Anthony Paparone Email & Phone Number

Corona, Ca, Us

Rancho Cucamonga, California

As a Pricing Analyst, I assist in recommending appropriate pricing positions and product needs for FTC based on Marketing and Profitability goals. Other responsibilities include Identifying gaps in which analytical tools are needed, developing the tools, and deploying them in the areas of the business in need. Key contributions are:Automated Market Coverage and Price Indexing Reports of Falken Products vs Competitor Products by Customer Distribution Territory -Providing our Customers with information to help control inventory and costs -Making our Analytics Group more efficientDeveloped an Employee Self-Service Intranet site -Saving employees time -Saving the company moneyDeveloped and Maintain a Marketing Server - Gentoo/Mysql -Providing our Analysts with a backend for Access ready for changes Competitive Intelligence tools -Quickly identifying relevant Competitor products -Utilizing RMA and Polk data to: Prevent unnecessary products Find product areas for growth and profit Designing and building of a Competitive Pricing Benchmarking and Indexing Engine/Database -Instant and accurate data for decision making -Easy verification that our pricing is exactly where we need itAutomating the tedious process of accurate customer pricing -Built a custom Access database program and an easy user interface for Price Sheet creation -Simplifying the process of uploading Price Lists into Oracle -Price sheets tailored to Customers system needs -Reducing pricing errors to nearly 0%Gave Falken Executives their first look at Customer by SKU Net profitability Teamed up with members of the Sales force to create the Falken FANATIC Associate Dealer program

As an Account Manager, I assisted with Falken's Corporate Customer base as well as managed smaller regional accounts in Southern California.

In this position I helped develop the initial Dealer Training program. We changed the typical product training sessions into a exciting experience in which trainees are exposed to current market segment trends, the products targeted to them, and how to interact with those customers. With these trainings, great products, and an amazing sales team, Falken has continued to see growth year in and year out.