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Mayfield Hts, Oh

Develop tools to track $264MM of spend and associated save rates across 150+ projects for a 3-year time frame for a major jewelry retailerWork directly with senior leadership and cross-functional team owners to determine goals, map scope and create plans for current and future successCreate holistic weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting which speaks to the on-going progress of each project's financial impact on the overall targeted spend and saving for multi-year as well as specific FY goalsCollaborate with Category Directors, Managing Partners, SME’s and the Executive Team to investigate, analyze and report root cause analysis of project slippage and assist in developing and implement processes to eliminate further erosionDevelop strong relationships with cross-functional teams including TLT, Finance FP&A and VP business owners to consistently verify and update all project milestones and the financial impact each variation has on the overall savings target goalAssist in developing and implementing best practice processes for greater clarity and scalability across cross-functional teams

Greater Atlanta Area

Provide inventory and logistics analytics reporting to upper level management highlighting the effectiveness of and adherence to SLA’s for the Microsoft Spares program supporting over 100 retail stores in four countriesPresent monthly, quarterly, forecasting and trending analysis via PowerPoint and PowerBI for directors collaboration meetings to evaluate the effectiveness of program strategiesMonitor inventory levels for the Microsoft Spares program, forecast quarterly procurement needs and manage IT infrastructure procurement efforts on a quarterly bulk schedule as well as replenish ad hoc needs per storeWork closely with finance officers to ensure quarterly spending budgets are not exceededRequest new infrastructure solutions as old ones become obsoleteFacilitate a regular cadence of liquidation for obsolete products in order to create a more efficient use of client fundsManage the international shipping process which includes creating customs invoices, EEI and FCC forms, calculating appropriate VAT taxes, consulting with border control to resolve import/export issues and creating training documentation and templates for shipping department useAssist staff in incident management ticket processing

Redmond, Wa

Worked on a contractual basis as an Inventory Analyst supporting the Microsoft Retail Spares teamPerformed quarterly physical audits of Microsoft warehouse locations to ensure client compliance of product handling as well as inventory reporting and worked to decrease obsolete inventory Maintained a weekly cadence of office audits to reconcile all inventory at warehouse locations and in the fieldGenerated effective burn rate reports to facilitate efficient quarterly forecasting efforts Collaborated with Microsoft Finance Department to assist in accomplishing their goal of determining specific financial costing per individual retail store