
      • Oct 2016 - Dec 2017

      * Support the Grocery and Discounters channels, which represents 42% of the US Net Revenue* Partner with the Sales Teams to own the Customer P&L* Educate Sales Teams and proactively develop solutions to optimize the P&L, driving Net Revenue, Gross Margin and Trade Spend efficiency while driving share leadership in market.* Use ROI analysis to optimize trade spend

    • Gross Margin Director
      • Aug 2015 - Oct 2016

      * Evaluate spend to identify areas of cost optimization. * Managed cross-function projects to understand cost drivers and evaluate areas of opportunity.* Consolidated and presented to Management Team cost saving opportunities to allow for reinvestment in the business.* Partnered with Sales and Operations teams to evaluate ROI on Displays, focusing on spend on corrugate, mix of product on display and in-store execution.

  • Pfizer
    • United States
    • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Director, Strategic Pricing
      • Jan 2014 - Aug 2015

    • Senior Manager, Trade Finance & Administration
      • May 2011 - Jan 2014

  • Cadbury
    • Customer Finance Manager
      • Jun 2008 - May 2011

      * Provide financial analysis and decision support to the Wal-Mart channel. Work with the sales team on volume forecasting, trade spend management, incremental investment program evaluation and Indirect budgets.* Manage the financial controls for the US Customer Investment process. Responsible for P&L and balance sheet accounts for actual results and forecasting.

    • Sr. Financial Analyst
      • May 2006 - Jun 2008

      * Provide financial analysis and decision support to the Drug/Mass and Special Markets channels. Work with the sales team on volume forecasting, trade spend management, and Indirect budgets.* Manage Indirect budget for the Field Selling organization. Responsibilities include coordination of month end close and forecast across the Sales Finance team. Partner with Director, Sales Finance, and SVP Sales on budget needs, opportunities and risks.

  • Unilever
    • United Kingdom
    • Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Associate Finance Manager
      • Aug 2001 - May 2006

Education

  • NYU Stern School of Business
    MBA, Finance & Marketing
    2004 - 2007
  • Boston University - School of Management
    Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), Accounting and Finance
    1997 - 2001
  • Richard Montgomery High School
    1994 - 1997

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