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Highly motivated Finance Manager, recently managing 2 direct reports and additional 10 Temporary Staff Members in the Organization, with several years of financial experience at Amazon.com in various roles in three countries (Germany, China and Luxembourg) looking for a new challenge in finance in a fast growing international business environment.

Finance Manager @ Managing 2 direct reports and 10 Temporary Staff Members Finance Business Partner to Director for newly launched and fast growing Mass Vendor Recruitment Program generating millions of revenue with focus on Finance Set up and getting required funding approved Manager for Vendor Back Margin Compliance Team for all Vendor contracts across the EU with 1 direct report and 10 Temporary Staff Members in this area Benchmark Vendor Terms and Conditions across the EU and provide analytical support to Account Managers for Annual Vendor Negotiations to support annual Margin Improvements From May 2014 to April 2015 (1 year) LuxembourgFinance Manager @ Shape the short, mid and long term strategy of the Fulfillment by Amazon Program in Europe, report quarterly results to senior management in the EU such as Amazon Country Managers, US Senior Management and occasionally a Jeff Bezos’ Direct Report Partner with the Fulfillment by Amazon Business Director and his directs to drive growth and continuous improvement in financial and operational performance by analyzing and improving weekly, monthly and quarterly business results and derive actions Representing EU Fulfillment by Amazon Finance 2-3 times a year in Seattle Head office for Budget Reviews P&L Responsibilities for the Fulfillment by Amazon Program in Europe by analyzing monthly results Leading and developing a team of 2 people since 2012 (Senior Financial Analyst and Financial Analyst); mentoring additional members of the business team Providing ad hoc analytical support of business proposals and evaluating country expansion projects e.g. the launch of Fulfillment by Amazon for Amazon.it and Amazon.es Build short, mid and long term revenue and cost savings forecasts. Set goals, drive and challenge teams to achieve these goals Establish and review operating and business metrics, challenge business teams and derive weekly actions from metrics From March 2009 to April 2014 (5 years 2 months) LuxembourgSenior Financial Analyst @ Various Finance roles from Junior Financial Analyst to Senior Financial Analyst for various product lines from Media to Consumer Electronics Partner with the Category Directors and directs to drive growth and procurement margin improvements Establish and generate operating and business metrics, challenge business teams and derive weekly actions from metrics; participation in a weekly metrics review meeting with Amazon.de Country Manager Ralf Kleber Support negotiation of commercial terms with vendors/manufacturers by analyzing vendor profitability; participation in yearly commercial negotiation e.g. Canon Support in short, mid and long term revenue and cost savings forecasts. Set goals, drive and challenge teams to achieve these goals Providing ad hoc analytical support including evaluation of business cases such as Revenue estimates for New Harry Potter releases Build short, mid and long term revenue and cost savings forecasts. Set goals, drive and challenge teams to achieve these goals Lead Excel Trainings and give regular Presentation of Finance for Non Finance to non-finance teams From August 2004 to September 2009 (5 years 2 months) Munich Area, GermanyFinancial Analyst @ 3 Month Assignment in Beijing, China to support the Amazon subsidiary Joyo.com (now Amazon.cn). Training the team in using financial IT systems such as Cognos and Oracle Set up Reporting and Forecasting tools such as a fully automated trend based short term forecast Set up Excel-based tool to determine Contribution Profit by Sub-Group/Product From February 2007 to May 2007 (4 months) Beijing City, China

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), International Business @ FH Pforzheim, Budapest Business School From 2000 to 2004 Christian Huette is skilled in: Managerial Finance, Team Management, Analytics, E-commerce, English, Trusted Business Partner, Strategic Planning, Forecasting, Budgets, Communication Skills, German, china, International Business, Data Analysis, Microsoft Excel, Strategy, Management, Business Strategy, Analysis