Jacob Wilhite Email & Phone Number

Elkhart, In, Us

Built, incorporated, and operated sole-employee LLC to provide consulting services, specializing in employee engagement and feedback. Cultivated business relationships with Fortune 500 companies and lead initiatives in engagement, performance assessments, and survey development. Leveraged advanced statistical modeling to perform deep dive analysis and extract meaningful insights

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Manage day-to-day operations and P&L of Lighting business area for all Walmart stores and ecommerce in the US. Engage in strategic negotiations with suppliers and introduce data-driven continuous improvements to increase sales despite supply chain and COVID-19 pandemic-related challenges and slower in-store traffic. Develop new product concepts and lead brand reinvention for Walmart private brand. Report to the Merchant Director and work with 4 associates reporting to business area under responsibility—Finance Planner, Replenishment Manager, Private Brand Manager, and Category Analytics Advisor.

Fayetteville, Ar, Us

Recruited to optimize and teach the 8-week Data Science Certification program, covering data manipulation, data analysis, statistics, and machine learning concepts.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Oversaw modular side of a Walmart incubation company, including successful completion of assortment optimization and digital shelf label development projects, which were integrated into the Walmart business for larger-scale implementation.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

● Provided analytical oversight for space optimization of all Hardlines departments, which accounted for $700M+ in sales growth in just 1 year by optimizing the space categories received within each store. ● Developed an automation process for space optimization and implemented it on store-specific floorplans, allowing estimated 6,000 hours a year in labor savings, by replacing 4-weeks workflow completed by a 6-person team. Reduced draw time to 1 day to process and 4 days to validate for every relay.● Introduced new standard of working for space analytics and training for GM areas at the direction of SVP; devised strategies that were implemented across all the business units within the general merchandise space for entire Walmart.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

● Oversaw annual engagement survey's analytics, which is distributed to over 2million associates● Automated most tests of Walmart’s 4-week reporting and analytics process, allowing nearly instant test completion after receiving results.● Acted as Lead Consultant for associate engagement deep-dives in collaboration with company business partners. ● Administered focus groups with both office associates and field associates● Developed visually appealing reporting tools presented to Walmart executive leadership and consulted business partners on implementation of large-scale programs that were rolled out company-wide.● Consulted multiple projects that were being implemented in the stores to improve the targeted goals

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

● Conducted a project which investigated the 10% decrease in the market on an Associate Engagement Survey by linking the results to associate stress levels● Decreased the stress levels in various high-stressed areas through implementing principlesin engineering psychology, causing scores in associate engagement to increase● Oversaw daily business operations in a store with the sales of over $100 million a year while obtaining a BS degree● Increased stocking productivity by an average of thirty cases an hour by implementing acase-per-hour challenge● Interviewed and hired several associates for my team● Conducted administrative duties such as formal evaluations, managing schedules, hiring,resolving inter-employee conflicts, and enforcing company policies

Rexburg, Id, Us

• Worked with clients in various businesses• Constructed, carried out, and interpreted multiple surveys, focus groups, and interviews• Collected quantitative data in order to attract and satisfy clients

• Helped teachers in India understand new software• Installed software onto a university network• Lead the university through several test-runs of the program with teachers and students

• Held an administrative position and was responsible for keeping up to date with local and national laws and making sure all other volunteers’ documents were current• Created a program that saved an average of $500 every six weeks by automatically submitting orders for cross-continental flights, taking into consideration; flight visa, passport, and personal information• Analyzed weekly reports of fellow volunteers using in-house key indicators of success to establish patterns and develop training for weekly meetings• Conducted multiple meetings a week in Russian• Learned to speak, read, and write Russian