Benjamin Cho Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

- Engaged with dozens of clients as the main point of contact and aligned on strategy, typically aimed at streamlining and reducing total cost of ownership on their indirect procurement processes - Oversaw implementation strategies by prioritizing key actions and serving as the liaison among suppliers, clients, and internal stakeholders - Responsible for 8% of the firm’s revenue stream and demonstrated a 24% YoY increase - had the highest growth client in 2020 ($1.3MM to $6MM with a $12MM projection for 2021) - Created firm’s operations training manual and currently training new operations analysts - Represented operations in developing the firm’s framework for the new BI and project management tools - Pioneering spend cube analytics and additional contract support services

Greater Atlanta Area

- Created the implementation growth tracker which provided visibility to the health of new members- Project managed +35 new clients which resulted in +12MM hard dollar savings - Initiated various value add projects (spend optimization, SKU rationalization, vendor consolidation) that generated an additional $6.88MM in savings over 12 months- Assisted in developing framework for new internal BI and project management tools- Worked directly with senior leadership and led a team of cross departmental analysts to prepare the company’s 2018 EOY and 2019 projection information for the company board meeting

Greater Atlanta Area

- Piloted the “Analyst Manager” program, addressing internal resource limitations and providing supplementary experience to select analysts- Executed SKU consolidation projects which projected over $5MM in total savings- Developed the location level analysis which served as the basis for the compliance tracker - Engaged with 10+ high impact potential clients to evaluate the fit and scope of each project

College Park, Atlanta

- Increased student passing rate on the end of course test to a record of 58% from a pre-accreditation high of 30%- Coached the JV and Freshman basketball team - ended as the runner ups during playoffs from a previous 1-13 season- Appointed the content lead for Algebra 1 and Math 180 after a successful first year in the department - Organized the freshman academy to have an annual field trip for the incoming class to educate/strengthen bonds and culture - Increased school graduation rate by 6% through facilitating the credit recovery program for the math department

Metro Atlanta

- Chosen from among 50,000 applicants to fight educational inequity in low-income and systemically oppressed communities- Served as an Induction Leader - training, acclimating, and supporting 8 of the incoming corps throughout their first year - Selected to be 1 of 8 Development Fellows, representing Teach For America to high impact regional donors - Constructed a Theory of Change as a selected part of the Social Justice Teaching Philosophy Fellowship- Attended professional development in board leadership training, race, and advancement in DC, Chicago, and Oakland

Norcross

- Created the new freight coding process which increased speed and efficiency by 25% - Assisted with creating companies foreign currency outline for our Mexico branch which complied with GAAP and FASB- Exposed to all parts of the business through tasks such as bin movements, commission adjustments, and vendor card cleanups- Advocated for accounting departments paperless effort which enhanced invoice filing, storage, and retrieval capabilities within the internal ERP system