Brent Crawford Email Address

Director of Master Data and Performance Reporting

The Sazerac Company is a privately held alcoholic beverages company.

Operations, IT, and Finance Leader I am a hard-working, dedicated executive with proven leadership in Finance (cost accounting, overall financial management) information technology, master data management, operations, inventory control, and ERP development. A strategic-minded business process analyst and data architect. I improve systems, staffing, organization, and procedures to overcome modern-day business challenges. As a process-minded, action-oriented leader, I inspire teams to excel. Accounting & Finance: My expertise includes: plant accounting, cost accounting, full balance sheet, budgeting, forecasting, auditing, external audit leadership, accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit & collections, deduction management, payroll, sales & property tax, bank covenants, bank presentation & development, and capital asset planning. KPIs and Reporting: I have established Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and reporting, including plant financials (conversion costs factored by units with drill down into expenses), juice waste (reporting by % and $ of losses in juice material costs), and packaging waste (reporting by % and $ of losses in dry supply material costs). Cost Savings: I have led cost savings initiatives such as: Reduced costs $12M in plant financials and labor hour reporting (FY17), $1.5M in juice waste (FY16), $1.1M in packaging waste (FY18), and $4M in procurement (FY17), all in the first year. Please contact me if you have any questions. Respectfully, Brent Inventory Control Performance Reporting / KPI’s Data Scientist