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Aurora, Illinois, United States

o Responsible for all Corporate Logistics data - collecting, cleaning, modelingo Built the first comprehensive report on corporate logistics spend and freight costs, published on Power BI for use by Executive Leadershipo Defined the methodology, implemented procedure for recording Savings data. Published as Dashboard for Department Leadership. This process is now used across multiple business groups.o Track fuel and transportation market data for both diagnostic and predictive analyseso Wrote and recorded a video series on Excel training for internal professional development course

Aurora, Illinois, United States

Company formerly known as Cabot Microelectronicso Responsible for all Direct Material data used in descriptive and diagnostic analyseso Data modeling using Excel and Power BI for KPIs, time series, trend, and variance analyticso Prepare Procurement dashboards and reports for the Global Leadership Teamo Administrator for contracts application and repository; oversaw implementation of new Contract Lifecycle Management platform; Direct Procurement liaison with Legal teamo Use of collaborative tools to establish new procedures creating inter/intra departmental efficiencieso Coordinate with Accounting and Finance to ensure accurate and aligned raw material budgets across 6 global currencieso Monitor both commodity specific and general market developments; utilize subscription-based intelligence and publicly available information for predictive analyticso Assess supplier and material risk; coordinate with Category Managers on mitigation strategies

Aurora, Illinois, United States

Naperville, Illinois, United States

o Managed the Walmart Consolidation Program as a third-party logistics provider (3PL) for consumer-packaged goods clients out of the Chicagoland warehouseso Planed and supervised the weekly shipping logistics for nearly 5,000 orders from over 100 suppliers, delivering to 42 national distribution centerso Collaborated with warehouse management to effectively implement each week’s plano Supervised a team of supply chain coordinators; created SOPso Identified new opportunities with non-program retailers and provided recommendations for establishing shipping laneso Performed cost analyses, implemented new methodologies for non-program revenue ratingso Developed new quantifying metric for CTL efficiency, adopted by multiple departments

Lombard, Illinois, United States

o Managed the vendor operated cut-flower bouquet program at 46 regional warehouseso Calculated sales projections and stock requirements, documented daily sales, and authored reports for senior managemento Performed trend analyses and warehouse KPIso Developed new measures for evaluating sales statistics

Chicago, Illinois, United States

o Market maker for 10 Year U.S. Treasury Note optionso Duties included proprietary trading and risk managemento Operated in both Open Outcry (the trading pit) and Electronically on Globex ECNo Performance and decision making directly contributed to profit or loss for the company.

Master Of Science - Ms, Mathematics

Concentration in Actuarial Science

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Audio Arts And Acoustics

Concentration in Acoustics