Promoted to Senior Director of Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics (2021-Present), manages one director, six managers, four contractors, and 30 indirect reports, provides coaching and feedback, manages performance, builds relationships, and communicates transparently, both in writing and verbally. Tasked during present tenure with administering a $6.5M budget and leads critical data warehouse migration projects and data strategies aligned with organizational plans. Expands BI and analytics into new functions, develops reporting platform infrastructure, serves on the Coke One North America (CONA) Coca-Cola innovation committee to boost overall analytics efficiency, and transitions the company’s Tableau Server infrastructure to Tableau Cloud.Centralized the BI department, adding a ticket system for data requests and employee training. Shares BI information with other bottlers to improve service levels and trains others on using certified data sets. Launched a “war room” to fix pressing issues and developed a Hight Impact Team for special BI and analytics projects. Saved $3M in expenses and secured a 20% reduction in data processing time on a three-year, 13-location, 75-participant ERP Snowflake data warehouse migration.Slashed 20% from report production time after creating a strategic self-service internal reporting platform infrastructure.Enabled a 20% productivity lift and a 15% logistics cost cut by implementing advanced analytic solutions utilizing Snowflake Snowpark.Facilitated a 40% efficiency increase and a 20% drop in time-to-insights delivery by streamlining BI processes. Cut 20% from manual processing and improved financial decision accuracy 25% by automating financial operations with BI solutions.Communicates complex concepts understandably, acts confidently, employs straight talk, forges lasting relationships, drives consensus employing an influential nature, and serves as the face of the organization, both virtually and in person.

While in the position of Director of Reporting & Analytics (2012-2021), planned, developed, implemented, and managed Big Data Analytics and Data Management, launching a Center of Excellence. Contributed expertise in employee performance, complex problem-solving, devising cost-effective and creative solutions, implementing processes, and building relations with senior management. Oversaw $1.5M in capital expenditures, tracked costs, partnered with customers on contract terms, and provided cost breakdowns. Monitored the organizational performance and metrics market to provide informed recommendations to senior management and analyzed complex financial statistical, ad-hoc, and other reports for specific functional areas. Leverage such sources as Microsoft Enterprise Data Warehouse, SAP HANA, Silent Margin Minder, SharePoint 2013, SAP, and other data sources.Mentored a team of 15 direct reports at various levels and provided goal-setting, performance feedback, and advancement opportunities to inspire and build team trust. Furnished reporting, data analytics, tools, and applications for Sales, Marketing, Delivery, Customer Management, Equipment Services, Warehouse, and Call Center with operational scorecards and other reporting and data requirements. Identified emerging trends and developed analyses that became actionable strategies for profitable growth and product positioning. Created and maintained data analytics, reporting frameworks, metrics, and dashboards.Translated business requirements into technical solutions, solved stalled projects, and took the lead role in moving projects forward.Launched a Center of Excellence (CoE) for BI intelligence, partnering with key stakeholders, IT, Reporting, and Analytics to maximize BI and data governance, and encourage and enable acceptance of new strategies.Contributed $10M annual margin and $5M in sales after devising an end-to-end product innovation tool for reporting and analysis.

Prepares written reports, interpretation of data findings, advises management on the meaning and provides recommendations and contingency plans. Supervises and provides leadership to sales analyst team.Collect, analyze and model data on volume, revenue, pricing, adjusted gross margin, and cost for corporate and Regional customers.Provides leadership in Quarterly Price Package Planning and Annual Operating Plan Prepares reports that interpret market conditions, illustrating data graphically and translating complex findings into written presentations for senior management and executive team.Develop, create and evaluate methods and procedures for collecting and presenting data and market research activities (such as test/control tests, brand or package tests), reviews progress, evaluates results and provides recommendations.Present to Region Managers, Revenue Management Executive committee, Revenue Management Council along with or in place of Sr. Business Analyst.Attend meetings and conferences to provide management with information and proposals concerning the promotion, distribution, design and pricing of company brands and packages.Manages special projects/assignments which require broad experience with principles for promoting and selling products or services including marketing/operational strategy and tactics, sales techniques.Supervise projects and personnel requiring prior diverse experience of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique and coordination of people and resources

Gather data, identify actions and events for long-term and ad-hoc projects to meet the expectations of clients, senior management team and customer development directors.Provide analytical support including trimester pricing for revenue management team as well as high volume, high revenue customers in the C-Store Channels.Provide in dept pricing support through analysis and modeling of current marketing and pricing initiatives through collaboration directly with Price Directors and Business Unit Analyst.Analyze and process large sets of data into meaningful insights for clients.Complete post analysis of major corporate initiatives, new brand launches vs stated objectives in order to determine success or need to course-correctProvide business solutions for customers, recommendations based on opportunities identified through consumer learning’s, gap analysis and on-going promotional analyses.Convey requirements and organize resources for projects to ensure deadlines are met for the CPACT Bottling System.Create and implement new procedures with the management team to enhance company efficiencies.Trimester price/package planning with Customer Development Director’s and Revenue Management Team to provide analytical rigor for planning across multiple price zones and categories and to insure consumer and competitive learning’s are incorporated into plans especially for key corporate costumers. Develop reports, timelines, and graphics for business portfolios, customer reports, and the senior management team.Develop and manage key planogram initiatives as lead Space Planner Captain for C-Store channel through direct interaction with Category Buyer through development of store specific planograms.

Post analysis of major corporate initiatives vs. stated objectives Construct and maintain annual pricing models based on future pricing strategies and market behaviorProvide routine tracking of trends through monthly reportingGather data to identify actions and events on key customers and superchannels to educate and plan quarterly pricing strategy and tactics for field and customer developmentProvide business solutions for customers, recommendations based on opportunities identified through consumer learning’s, gap analysis and on-going promotional analysisProvide Budget and Profit and Loss gap analysis monthly and annuallyIdentify any volume and/or gross margin gaps vs. plan and last year to determine if identified gaps are one time occurrences or ongoing eventsJDA Prospace planogram planning software to support key corporate accounts including product placement, space to sales analysis, and profit analysisMaintain and identify opportunities for senior management against key business indicators in Vendware data prediction softwareProvide training of Margin Minder data software to field user throughout the companyManaged merchandising standards for chain, corporate, and independent accountsServed as sharepoint site administrator for Sales and Delivery site as well as provided support for site usersDeveloped Cold Drink Account Manager access database for daily territory planning and tracking of key initiatives and objectives.

Provide routine tracking of trends through monthly reportingProvide information to senior management for early identification of trends and likely causal factorsSupport senior management by reporting and tracking key measurable brands, packages/ channelsProvide analysis of ongoing market activities and sales unit initiatives for incorporation into future program developmentProvide analytical support for new initiativesPresent formal presentations using Powerpoint for monthly presentationsManage sampling programs through new brand marketing initiatives for the sales unit Participate in quarterly pricing through brand and package analysis based on market trendsCreate planograms using the Prospace Management softwareCreate store layouts and displays through M.E.T merchandising standardsConduct training sessions for the sales unit