Ignacio Herrera Email & Phone Number

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Managed projects with Google Cloud Products such as BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage, and Dataproc to support migrations from on-prem legacy systems to the Google Cloud.
• Gathered business requirements, created program plans, led team meetings, and managed stories and features from the product roadmap
• Managed the backend migration of DSS reports from Teradata to BigQuery on the Google Cloud Platform

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Drove insights for decisions to hit financial and in-stock targets in the home improvement category
• Planned the arrival and flow of home improvement merchandise through the Sam’s Club supply chain, deciding on quantities and exit strategies for each site
• Managed product flow and distribution plans for everyday and seasonal merchandise

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Performed program research and analyzed data to develop the Annual Operating Plan and Long-Range Plan for the divestitures of 4 markets
• Created reporting dashboard on PowerBI for tracking the monthly P&L and reporting financials for Walmart’s Divestitures in Brazil, Japan, the UK, and Argentina.
• Partnered with Legal, Accounting, Technology, and external business partners to mitigate Walmart’s financial and legal exposure
• Collaborated with multiple stakeholders including technology to develop a Claims reporting product

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Built strong relationships with key strategic partners in multiple business areas in US, Mexico, and Costa Rica to help transform their processes for Rapid Process Automation (RPA) to build the roadmap for two Shared.
• Led the automation transformation for Mexico Store Back Office which yielded +$2M USD in savings

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Used tools including SQL, R, Alteryx, and Tableau to develop modular optimization solutions for Category Modular Development Managers
• Provided tools for to merchants identify markets where Walmart has gaps in its product assortment. The assortment recommendation was provided by leveraging Nielsen, IRI, and internal data

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Trained store assistant managers and helped implement a new scheduling system in stores (Customer First). Communicated requirements from the field to the technical team.
• Became a subject matter expert on the Customer First scheduling system and helped develop the training materials for stores

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Served as point of contact to implement best in-store supply chain practices from Walmart US to Mexico
• Transitioned 112 Sam’s Clubs to overnight receiving to streamline the in-club supply chain
• Implemented a sister-stores model to help Mexico stores reduce their GNFR expenses

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Manage the daily and seasonal operations of the $84 million fresh cut flowers business for all Sam’s Clubs in U.S. and Puerto Rico
• Maintain instock goals for all clubs
• Responsible for forecasting and replenishment that will maximize Sales, Turns, and Profit
• Plan and execute two major holidays that account for over 20% of yearly sales
• Have contained shrink and surpassed goals for a highly perishable category
• Maintained flat sales comps in spite of over 6% price deflation and 25% SKU reduction

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Executed in-stocks for club events such as features, marketing events, transitions, and new/relo club orders
• Maintained system settings to meet the replenishment needs of the category
• Provided replenishment direction and support for suppliers, clubs, and distribution centers
• Played instrumental role in the planning and execution of the New Bounty paper towel roll-out that was lauded by Proctor & Gamble’s President of North America
• Adapted to three different direct managers in one year and readily shared my knowledge of the business during their on-boarding

Bethesda, MD, US

• Involved in project to streamline the staffing process for Global Sustainment
• Conducted gap analysis research to assess the need for more management training programs
• Created an automated project management tool in Microsoft Excel for staff meetings as a capstone project for earning a Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification

Springdale, AR, US

B.S., Industrial Engineering

Master Of Business Administration, Mba

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science