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United States

Richfield, Mn

Richfield, Mn

-Focused on strategy development, execution, and evaluation for small product (parcel) shipping.-Influenced E-commerce fulfillment strategies for BestBuy.com. Evaluate performance against key shipping performance metrics.-Owned fulfillment strategy and performance evaluation for alternate channels including Amazon and Google.-Represented the fulfillment team in cross-functional discussions about pre-order and back-order strategies. Continuously sought opportunities to troubleshoot pre-order and back-order issues related to inventory, merchandising, and fulfillment in order to preserve the customer experience, reduce shipping costs, and educate business partners.

Richfield, Mn

-Provided inventory systems and replenishment strategy support for dozens of analysts and demand planning managers within small appliance, gaming, media, and accessory businesses.-Grew my knowledge about the Large Product Fulfillment network through stretch projects supporting inventory strategy in the Major Appliances business.-Collaborated to develop and execute replenishment strategies across Best Buy's brick and mortar and online channels.-Key projects involved holiday inventory planning, pre-order and back-order capability development, and sales and inventory optimization.

Best Buy

-Drove purchasing decisions, managed multi-channel inventory levels and strategy, and held CPFR calls with high profile camera vendors. Experience involved management of interchangeable lens cameras, lenses, and compact cameras.-Learned how to manage inventory levels for a high ASP business that was heavily displayed in stores.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

-Owned purchasing decisions and managed multi-channel inventory for flash memory, camera bags, and tripods for Best Buy's online and domestic businesses.-Learned the intricacies of a high volume bundle-driven accessory business.-Managed multiple categories within the organization to work more closely with retail teams, learn more about pre-order fulfillment, and how to execute the inventory strategy for iconic product launches.

-Performed quantitative text analytics for St. Olaf College's Center for Interdisciplinary Research in order to examine the quality of translations for the Giants of the Earth trilogy, written by a relative of St. Olaf faculty, the late Norwegian-American author Ole Rølvaag.-Utilized R to summarize data and run basic statistical models.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

-Built a decision tree model for Asset Protection and RASC teams using SAS EG, SQL, and Salford Data Miner. Model was for mitigating impacts of employee discount fraud. 12-week summer program included delivery of a final presentation that involved a proposed final product and further instructions for implementation. -Received a part-time internship extension that extended into the following summer. Projects included categorizing and summarizing customer types, and gathering data to review the impact of natural disasters upon Best Buy's US brick and mortar and dotcom channels, using Adobe Insight and Excel.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics And Statistics

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics, Statistics, Management, 3.71

Activities and Societies: Goaltender - Men's Varsity Hockey, Researcher - Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CIR), ECMS (S-STEM).