Kevin Mueller Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Great Atlanta Area

Director – Enterprise & Merchant Reporting (OmniChannel Systems & Process), 2017-Present• Responsible for all of Macy’s Standardized and Ad-Hoc reporting / tools; managed a team of 10 direct reports, 4 Reporting Managers and 6 BA’s located in GA and NY.• Orchestrated the planning, execution of the Merchant Reporting RoadMap, annual treatments and each treatment through the Portfolio funding process.• Oversaw all Reporting capital projects, ensured all projects met business MVP, and delivered on-time / on-budget.• Defined the overall Reporting strategy to streamline number of AdHoc reporting applications for the organization. Successfully reduced the AdHoc foot print by eliminating 80 AdHoc reports/tools.• Reviewed all reporting requests to determine whether requests are best solved through maintenance to enterprise reporting, new enterprise reporting or ad hoc, Excel based reports.

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Project Management Merchant Reporting & BI Solutions (Macy's Tech), 2016-Present• Responsible for successfully delivering 8 Merchant Reporting projects with an average team size of 8 people.• Developed procedures to apply LEAN/Agile methodology to all reporting projects delivered. All projects were Q4M compliant with no failed tollgates. • Applied those standards for all new projects to define project scope / MVP, develop resource plans, Iteration plans, Clarity statuses, risk & issue mitigation, and project score card reviews.• Responsible for creating and managing Merchant Reporting annual treatments and oversaw each treatment through the Portfolio funding process. Planned cost estimates working with teams.• Managed all project scope / schedule changes using appropriate techniques in order to keep each project plan accurate, and facilitated business partner acceptance when required.

Systems Specialist BA of Standardized Reporting and BI Solutions (Macy's Tech), 2010-Present• Effectively worked as Program BA across various Merchant Reporting and Enterprise projects (Self-Serve Rpt.'g, OC Actuals/OC Item Rel.1, SVI, & Macy’s Backstage)• As the Program BA in Self-Serve Reporting, I created a scoring tool with a methodology / algorithm to support scoring our BI capabilities for the POC vendor evaluation. Drove the decision in conjunction with understanding customer impact selecting new BI vendor. • Facilitated roadmap planning sessions with our NY business partner and reporting management with getting prioritization of roadmap items.• Worked with reporting management on resource allocation and developed an enhanced resource allocation worksheet. • Across all reporting projects I elicited concise and unambiguous requirements using various elicitation methods (interviews, use cases, workflow analysis, business process descriptions, etc.).• Assist in training, peer mentoring, directing, and validating the work of other BAs.• Demonstrated strong knowledge in data processing applications such as JDA Allocation and IBM Cognos while leveraging a proven Retail background.• Proven success working in a cross-functional, evolving, and matrixed team environments.• Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction, and strengthen business partner relationships.• Planned and facilitated meetings to present design reviews, peer reviews, and user acceptance reviews to management, business partners and technical team.• Developed and delivered self-serve / ad-hoc reporting solutions leveraging MS Excel 2010 and MS SSAS Cube data.• Developed and delivered ground up ‘JDA Allocation’ reporting solutions leveraging MS Excel 2010 and MS SQL Server 2008 & 2012.Product Manager / BA of JDA Allocation (MST), 2008-2010Awards and HonorsChairman’s Award for a3 (Advanced Accurate Allocation) – 2008Make Magic You Count Award – 2009 and 2011

Expo Design Division - Merchandising responsibilities for Appliances which included all special order premium to ultra premium luxury brands of Appliances, in-stock appliance programs, appliances delivery & installs, culinary, and small electrics, total volume $150M.

Merchant for different categories: Appliances, kitchen electrics, culinary, flooring and floorcare

Managed 2 categories at $530M in import revenue annually, which represented 19% of annual container volume for Home Depot. Planned inventory flow of merchandise through the import distribution network. Assisted in new product selection, designed product packaging, evaluated existing programs, and analyzed departmental statistics. 6 Sigma Green Belt certified (Nov.2005).

Responsible for these categories: Paint, Decor (blinds & wallpapering), and flooring

Department supervisor over Paint and Decor department