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Episode 11 - Aliyyah Abdullah: How to Succeed with Supply Chain Value

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Aliyyah Abdullah is Strategic and Operational Finance Leader, Universal Foods Limited. Based in Trinidad and Tobago, Aliyya began studying management, which she describes as “closer to psychology”. Aliyya only shifted careers to finance when a friend told her about an opportunity. After getting a degree in accounting, she specializes today in working with top SMEs in finance in the food and beverage industry, most recently at Universal Foods Limited – maker of Charles Chocolates, Sunshine Snacks and Universal Lightly Frosted Corn.

Being a leading finance expert in a country of 1.4 million people, Aliyya gets to perform a number of roles including FP&A specializing in supply chain value.

In this episode of FP&A Today Aliyyah discusses

  • The importance of leading and lagging indicators in food and beverage FP&A

  • Why she has focused in the past 12 years on small business FP&A

  • Secrets to mixing  finance and operations to add value

  • How a food and beverage leader is managing mounting supply chain issues such as the rise in the cost of a containers

  • How her love of Horror movies has got her through anxious FP&A moments

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