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Fayetteville, Ar, Us

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Senior Manager, Data Science & Strategy (Backhaul Optimization & Expansion) | Walmart Transportation CENTROIDMaking-a-Difference Award Winner (2nd)Developed a user-facing backhaul modeling solution, BackhaulX, currently being used by both Backhaul & BigW to source at vet potential workloadHelped source, model, and onboard $9M+ of annualized backhaul revenue in first year, exceeding FY25 AOP goalLayered BackhaulX on prepaid shipper data to build roadmap to $200M in cumulative incremental backhaul revenue over LRP, with line of sight to quadruple FY25 results in FY26Built and helped manage high-priority strategic relationships with several Fortune 500 strategic partners (> $100M in long-term annual value)Successfully fostered collaboration between and with backhaul stakeholders (Backhaul, BigW, etc.) to define the future of Walmart's backhaul program in whitepaper formatRebuilt (from scratch) a database that identifies and allocates freight costs by merch vendor at the load ID level, previously supported by a 10+ person teamServe as a transportation data SME for multiple stakeholder groups

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Expense-side FP&A partner, Inbound Transportation (multi-billion $ portfolio)Making-a-Difference (MAD) Award WinnerUncover and report on monthly, quarterly, and annual results, shedding light on R&Os for individual networksServe as a data insights and PBI/dashboarding SME for broader Inbound Transportation network, developing ad-hoc automated reports that drive material dollar savingsFine-tune and smooth Intermodal invoicing processes to enable easier management of P&LPatched a manual expense recognition/allocation process, driving $0.5M/mo savings on Intermodal P&LDeveloped Walmart Intermodal fiscal ‘24 annual operational plan < 1 month into roleDeveloped entire Inbound Transportation Long-Range Plan ~8 mo into role, exceeding several billion USD annually

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Support forecasting and planning hourly and management payroll for all 2000 US stores ($1.5 billion+ /quarter)Developed first live overtime dashboard for senior leadership to track usage/identify painpoints within all stores (w/in first month in role)Forecasted 2H22 labor results using Monte Carlo simulationCreated management payroll reporting to track pressure/favorability for 10K+ roles across 2000 stores

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Data storyteller supporting G&A/store markdowns analysis, planning, forecasting, reportingDeveloped annual store markdowns plan, exceeding $1.5 billion, using regression techniquesDeveloped and manage annual US Stores G&A plan exceeding $150 millionResponsible for weekly forecasting of store markdown dollars exceeding $30 million/weekResponsible for providing financial support and analysis during rollout of revamped military discount program, with reporting and analysis reaching highest levels of senior managementFully developed numerous dashboards and reporting templates in Excel/Tableau/R for leadership to easily track G&A/markdown trends

Master Of Applied Business Analytics (Maba)

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Finance

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government

Single-Semester Student, Political Science And Government