Mandy Gray Email & Phone Number

Princeton, Ky, Us

Nashville Metropolitan Area

Nashville Metropolitan Area

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Mergers & Acquisitions-Coordinated & executed all phases of asset & equity transactions, including antitrust evaluation, due diligence activities, deal team status meetings, project timelines and communications with bankers and brokers-Developed custom workflows and quantitative analytics to stay abreast of US M&A landscape, assess potential targets and direct long-term strategic planning around M&APortfolio Strategy-Led implementation of a data-driven, objective approach to managing Ahold Delhaize's US-based brick and mortar store portfolio-Developed custom analytics to assist in prioritizing capital allocation, assessing real estate quality, and measuring competitive impacts and store performance-Led development of spatial analytics for use in assessing geographic trends and factors which influence the health of Ahold Delhaize's brick and mortar store portfolio

Salisbury, North Carolina

Salisbury, North Carolina

Supported operations of Delhaize America Site Research group, collaborating extensively with Real Estate, Investment Analysis & Shopper Insights teams: -Developed custom predictive and spatial analytics to model consumer/competitive behavior, forecast sales and evaluate retail site location quality -Extensive experience applying Alteryx to improve effectiveness and efficiency of existing business processes, such as: custom trade area creation, consumer behavior reporting and new site location and sales forecasting -Developed specialized metrics to represent sites’ potential for return on invested capital in strategic growth modelsCollaborated with a diverse group of departments in applying spatial analytics to complex business problems, including but not limited to: -Developing analyses to recommend best retail locations for special projects -Merger and acquisition proposals following Federal Trade Commission standards -Uncovering factors behind trends in general liability claims -Preparing customer loyalty data for targeted marketing programs

Salisbury, North Carolina

M.S. in Geographic Information Science & Technology

Boston, Ma

Guided client growth through strategic planning, performance management implementation, organizational planning, data collection & analysis, field research, leadership development and project implementation; authored and delivered presentations to clients throughout project lifecycles.Project experience includes:-Assisted global machinery manufacturer in development of strategic plan to ramp up US presence and achieve 10% market share within 3 years-Conducted extensive primary research, created & administered surveys and facilitated focus groups for a non-profit publisher to uncover factors behind a 10-year sales decline in their top-selling publication-With a global paint manufacturer & retailer, conducted research & analysis around a new go-to-market strategy aimed at the professional segment; used GIS to propose the additional geographic footprint required to meet market share expectations-Analyzed breastfeeding trends for Massachusetts Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program with the goal of increasing rates statewide; created participant surveys and presented resulting insights to WIC peer counselors as part of a performance improvement initiative

Indianapolis, In

Served as Coordinator for division responsible for developing educational programming for largest youth organization in United States; analyzed internal workflow processes to improve in-house productivity and resource management using Microsoft SharePoint; managed budgets, grant applications and contracts related to program development.

Ba, History Of Art & Architecture

Activities and Societies: Smart Woman Securities, Harvard College Consulting Group, Student Friends of Harvard University Art Museum.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Geographic Information Science & Technology

Activities and Societies: Association of American Geographers (AAG)