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Tualatin, Oregon, United States

Lead supply chain transformation initiatives and supporting analytics projects.

Tualatin, Or

Managed analysts and data scientists performing supply chain analytics and program management to save on material costs and provide scalable solutions to supply chain management.

Tualatin, Oregon

Established and managed scalable program to save >$20M in part cost and identify financial risk through use of financial metrics

Beaverton, Oregon

Implemented integrated business planning technology and created seasonal insights for leadership.• Managed an agile project team to deliver a dashboard and forecast model to predict inventory shortfall/excess and enable corrective action by business leaders.• Built and administered an multi-channel consensus planning model used during a monthly integrated business planning process.• Created insights from internal planning systems, sales planning commentary and financial results to prompt leadership action.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed three reporting analysts implementing Finance, Merchandising and Supply Chain BI solutions.• Led business stakeholders through first-time Implementation of SAP HANA at Target as part of a $16MM technology program • Developed a leadership dashboard used by the CEO and the executive team to monitor performance of 133 stores in Target’s Canadian segment• Implemented visualization software and trained BI teams to create data driven insights• Ensured Canada stores were stocked prior to opening by designing and delivering reporting to allow merchants and leaders to track inventory and resolve replenishment issues• Assured quality deliverables by testing custom HANA and BW on HANA solutions within an agile framework• Bolstered team's subject matter expertise and position as sought-after internal BI resources through mentorship, feedback, formal training and conferences• Created and supported reports with over 1200 views per month, including merchant sales/inventory/margin performance, cost center and P&L reporting

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Project managed the implementation of SAP BW business intelligence solutions for Target's expansion into Canada.• Managed requirements and closed design gaps through BW customization or process design• Project managed, tested and implemented SAP BW Inventory, Purchasing and ERMA Stock Ledger on time without a significant defect • Led a cross-functional project team to realize $200M in inventory purchase discounts from vendors• Expert in reporting needs of all business units, SAP BW, BEx and SAP retail supply chain content in less than 18 months• Authored and delivered training to 300+ team members in use of SAP business intelligence tools

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed a team creating audit plan reporting and providing administrative and technical support for 7 applications to serve the audit committee, leadership and a 120 person audit team.• Built this new team by creating positions and hiring internal and external talent• Established the first CAAT program at Target, providing computer-assisted auditing, including the purchase, administration of licenses and training of teams to use ACL• Enabled development of custom audit plan reporting and executive dashboards by designing project tracking framework featuring forecasting, risk attribution and team utilization

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Project managed application development of a web-based survey system for use at 1800+ stores and 40+ distribution/fulfillment centers.• Automated the internal audit process for conducting audits and delivering written recaps to management following on-site audits at Stores and DCs • Developed the first centralized repository of store and DC compliance findings and automated compliance follow-up reporting resulting in a 30% improvement in process execution• Built leadership dashboards and custom suite of reporting by becoming fluent in the WebFOCUS reporting language

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed a team performing supply chain audit and analysis activities across the nationwide network of distributions centers, import warehouses and fulfillment centers.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Performed audit activities and analysis across a nationwide supply chain to improve operational efficiency and meet compliance obligations.

Albany, Oregon

Managed distribution teams performing material handling and inventory management functions. Defined warehouse storage and pick strategies to maximize efficiencies.

Sacramento, California Area

Managed teams performing material handling, printer service kit assembly and packaging of shipments to meet government specifications.