Dexter Davis Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Mooresville, NC

Mooresville, NC

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Lead Financial Analyst FP&A - Pricing, Promotions & Credit
• Analyzed financial performance of key promotions across the business to understand impact and ROI. Drove conversation to eliminate multiple high profile promotions that have saved over $10M in margin $.
• Created reporting with targets and forecasts for Black Friday holiday sales that initiated conversation around inventory processes, accountability and eventually led to key findings around data integrity.
• Managed and contributed content to key Executive SRM meetings that led to changes in key areas including Tab distribution ($20M in savings), Price Perception, and Marketing spend optimization.
• Led and mentored a team of two Senior Analysts and a Senior Specialist

Charlotte, North Carolina

• Senior Financial Analyst FP&A - Pricing and Promotions
• Modeled a promotional price impact and identified a lever that saved the company over $1M in sales and margin $.
• Built a new process for Event Analysis Executive reporting that decreased time of output by 50%.
• Worked with Analytics software Applied Predictive Technologies to drive cultural change to utilize Test and Learn opportunities more to ensure greater ROI for category changes.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Senior Business Analyst for Electrical/Ignition, Commercial Paint, Tools and Equipment; annual sales of over $1B.
• Designed and developed a model to set a company Budget for CARQUEST Auto Parts during acquisition.
• Developed a forecasting model that increased sales, margin and units forecast accuracy by 2.5%.
• Identified a discrepancy with the way we set inventory minimum applications for specific categories with multiple pieces; a change in this methodology has resulted in a 9% increase in sales in test stores vs. control.
• Worked with Analytics software vendor Applied Predictive Technologies to identify company gaps, understand and use new test metrics and tailor the software testing abilities to our companies’ business needs.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Senior Lead Pricing Consultant for Integration of Advance Auto Parts and Carquest Automotive.
• Worked with a team that's main goal was to design a go-forward strategy, both short and long term, for the pricing structure for both Advance Auto Parts and CarQuest companies.
• Developed a model that allowed Analysts to better use both companies'​ data to decide structure of a categories' specific pricing; cut time to integrate categories by over 60%.
• Established a training program for incoming analysts designed to decrease ramp-up time by 50%. Provide comprehensive training/mentoring for all team members regarding pricing strategies, tools, and techniques.

Roanoke, Virginia Area

• Senior Lead Pricing Analyst for Radiators, Starters & Alternators, and Chassis Parts; annual segment sales of $1.8B.
• Design and lead implementation of Price Match/Override program with an expected benefit of $20M.
• Develop strategy that utilized Price Match data and regional elasticity’s to better align pricing; led to GM expansion in Radiator segment while increasing sales revenue by $6.2M and unit sales by almost 20%.
• Worked with price optimization vendor Zilliant addressing reporting, calculations/formulas, and presentation of new software GUI.

Roanoke, VA

• Lead Pricing Analyst for Power Train, Gaskets, and Air Conditioning with annual sales in excess of $900M.
• In charge of price management, impact analysis and competitive indexing of more than 50K SKUs.
• Managed pricing for entire Cooling Merchant team for six months during hiring process of new analysts.
• Partner with Products Director and Merchants to develop and execute pricing strategies that drive incremental sales and profit.

Tutored Mathematics, Statistics, Science, and History. Specialized in High-school and College level classes.

• Worked as a lead sales consultant averaging 3.5 cars sold per week.
• Provided world-class customer service and helped customers select their perfect vehicle
• Advised and helped customers obtain financing to fit their specific needs
• Promoted to sales in December 2010. Prior work was in Inventory Management

• Helped manage a plant sales business that included over 20 greenhouses.
• Purchased product, handled yearly marketing duties, calculated orders, and handled phone calls
• Worked directly with retail and wholesale customers
• Helped grow the business from 9 greenhouses to 23, more than tripling our overall sales