Christopher Buchanan Email & Phone Number

North Carolina, United States

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Providing company leadership with strategic decision support based on data and insightsLeading a team of local and global employees that work together to provide meaningful insights and performance drivers that shape category forecast and inform the strategy of company leadership

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Analyzed contract performance and created new contract structures and pay for performance programs for retail partners.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Led project to improve and update data and insights reporting for sales force and leadership team. - Managed multiple off-shore teams and one domestic team - Project Management - Product Manager - MicroStrategy Dashboarding - KPI Dashboarding - Data Visualization - Business Requirements Gathering - Collaborate with multiple stakeholders from Finance.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Provide customer and market insights for Sales Areas and Strategic Accounts. Sole insights analyst for 500+ sales employees. Presented in key customer meeting to give them a view of their performance and insights that could impact their business. Trusted advisor to the sales staff as well as the key customers they service.- MicroStrategy- Data analysis.

Winston-Salem, NC

Demand planning, business analysis, and strategic forecasting for vapor and innovations products.- SAP APO

Winston Salem, NC

Transforming tobacco

Richmond, Virginia Area

Tasked with major role in ALP, CPA, CoP, and NTRM programs, including farm visits, data collection and analysis, and supervision of station staff. Responsibilities increased in July, 2014 to include cost of production analysis for tobacco and alternative crops (corn, soybeans, sweet potatoes, peanuts, and beef cattle).- Supervised field staff of 20.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

- Played a vital role in implementing a new grower outreach program for a leading agriculture chemical company- Conducted grower surveys- Performed sales calls for agriculture chemical products including: herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides- Performed cold calls

Raleigh, NC

- Supervised distribution of vector management and disease prevention services- Implemented consumer and commercial program schedules for central North Carolina markets- Executed deployment of real-time customer relationship management (CRM) quality practices- Administration of industrial equipment and chemical inventories for production readiness

Raleigh, NC

- Maintained an interactive learning community for 66 students within a 936 person residence hall.- Trained new Resident Assistants on proper business office procedures and on how to conduct sales tours- Educated students about community standards, and confronted behavior inconsistent with these standards- Planned, implemented, and evaluated programs which.

North Carolina State University - BAE - Research And Development

- Assisted head Engineers in the design and development of a large-scale, world-class agricultural research facility - Collaborated with a team to meet checkpoints- Executed the changing of designs and fabrication of parts to meet our needs- Wood and metal construction/fabrication - Observed and executed specific plans

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Professional MBA program - achieved while working full time at Reynolds American.

Bachelor'S Degree, Agricultural And Environmental Technology

Activities and Societies: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow

Minor - Agricultural Business, Agricultural Business And Management