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Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

● Partner with business leaders to develop and execute implementation plans to accelerate and realize value-creation opportunities in emerging technologies.● Managed the launch of NAPA’s electric vehicle service and parts program.● Print media marketing project management. Coordinating creative and copy collateral to make print deadlines for publications.● Consumer and Marketplace Insights. Study the markets we serve and the competitive landscape. Understand at a deep level the impact of emerging technologies on our positioning compared to needs, trends, and competition in the market.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

- Responsible for managing strategic and cross-departmental initiatives that add value to theorganization. Focusing on the RaceTrac Travel Center Initiative & Drive-Thru Proof of Concepts.- Managed the legal Name transition from Racetrac Petroleum to Racetrac, inc.-Managed the implementation of Microsoft Teams platform - Lead a team of Analysts and oversees the development and implementation of multiple projectlife cycles at one time.-Collaborates between the project sponsor and teams on process development and strategyimplementation.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

● Manage a construction project team of analysts and other associates to construct HD Rental Centers across the country.● Opened 11 rental centers in 7 different markets in the U.S.● Managing project budgets of over $1.8M per construction project.● Selecting suppliers, generating purchase orders, and transmitting purchase orders to suppliers. Managing the RFP process and presenting results to ELT for project approval.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

● Assist in managing a $650M business segment using an Excel-based program to identify sales opportunities, regional trends, and problem areas by analyzing sales, margin, inventory, and shrink.● Organize monthly Strategic Open-to-Buy meetings with prospective new vendors to find new products and/or cost out opportunities yielding several new products resulting in $1.1M of incremental sales over the past 5 months and Edison Award for an innovative product. Negotiate prices and long-term agreements with suppliers.● Manage cross-functional teams and over 50 vendors to plan monthly projects in stores to onboard and phase out the product by creating new trackers to align all teams on products and timing. Which improved B2B partnerships.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

● Developed reports to analyze sales and stock positions to identify business opportunities.● Conducted extensive store communication and partnership. Field phone calls regarding product assortment, pricing, and marketing inquiries to drive additional sales opportunities.● Performs qualitative and quantitative data analyses and research, using multiple sources and large volumes of data, often starting from scratch.● Wrote over $3M in vendor promotional contracts with the Buyer’s oversight.

Midway, Georgia, United States

● Managed Allocation of Men’s Accessories for the Hugo Boss USA Outlet division● Allocated merchandise for 32 U.S. Locations● Created reporting for the buyer to showcase allocation sell-through in the business to better plan for seasonal buys.

Savannah, Georgia, United States

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Political Science And Government

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Organizational Leadership