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Saint Paul, MN, US

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Actively lead and manage the development of analytics and reporting for the GlobalRetail organization.
• Develop analytics platform to help drive growth, productivity, and optimization of theretail real estate portfolio
• Effectively give insight on how to integrate analytics into the retail Go-To-Marketprocess
• Proficiently managed development and roll out of new dynamic reporting productsavailable to our 500+ retail locations for the first time, allowing greater insight intoKPIs and business operations
• Regularly meet with stakeholders to discuss business needs and how to addressthem with analytics
• Diligently act as Business owner of data model used for Retail Analytics, managinguser stories and bug fixes to best meet stakeholder needs

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Effectively develop product plans and assortments by analyzing historical sales, providing SKU rationalization, and forecasting
• Regularly analyze inventory and develop marketing plans to reposition or repromote sitting inventory
• Proficiently develop product specifications and value propositions to be used by marketing and sales channels
• Diligently analyze market trends and competition on pricing, positioning, and product offerings/assortments
• Consistently manage product pricing decisions by analyzing competitors, margin expectations, and market position
• Create data visualizations utilizing large sets of product specific data in Power BI

Duluth, Minnesota Area

• Effectively communicate with and address customer’s concerns
• Offer insight on cycling related purchasing decisions
• Efficiently provide mechanical repairs and maintenance to bicycles
• Manage operation of summer rental and bike repair service at nearby bike-park

Superior, WI

• Managed and executed the development of a product line extension and product size addition through the Stage-Gate process
• Conducted competitive analysis and price analysis to determine position of our products
• Created a VOC framework for a product family to support future marketing campaigns
• Conducted marketing research to determine business potential for future projects
• Utilized market and financial data to influence and make strategic decisions
• Actively led meetings, made recommendations, and presented projects to executives