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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

• Developed an inventory strategy for a textile manufacturer outlining a path for the target to transition from a make-to-order to a make-to-stock environment resulting in a customer lead time reduction from 10 weeks to 4 weeks.• Led inventory assessment for a major electronics distributor, identified $25M in working capital savings driven by implementation of strict obsolescence processes, realignment of safety stock levels and reductions in duplicative part numbers.• Managed a team through a working capital rapid assessment of a $500m private equity held, consumer energy services business, across all elements of the cash conversion cycle – Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, and Forecast-to-Fulfill. Identifying $11M-$16M of savings opportunity, conducting strategy workshops with key business stakeholders and advising the CFO on key next steps.• Assessed opportunities for a refrigerated beverage distributor to grow to an EBITDA margin of 10%. Developed and modeled scenarios for organic and inorganic growth; built a screening tool to identify

Rochester, Minnesota Area

• Developed an application that uses statistical modeling to predict failure rates among products, identify relationships among those products, and help product managers drive solutions.• Project lead for the development of a business analytics application that utilizes statistical and textual analysis to improve business operations and reducing headcount requirements netting $500K in annual cost savings.

Master Of Science - Ms

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management