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San Antonio, Texas, United States

San Antonio, Texas, United States

San Antonio, Texas, United States

San Antonio, Texas, United States

San Antonio, Texas Area

Provide credible action-oriented analysis and recommendations to senior leadershipPerform strategic ad hoc projects geared towards cost saving efforts Develop and manage financial focused reporting for business unit decision makersManaged a small team of 3 analystsTrained new team of 15 analysts on financial review processes and business systems

San Antonio, Texas Area

Create and send weekly pricing reports and analysis to executives and all department leadersHelp manage annual pricing budgetReconcile planned pricing investment with actual investment numbersWork with Buyers to develop pricing strategies for their categories and identify top competitorsSupport all departments by providing critical pricing information and handling ad hoc price investment requestsLead a 12 member team in a 120 day project designed to create efficiencies and best practices throughout an entire category. Reported progress to executives every 30 days.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Develop, manage and execute Tobacco Pricing Strategy across companyGenerated over $1M in incremental Tobacco Gross Profit gains (YOY) with new strategySetup and executed competitive price collection strategyCreated documentation to develop new Pricing Tool that incorporated both competitive collections along with pricing strategy. Responsible for weekly tobacco reporting and analysis and quarterly presentations to senior leadership on the status of the business.

Develop and submit process improvement ideasManage two teams, Military Customer Service Pricing and Order EntryServe as client focal point, including escalationsTrain new Military Customer Service employeesCreate process documentations, checklists, and operational excellence documentsPrepare weekly/monthly operations information and present to the clientProvide detailed trend analysis to client to help support business decisionsGenerate daily/weekly metrics for client based on volume analysis, processing times, and productivity levels

Create military price quotes in support of clientDevelop client relationship, and convey messages to them on a daily basisResearch items and apply analytical information to develop price quotesDetermine need and apply cost curves, escalation factors, and profit percentagesReview sales and quote history as well as determine manufacturing costs and lead timesCross trained on multiple processes

Assist in setting up CRM (Customer Relationship Management) softwareHelp maximize the usage of the CRM increasing productivity by 20%Assist in interpretation of data helping clients to focus on hot leads resulting in a greater volume of salesTrain up to 30 people on proper usage of the CRM

Assist 100 to 200 customers per day with their needs throughout the storeBuild relationships and establish repeat customersConducted opening and closing gas station responsibilities

Wrote Creative Briefs for TerraMont, The Alteza, Bridlegate Ranch, Silverton Custom HomesCreated Help Files that allowed for easier transition into CRM software, cutting the need for client technical support by 60%Assist in business intelligence - competitive research, resulting in 3 new accountsAssist in client implementationsAssist in Quality Assurance Testing of clients websites identifying masthead images, site map, text, and grammatical issuesParticipate in webinars, partner meetings, and client presentations