Carolyn Matthews Email & Phone Number

Ft. Worth, Texas

North Hills, California

• Provided strategic direction to enhance statistical and analytical solutions while working with a cross-functional team to ensure ongoing improvement of data accuracy and quality.
• Partnered with executive sales and product management teams to identify opportunities where data modeling would be applied to business decision making.
• Grew return-on-investment by one percentage point and had double digit revenue increase
• Developed and implemented presentations for top-to-top business review and business planning sessions; guided business plans that drove inline account growth while improving overall sales and profit.
• Introduced the use of sales prediction software to determine future trends for both mature and new brands.
• Established proposals prior to budget planning and/or re-allocation of resources (personnel and funding).

Dallas, Texas

• Collaborated with Wal-Mart buyers to support customer business plans that met or exceeded sales goals.
• Provided detailed account and market analysis using customer proprietary information.
• Advanced the data analytics capabilities of the team through increased statistical and analytics knowledge, incorporating research into business solutions.
• Identified opportunities in the areas of sales, distribution levels, margin performance, and inventory management in order to improve overall profitability.
• Oversaw inventory management of Imperial products at Wal-Mart’s warehouse and store locations.

• Supported Customer Co-Marketing Manager in the development and implementation of sales, marketing, and customer service initiatives by providing thorough account and market analysis using the client’s proprietary.
• Created databases and formatted reports that permitted analysis of store clusters for the identification of micro-marketing opportunities and to support stores managed by affiliates; collaborated cross-functionally.
• Built, maintained, managed, and supported company databases, ensuring strong data security by managing access, privileges, and information migration; installed and configured database software as needed.
• Oversaw software and hardware upgrades, provided backup and recovery strategies, and monitored capacity.
• Analyzed user needs/business requirements to identify new tools and technologies that would enhance efficiency and performance; provided recommendations to senior management.
• Served as Site Administrator for Wal-Mart's Proprietary System (Retail Link), providing training for new team members, controlling access (password creation), and acting as a “first point of contact” for technical.