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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Rosemont, Il, Us

• Provided alignment across the corporate systems portfolio for the 2nd largest US Foodservice distributor with annual revenue of $24B, leading multiple teams to complete key projects and initiatives.• Identified opportunities to optimize or redesign business processes to leverage technology, enhancing efficiency.• Engaged with various stakeholders, including IT and external partners to ensure alignment and effective communication.• Provided guidance on technology decisions, ensuring they aligned with business needs and the enterprise architecture vision.• Led and guided the organization through technological transformations, ensuring minimal disruption.Notable Achievements:o Re-engineered SKU data processing and consumption; maintaining SLAs with a 400% increase in yearly data volume.o Generated user-friendly documentation on terminology, requirements, and troubleshooting during the remote covid era.

Rosemont, Il, Us

• Led and mentored a team of 10, managing a multi-million-dollar project portfolio for BI and reporting across the enterprise.• Provided centralized data connections and structures for ease-of-use end user reporting in Tableau and OBIEE.• Supervised RFP and tool selection for data cataloging and governance tool; choosing Alation for its end user ease-of-use.Notable Achievements:o Created and led the BI Center of Excellence (BI COE), partnering with business units to establish a single source of truth.o Spearheaded the modernization of the data warehousing and business intelligence (BI) platforms, moving from Oracle data warehouse and reporting to Snowflake and Tableau, identifying $1.1M in annual savings.o Transformed Supply Chain reporting by creating a centralized and harmonized dataset from over 60+ Distribution Centers and 8 separate systems, moving from weekly and disjointed reporting to consistent daily reporting for leadership.o Accelerated time to market for in-house advanced analytics team by implementing Alteryx and DataRobot (tools designed to automate and accelerate predictive analytics), helping build and deploy accurate predictive models in a fraction of the time.o Implemented SAS forecasting, improving sales by 0.5% through out-of-stock reduction, promotional effectiveness, and inventory cost reduction and increased efficiency of cross-functional teams by 5-10%.o Enhanced adoption of a new compensation model by implementing centralized reporting showing breakdowns for a 5K+ sales force.

Rosemont, Il, Us

• Liaised with teams to align technology solutions with needs, developing business cases and securing leadership approval.• Led team of 6, managing a multi-million-dollar BI project portfolio across Supply Chain, Finance, and Merchandising.• Developed 3-year roadmap for BI technology optimization.Notable Achievements:o Served as Key IT Liaison during the $60B+ Sysco and US Foods proposed merger, leading Supply Chain reporting strategy.o Transferred Inbound Logistics data from outdated MS Access databases to a modern data warehouse, enhancing data visibility.o Streamlined strategy/process for national and local New Item Request sales teams.o Launched executive summary reports on net metrics, aiding in margin issue identification.o Introduced investment spend reporting for better accuracy and exception visibility.o Initiated self-service training in OBIEE, transitioning users from Oracle Discoverer to OBIEE platform.o Upgraded OBIEE 10G to OBIEE 12C, reducing 53% of low-run reports.o Led cloud tech proof of concept for Hadoop & AWS, setting groundwork for a new cloud data warehouse.o Worked with 3rd party vendor for data analysis, delivering recommendations/roadmap and cutting costs in contract talks.

Rosemont, Il, Us

• Liaised with stakeholders to align technology solutions with business needs.• Led a team of 6 overseeing a multi-million-dollar BI project portfolio across Supply Chain, Finance, and Merchandising.Notable Achievements:o Collaborated with supply chain leaders to create a strategy to centralize reporting, transitioning from manual pulls from 20 systems.o Launched Perfect Order Index (POI) reporting, a key company KPI.o Introduced route density reporting, optimizing delivery routes for reduced mileage and improved service.o Established compliance reports to address drivers skipping lunch breaks.o Centralized eDTS across 60+ Distribution Centers, enabling companywide reporting.o Automated forward buys reporting, streamlining daily processes for category managers.o Initiated Supplier Incentive System (SIS) reporting, curbing purchase allowance (PA) dollar leakage and spotlighting areas of risk.

Rosemont, Il, Us

• Led large scale category management and purchasing projects through the entire SDLC Waterfall and Agile methodologies.Notable Achievements:o Spearheaded a local sourcing project using intricate report logic to discern product origins, supporting a key national customer (Premier) and empowering clients and sellers to prioritize local products.o Orchestrated data integration between our systems and an external vendor for a Points of Focus Project, incentivizing salespeople for promoting exclusive brand items.

Rosemont, Il, Us

• Collaborated with category management and purchasing teams to document project requirements and processes.Notable Achievement: Spearheaded the multi-phase Monarch Cost Standardization project in partnership with PROS, integrating sales and purchasing data with swift visualizations for in-depth analysis of category assortment, purchasing allowances, and pricing structures.

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

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Applied Information Technology, Information Technology

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.) With Advanced Major, Physics