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Portland, Or, Us

Westminster, Colorado, Us

Portland, Oregon, Us

Wilsonville, Or, Us

Produced automated reporting for topics ranging from sales incentive, to product promotions, and high level reporting for Global Sales teams using Qlikview and SAP.Created insightful research documents and presentations around some of the company's most complex issues for Senior management.Completed extensive review of Distributor contracts, resulting in $5M in savings annually. Created complex tool allowing for future reviews.

Hillsboro, Oregon, Us

Acted as the senior member of the Sales Operations team. Mentored new analysts, headed initiatives, and routinely performed important and complex ad hoc analysis. Coordinated the quarterly and weekly worldwide revenue forecasts while providing supportive analysis. Exceeded corporate accuracy requirements many quarters by achieving worldwide forecast accuracy averaging 98%. Administered sales incentive plan and designed models to accurately forecast incentives, improving average forecast accuracy to 95%. Created a series of macros that eliminated around 40 hours of work each quarter. Acted as SharePoint administrator for the Sales Ops group. Created sites, libraries, web parts, lists and complex permissions system to modernize Sales Ops processes. Used expert skills in Excel, PowerPoint Visual Basic and Access to provide training to members of the sales group, improving sales efficiency and accuracy.Highlights: Participated in interdepartmental collaboration to develop and maintain executive level reporting and dashboards. Created the primary metrics in the dashboard. Coordinated a multi-departmental work group to modify a data structure, which modernized the corporate system, brought down interdepartmental barriers, and improved the efficiency and effectiveness of the worldwide sales organization.

Audited past and forecasted future claims against revenue recognition for over $1 million per month. Prepared reconciliations, and trend analysis for management and auditors. Tracked and managed thousands of price agreements worth roughly $5 mil which has driven savings of nearly $100,000.Highlights: Designed, and implemented advanced spreadsheets using vlookups, pivots, and macros to virtually eliminate errors in reporting and cut processing time by 80%. Produced reports on inventory turnover using SAP to help manage distributor inventory levels. Performed a significant amount of ad-hoc analysis, driving improved decision making.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Regularly exceeded goals with over $10 mil in mortgage sales per month on average. Analyzed client needs and ability for repayment to drive an award winning sales record. Sold financial products to high net value clients while delivering exceptional customer service. Prepared and audited loan documents, then arranged for the timely closing of real estate transactions.Highlights: 1st in a group of 30 to earn upfront approval authority. Nationally known for expertise in working around underwriting issues to get loans for responsible borrowers approved. Earned 3 promotions in just a few years, beginning as a temporary customer service associate.