Opi Gahunia

Lead global indirect procurement for a $500M+ spend portfolio across 70+ international locations, aligning procurement strategy to enterprise objectives and delivering sustained cost optimization. Acting VP-level leader responsible for procurement transformation, supplier governance, digital enablement, and global real estate strategy. • Transformed indirect procurement into a global shared services operating model, establishing standardized processes, governance, and intake-to-pay controls. • Developed and executed global category strategies across IT, Professional Services, Facilities, Marketing, Travel, and CAPEX, delivering 6%+ annual savings • Implemented AI-enabled P2P and CLM solutions (Zycus, SAP) to improve cycle times, compliance, and spend visibility • Negotiated and governed all enterprise agreements with SAP, Microsoft, Accenture, Deloitte, Salesforce • Delivered $25M+ in savings and cost avoidance over 24 months through sourcing, governance, and operating model redesign • Led global real estate footprint optimization, delivering $5M+ annual savings and executing $60M sale/leaseback transactions • Built and developed global procurement talent, establishing performance management, succession readiness, and KPI-driven accountability

Led global procurement strategies for CapEx, MRO, and Corporate Real Estate categories, supporting a complex, multi-site manufacturing footprint. Accountable for category strategy, sourcing execution, supplier governance, and cross-functional alignment in partnership with Operations, Engineering, Finance, Legal, and IT. • Owned global category strategies across $100M+ annual CapEx spend and $80M+ MRO/Facilities, delivering sustained cost savings while improving commercial terms and risk allocation • Led end-to-end sourcing initiatives including RFI/RFQ/RFP development, supplier evaluation, negotiations, and award recommendations • Leveraged aggregated global CapEx demand to drive supplier rationalization, standardized contracts, and volume-based pricing advantages • Managed and governed a global real estate portfolio of 140+ leased and owned facilities, improving visibility, compliance, and decision-making • Partnered closely with Finance, Legal, IT, Operations, and Information Security to strengthen contract governance and third-party risk management • Established supplier performance management frameworks including KPIs, scorecards, and business reviews to drive continuous improvement • Supported implementation and operationalization of the global Zycus sourcing platform, enabling advanced sourcing methodologies and improved savings tracking • Delivered $9M in cumulative savings over 2.5 years across CapEx, MRO, and facilities categories • Implemented a global material handling equipment leasing policy, generating $800K in cost savings and $250K in annual productivity gains • Built and maintained the enterprise real estate portfolio database, improving governance, transparency, and executive reporting

Provide leadership and direction in the daily management of Accounting, Internal Controls, FP&A, and IT. On a monthly basis coordinate the consolidation of 30+ legal entities to ensure the accurate treatment and reporting of transactions.  Direct the timely preparation of the monthly, quarterly, and annual GAAP financial statements (including consolidation of domestic and international operations) and the distribution and presentation of the financial reporting package to management and the corporate office.  Directing the accounting team to perform accounting functions including accounts receivable, accounts payable, commission processing, fixed assets, payroll, and cash management.  Reviewing and approving the reconciliation of select general ledger accounts and supporting documentation in accordance with US GAAP, local GAAP, and approved Company policies.  Implementation of standardized Belden processes across the Grass Valley business.  Working closely with the Broadcast Revenue Director to ensure recognition of revenue in accordance with GAAP and Company policies, including the maintenance of deferred revenue schedules.  Directing the divisions support for all external and internal audits. Maintaining and facilitating the relationship between external auditors to ensure that requests were fulfilled efficiently.  Directing the implementation of accounting and finance software and the continuous improvement of manual and electronic processes.  Directing the division’s compliance with tax regulations under the direction of the corporate tax team and directing the provision of information requested by the corporate tax team.  Performing Financial Planning & Analysis duties such as forecasting, reporting, and providing financial direction and assistance to business owners.

Providing effective financial leadership to the finance team to enable strategic foresight into the business and also provide knowledgeable and accurate information to colleagues and senior management. Actively involved in Lean Daily Management and use of Lean techniques to drive and sustain improvements.  Month end – Managing and supervising the month end close process to ensure accuracy and timely reporting of results.  Managing and supervising the plant accounting and data processing function in order to provide consistency with the requirements established by the company and US GAAP.  Forecasting/Budgeting – coordinate and prepare monthly rolling 12 month forecast for all P&L and Balance Sheet accounts.  Payroll – Responsible for time and attendance tracking for all staff and payroll processing using Ceridian Insync & Dayforce.  Inventory Control – Implement quarterly physical inventory procedures that resulted in a time reduction of 40% and increased accuracy to 99.3%.  Internal Control – insure that internal controls are in place and adhered to mitigate any financial risk. Work directly with Belden’s internal control team and managed the relationship with third party auditors.  Actively participate in kaizen’s related to materials planning and cost reduction programs.  Provided leadership and direction in controlling expenses and evaluated investment expenditures to ensure they met company requirements.  Use of Lean Daily Management principles and practices skills and techniques to drive continuous improvements.  Collective Bargaining Negotiations – part of the management negotiating team for current collective agreement. Assisted in negotiating compensation rates, benefits, working conditions, and various labor relations policies.

Provide analytical support to operations while managing and developing a team of financial analysts. This analysis includes product costing, capacity analysis (in-sourcing vs. outsourcing), capital expenditure analysis, forecasting and operational reporting – scorecards, stewardship reporting, annual plan and quarterly forecast development.  Forecasting- develop and coordinate annual/quarterly production/financial forecasts with other business units factoring in capacities, product mix, outsourcing etc.  Month end – Analyze and highlight issues in monthly financials to provide explanations for business performance and identify areas of improvement. Prepare and present monthly MD&A to management team. Review balance sheet reconciliations for accuracy and completeness.  Analysis – Assist/evaluate the capital expenditure requisitions to ensure expenditures are providing appropriate returns to Husky (ROI/DCF).  Oversee the reporting and calculations of the backlog and incoming orders.  Develop/optimize Business Objects reports to support operational and analytical inquiries.  Special Projects  Member of IFRS conversion team  Components Transformation – Lead Finance representative working directly with the project manager to track outsourcing cost savings, capture one-time costs, and process the sale of assets.  Annual Standard Cost Roll – documented the revamped process and coordinated the flow of information between Buyers and Finance to ensure that product costs reflected the CICA guidelines. Training & Development  Cognos 8 Key User  Business Objects Report Developer Key Wins and Successes  Managed and coordinated budget process. Work in collaboration with operation team leaders to strategically develop departmental spends.  Finance representative providing support as part of launch team on high profile product.  Reduced monthly sales reconciliation process from 1 ½ days to 2 hours.

Working with subsidiary controllers and accountants to provide financial information to the Group Controller and Vice President. - Financial Analysis and Consolidation of 6 PCG plants – review plant financial reporting packages and provide commentary on monthly and quarterly variances. - Act as intermediary between corporate office and the PCG plants to ensure that transactions and ad hoc requests are in compliance with guidelines. - Presented annual budget and quarterly forecast packages to Vice President. - Identify and assist in the re-engineering and improvement of business processes. - Review and verify costing information on new business quotes. - Implemented supporting schedules to assist Management in understanding monthly financial performance - Key Wins: Creation of standardized reporting templates to make the consolidation process more efficient. Training & Development - OutlookSoft consolidation software team. - Finance representative for the JD Edwards upgrade.

Lead finance contact supporting the management team by maintaining and reporting all financial data related to plant operations. - Manage the preparation of all financial data required to assist in the efficient operation of the plant. - Preparation of monthly and quarterly financial statements in accordance with corporate guidelines and CGAAP. - Working directly with Plant Manager to control product costs and identify operational inefficiencies through variance analysis. - Prepared costing details by part & program to understand profitability and highlight areas to focus on for improvement. This included ensuring the integrity of bills of materials and routings. - Assist fellow managers in departmental expense tracking and identify cost saving opportunities. - Collaborate with management team to prepare annual budget & monthly forecasts. - Monitored cycle counts & inventory adjustments to ensure accuracy. - Daily production, scrap, & sales reporting to management team. - Monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations for A/R, inventory, fixed assets, and A/P. - Key Wins: Develop expense tracking templates for managers to track monthly spending against budget.

Performed and maintained detailed cost and financial analysis of all products and programs including monthly analysis of cost of goods sold, inventory, and purchase price variances. - Interacting with various functional groups to gather data to maintain bill of materials and routings. - Perform cost analysis & standard cost maintenance to support management decision making in sourcing decisions. - ABC Implementation coordinator - Monitor and process engineering change requests and initiate preparation of financial impact of each change. - APQP Team member. - Reconciliation, analysis, and preparation of monthly and quarterly financial statements and costing schedules. - Coordinate with other departments to identify and implement cost reductions.