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Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Built a best-in-class agenda/report across an entire business unit for monthly financial discussions with leadership.Established a product master to collaborate with cross-functional teams for key seasonal events.Cut out 25% of time needed for pre-planning new items by creating a seasonality tool. Created rapid visibility to future business hurdles.Implemented Win-the-Season program by collaborating with cross-functional team members to insure timely execution.Led others through broad initiatives, early adoption of tools, and recruiting.Grew market share through analytics, enabling Omni-channel support, pricing strategies, and assortment excellence.

Exceeded financial measures in sales, profit, markdowns, receipts, and inventory.Delivered financial precision through open-to-buy 30/60/90.Created rapid visibility to future business hurdles.Developed an out-of-stock process that saved 20 hours each week by multiple associates, which resulted in increased average in-stock by 400 basis points.Developed and delivered modular excellence through analytics and exit strategies.

Developed a complete product master for all of Walmart & Sam's Club wine items available. Utilized 3rd-party tools in connection with product master to provide insights to retail partners that led to company being awarded Category Captain for Sam's Club Floor Wine and Category Validator for Sam's Club Fine Wine. Identified shopper basket growth opportunities, up to +33% per average basket, for Walmart through extensive market basket research into shopper behaviors. Trained four new team members to succeed in category management; all were promoted to areas of increased responsibility.Partnered with Walmart and Sam’s Club merchants to validate, update, and ensure accuracy of modular process. Served as validator for Walmart Dept. 96 wine category, and captain for Sam’s Club Dept. 19 floor wine category.Analyzed and differentiated, identified issues and opportunities, and provided direction and correction of errors to organizational leaders.Worked with sales teams and marketing to coordinate promotions to drive sales and provide superior service to merchants and customer knowledge. Served as resource to merchants for confidential and time-sensitive projects to drive meaningful and successful decision-making for merchants.

Partnered with Walmart and Sam’s Club merchants to validate, update, and ensure accuracy of product descriptions and item taxability. Analyzed and differentiated between taxable and tax-exempt purchases, identified tax issues and opportunities, and provided direction and correction of errors to organizational leaders. Worked with merchants, ISD, and marketing to coordinate tax-free holidays to drive sales and provide superior customer service and knowledge. Served as tax consultant researching state statutes, assisting external audit teams with regulatory requests, and working with internal auditors to identify control weaknesses related to Sarbanes Oxley.

Mississippi State University Veterinary College

Performed work independently under direction of designated facility member or scientist applying knowledge of theories of applied and basic sciences, laboratory techniques, and methods for obtaining research data. Monitored lab expenses and prepared reports. Calibrated, operated, and maintained various laboratory equipment and devices in analysis of research samples. Demonstrated laboratory procedures to students, and assisted in preparing materials for teaching purposes. Performed variety of routine and specialized research duties in field and laboratory. Performed literary searches.

Bs, Biological Sciences

Activities and Societies: Undergraduate Research,Undergraduate Researcher in Biological Sciences, researching African Sleeping Sickness.

Education record

Biological Sciences

Activities and Societies: FarmHouse Fraternity, Beta Beta Beta National Honor Society, Famous Maroon Marching BandLaboratory Associate.