Nathan L. Phipps Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Price offerings, analyze discounts, and help executives manage price better
• Define price structures to profitably segment markets, conduct deep-dive pricing analytics, and improve price variance management
• Execute conjoint analysis with Sawtooth for market-research-based price optimization

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

• Performed price, margin, and impact analysis using structured data extraction, consolidation, and insight analysis. Responsibilities included:
• Defined pricing problems, identified root causes, and evaluated data from a variety of sources, including pricing files, sales and margin data, promotion results, rebate programs, and other pricing tools
• Recognized patterns and lost opportunities. Generated recommendations for improvement
• Worked with Vice President of Marketing to develop domestic pricing strategies and policies across multiple brick-and-mortar and online channels, including retail vs. trade distribution
• Worked with the Vice Presidents of Marketing, Sales, and Finance to develop improved pricing tools

Greater Chicago Area

• Provided excellent customer service while fielding wide range of inquiries and tasks for Career Services, Prior Learning Assessment, Registrar, and Advising. Additionally:
• Developed new department inbox standard operating procedures, integrating practices of 4 other departments
• Initiated and created comprehensive guide for new inbox standard operating procedures in response to evolving department needs, devising and implementing strategy for managing 10 university inboxes effectively

Greater Chicago Area

• Worked with top 8% of advisors in department. Personally managed cohort of over 200 at-risk students with no previous college experience through their first academic quarter, providing encouragement and strategy. For.
• Participated in numerous special projects, including hosting orientation web conferences for hybrid students from ground campuses, addressing instances of plagiarism on Academic Honesty team, and editing Student.
• Used efficiency techniques to decrease individual average call time by 50% while increasing recommitment percentage by 33%

Champaign, IL

Determined client's personal needs for life, disability, and long-term care insurance and retirement planning. Attained all necessary state insurance licenses within 2 weeks. Worked autonomously.

Greater Chicago Area

• Coordinated efforts with Sales in Boston, Operations and Quality in Chicagoland, and Engineering in Italy to create packaging solutions for customers. Managed multiple projects simultaneously. Projects completed include:
• Supervised 2007 American Test Lab launch and 2008 expansion of Metrology Lab
• Provided on-site technical expertise and presentations to key customers, leading to annual sales of 2 million Bag-On-Valve units (which subsequently grew to 10 million units annually by 2009)
• Developed working knowledge of ISO 9001:2008 quality management, validation/verification, ISO 14001:2004 environmental management, Six Sigma, 5S, Just in Time (JIT), and lean manufacturing
• Co-authored article for SPRAY Technology on merits of Coster's Bag-On-Valve packaging
• Initiated numerous continuous improvement activities, including controlling manufacturing documentation and updating receiving process, retention sample flow, and final inspection criteria

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing Strategy And Planning & Entrepreneurship, 3.98 Gpa

Activities and Societies: KMG (Kellstadt Marketing Group), Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, Golden Key International Honour Society

Professional Certificate, Appreciative Advising

Bachelor'S Degree, Ba: Biology And Philosophy, 3.99 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Graduated Summa Cum Laude with 3.99 GPA, Completed Senior Honors Thesis: “Genes, Culture, and History: An.