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Areas of Expertise * Predictive Analytics * Modeling * Big Data * Software Solutions * Advanced Excel, SAP, Oracle, Essbase, BI, etc. skills * Financial Management/Analysis * Budgeting * Capital/ Financial Planning * Workforce Management * Inventory Management * Strategic Planning * Training/Development/Mentoring * Change Management * Executive Presentations * RFP's western new york Optimized and distilled data analyses to aid in strategic planning, process improvement, and achievement of business initiatives. Coordinated activities of senior leadership as CEO's Chief of Staff. Reviewed all analytics presentations prior to delivery, led all executive committee meetings, and participated in business review meetings. * Served as Power User on MicroStrategy software, analyzing big data at store, transaction, and item levels. Led cross-functional initiatives, including driving analyses with executives in all departments. * Created "intelligent" store groupings based on sales and customer demographics. Conducted cost/benefit analyses for 2012 tactical decisions. * Led analytical team in optimizing inventory allocation for seasonal departments. * Worked with CEO and CFO to prepare IPO roadshow deck for 2012 IPO, which gained 55% on first day despite tight IPO market due to Facebook's May 2012 performance. * Led training and rollout of merchandising, planning, and allocation functions while developing workflow best practices later remodeled procedures for two-distribution-center environment within the BI environment. * Directed strategic-analysis process in collaboration with Kurt Salmon management consulting to develop comprehensive five-year logistics plan based on advanced modeling techniques, resulting in opening of 600,000-square-foot facility in Memphis, TN. * Developed forecasting/purchasing/allocation model for holiday candy sales incorporating 192 stores across more than 500 SKUs, which optimized case pack purchasing and resulted in 20% incremental sales lift in first year, translating to $340,000 in incremental sales, $130,000 in loaded margin profitability, and net 97% sell-through. walmart us finance and strategy Led the region as the senior finance executive for Greater Pennsylvania with over $12 billion in sales over $800 million in profit and more than 150 locations with approximately 50,000 employees while also directing the RGM on corporate strategies. * Advised on the divisional real-estate committee charged with analyzing gross profit and variable operating expense models to meet IRR/ROI objectives in Northeast region an area of particular importance to company's domestic growth. Stewarded the region to best-in-company PBT (profit before taxes) for two consecutive years. (Net Profit % being the primary judgment metric for incentives reviews etc.) * While driving top and bottom line results still achieved second-best profit improvement in company commiserate with best-in-company wage metrics driven by advanced payroll modeling. * Generated more than $50 million in incremental savings by implementing new strategies to mitigate non-value-added P&L expenditures such as maintenance repairs accidents and shrink. * Awarded company's first-ever "Raising the Bar" recognition in Operations Finance for creating training materials for Store-Manager Leadership Academy.
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