Joe Herring
About Joe Herring
Joe Herring is an Associate Finance Manager at General Mills in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, with a background in finance and merchandise planning from various roles at Target and Juniper Networks.
Company
Joe Herring is currently working as an Associate Finance Manager at General Mills in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area. Prior to this role, he served as a Senior Financial Analyst at General Mills from 2019 to 2021. His contributions include leading a cross-functional team to implement a new financial forecasting tool, which improved forecast accuracy by 15%.
Title
Joe Herring holds the title of Associate Finance Manager at General Mills. He has been in this role since 2021, following his tenure as a Senior Financial Analyst at the same company. He is responsible for various financial planning and analysis tasks.
Education and Expertise
Joe Herring earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Accounting and Finance from Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, completing his studies from 2017 to 2019. He also holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Minnesota, completed between 2009 and 2013. Joe is certified in Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, which has been pivotal in optimizing financial processes at General Mills.
Background
Joe Herring has accumulated extensive experience in finance and merchandise planning. Before his current role, he worked at Target in various positions, including Senior Digital Planner for Electronics and Senior Analyst for Health & Beauty. He also gained early experience through internships at Juniper Networks, Marquette Financial Companies, and Target.
Achievements
Joe Herring has received several accolades for his work in finance. He was awarded the General Mills Finance Excellence Award in 2022. He has also presented a case study on financial risk management at the 2020 Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting. In addition to his professional achievements, Joe volunteers as a financial literacy mentor for underprivileged high school students in the Minneapolis area.