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Minneapolis, MN, US

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Drive assortment analytics for pro merchandising and retail environment. Provide product support analytics for 8 merchants. Portfolio totaling $420M in annual revenue. Proven success managing multiple projects.
• Responsible for leading Product Line Reviews (PLR) in partnership with the legacy Interline Brands Merchant team inorder to increase profitability, assortment efficiency, and provide a better customer experience.
• Analytical support is provided on a regular basis includes but is not limited to: SKU rationalization, competitiveanalysis, pricing analysis, line structure, freight models, stocking strategy, unit of measure, and.
• Solely responsible for COGS analytics as well as Sales, Unit, and Margin Impact Planning.
• Successfully completed business reviews resulting in 14% sales lift, 21% margin lift, and 4% cost out.
• Represents Assortment Planning PRO team at weekly director staff meeting to provide business updates.

Boca Raton, Florida, US

• Promoted twice within one year to evaluate existing and proposed contractual terms to determine pricing approach, whether in RFP/RFI scenario, or assessment of existing setup. Participate in compliance calls to ensure.
• Act as team lead for up to 24 analysts, assigning tasks, reviewing reports, determining risks and rewards, compiling data, and organizing presentations for upper management.
• Performed extremely high-level complexity pricing exercises with a focus on global sized accounts, both private and public sector.
• Engaged with various teams to contextualize decisions and define strategies for new product catalog selection forecasted to bring in $30M in annual revenue globally.
• Built customized reporting for teams to explain pricing decisions and evaluated the performance of strategy shifts.
• Identified and corrected pricing errors that accounted for $2M in annual loss.

Boca Raton, Florida, US

• Worked with cross-functional teams to define floor, target and ceiling pricing for project job components. Scoped issues then defined, built, and implemented a solution to measure price effectively. Supported the sales.
• Developed financial models, forecasting, and benchmarking metrics to assist prospective business planning decisions that led to 9% annual growth.
• Extensive knowledge of acquisition planning, contract administration, pricing analysis and negotiations
• Facilitated the development and implementation of dashboards and performance scorecards, assisting management in understanding the impacts of financial decisions on the business.
• Generated reports, presentations and ad-hoc analysis, including annual budget planning, monthly cash forecasts, inventory analysis, and profitability forecasts.
• Validated the accuracy of data, identifying, scoping and executing strategic price process improvement projects.

Cupertino, California, US

• Providing world-class technical support for Apple’s products and accessories, from software to hardware.
• Assisting customers with virtual configuration and troubleshooting on iOS and OS X devices.
• Performed troubleshooting to isolate the inefficiencies with the device’s hardware and software.

Purchase, New York, US

Assist manufacturer and retailers maximize sales and increase sales volume through execution of promotional material. Maintain excellent working relationship with a number of accounts.Uphold integrity of the PepsiCo brands within each account.