Nicholas Penta Email & Phone Number

My greatest mentor once told me to always follow through. Knowing this, I strive to make sure every nook and cranny of an operation is efficient. I'm a highly motivated young professional looking to pivot into the world of finance, specifically FP&A❂ 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 ❂- - ♦Creating the seafood portion of the flyer for all five McKinnon's Markets, reaching thousands of customers and worth $1.7 million in weekly sales.- - ♦ Scheduling, training, and assigning duties to staff members- - ♦ Supervising associates through accountability, retraining, and being a helpful resource- - ♦ Creating and implementing planograms on a seasonal basis to maximize sales- - ♦ Adapting to various roadblocks, thinking on the fly when problems arise- - ♦ Optimizing systems to enhance efficiency and productivity ❂ Working With Data ❂- - ♦ Building Excel spreadsheets and Powerpoints with charts, pivots tables, etc.. to present to upper management with clear conclusions. Suggesting the next course of action based on the conclusion.- - ♦ Negotiated with vendors to reduce material costs, ensuring the organization maintained its historical gross margins. - - ♦ Developing pricing strategies to ensure departments meet Mckinnon's margin requirements.- - ♦ Forecasting sales for any given week and holiday based off the understanding and changes of the market. Driving demand based off this information.- - ♦ Creating weekly well-designed PowerPoints for advertising across all 5 stores. Displayed across various big monitors across each retail location. ❂ 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 ❂- - ♦ Planning and developing ideas based on products or operations of the department- - ♦ Self-starting projects to improve operations of the department- - ♦ Setting deadlines for milestones for the project - - ♦ Evaluating whether a project is worth continuing based on sales performance ❂ 𝐇𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 ❂Outside of work, I enjoy riding my bike across New England, lifting weights, reading, and skiing during the wintertime. I also have a massive video game collection and love traveling to Italy and throughout North America.