Aaron Winkel Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Oh, Us

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification from Agile Alliance. • Professional Project Manager (PMP) certification from the Product Management Institute (expected December 2024).• Serve as the Agile Product Owner for Workcloud Actionable Intelligence customer change requests for a book of customers along with offshore data engineers.• Manage the collection and analysis of product requirements & mapping, managing implementation tasks across consecutive customers and project plans and prioritizing developer workload to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery.• Conducted in-depth analysis during stakeholder alignment and data discovery phases, cutting defect resolution time by 69% from 21.5 to 6.5 days as part of a Lean Six Sigma project.• Leverage tools such as Microsoft Planner, Smartsheet, JIRA, and Confluence to create project plans and track deliverables and timelines, ensuring efficient project execution.• Collaborated on a cross-functional process improvement initiative with Engineering and Infrastructure teams, designing and implementing data standards, new project plans, and detailed scoping documentation, reducing the product delivery timeline by 2 weeks.• Reduced standard product implementation timeline and hours by 20%, improving efficiency and customer satisfaction through effective cross-functional collaboration.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• Led implementation and customer journey for 5 customers using the Workcloud Actionable Intelligence SaaS platform.• 100% customer renewal rate for managed accounts.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Identified and onboarded new lead and marketing partners, growing the Safe Auto brand.• Cultivated strong relationships with 15+ partners by orchestrating monthly performance reviews and strategic planning sessions; these efforts increased collaboration effectiveness and contributed to an expanded lead funnel.• Managed a monthly budget and sales forecasting for indirect traffic.

New Albany, Ohio

Senior Analyst responsible for the Asset Protection Global Analytics and Operations team. Chief duties include the oversight of company store shrink and loss KPIs for all global locations of Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister Co. • Communicates with store operations for process improvement and quality assurance to perform analytics on problematic SKUs.• Works cross-functionally to resolve process-related concerns and high-level category analytics to highlight any issues.• Coordinates with revenue accounting on forensic audits and supply chain & transportation for carrier investigations.• Contributes to department reporting and demonstrates understanding of how to analyze and interpret related data.• Worked on continuous improvement team developing process via Six Sigma that led to $3.5M annual sales increase.• Developed department KPI report that evolved into monthly business snapshot, distributing to 35+ internal stakeholders.• Increased communication between groups with KPI report and facilitated -12% decrease in annual merchandise waste.• Controls the non-travel, non-payroll department budget and monthly accrual process.Six Sigma Green BeltTechnical skills include MS Excel and VBA, Tableau, Oracle BI, Business Objects, PeopleSoft Finance, and Expesite Project Management.

New Albany, Ohio

Worked as an Analyst on the Global Analytics team monitoring inventory and risk trends for all global locations of Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister Co.• Responsible for the reporting of loss trends and inventory shrink results to the leadership team and cross-functional business partners on a continuous basis.• Worked closely with Asset Protection Directors to offer support and training to field staff. • Managed requests for information and provided detailed analyses of ambiguities and other ad-hoc reporting as necessary.• Developed innovative ways to mitigate loss at both the store level and through all channels of the distribution network.• Communicated with internal business partners to implement company wide changes to policy and procedure. • Created and distributed Department Scorecards and monthly KPI reporting to internal stakeholders.

New Albany, Ohio

New Albany, Ohio

New Albany, Ohio

Analyzed data to identify fraudulent transactions by utilizing Accertify fraud management system along with 3rd party research software to identify high-risk attributes within online customer orders.

Dublin, Ohio

Assisted broker dealers and customers with inquiries in regards to current Life Insurance policies. Was also responsible for making changes in billing methods, assisting with loan and withdraw requests, and running calculations to determine lapse dates. Offered sales assistance to Advisors on helping to select the best possible products for their clients specific needs.

Columbus, Ohio

Worked with the Ohio Department of Commerce to independently produce a white paper on the Payday Lending Industry in Ohio for the Division of Financial Institutions to use for internal education purposes. Also working to revise and reprint publications on the different financial industries in Ohio and how they affect the consumer.

Worked with the LEED professional on different projects with the aim of creating a new plan for the Convention Center to operate in a more cost efficient and ecologically friendly manner. To date, through our combined efforts we have received $25,000 for electric efficiency and we had applied for an additional $30,000 through AEP GridSmartOhio program.