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Beaverton, Oregon, United States

Beaverton, Oregon, United States

Product Owner in the Transactional Data Products team, part of Enterprise Data & Analytics (ED&A). Propelling analytics through extensive data comprehension, requirement mapping, data modeling, and cross-functional partnership. Areas of focus range include: • data architecture design to direct business process evolution • backlog prioritization and management• reverse engineering to understand and evolve an existing solution• researching a critical source system/service to automate ingestion• educating teammates on business data requirements and business process.

Sr. Business Analyst in the Enterprise Data Analytics Team providing corporate analytics and reporting. Responsibilities include requirements gathering and documentation, assisting with solution options, testing and data validation. Part of a Center of Excellence (CoE) team that will be establishing company standards for data ingestion.

Completed requirements documentation for a variety projects. Directly worked with businesses to understand and translate requirements to technology department in order to provide technical solutions.Recommended process improvements and provided change management.

* Managed client relationships as the primary contact to the Nike Technology group* Experience with SAP HR, CRM and Salesforce* Partnered with businesses on development of new projects and prioritization* Helped to align business needs with new technology and provide consulting to business strategic plans* Successfully implemented new processes and process improvements* Shortened project timelines and reduced costs as Project Manager and Change (Transition) Manager * Enhanced expertise in change/transition management with Prosci/ADKAR model training

* Led business and IT project teams to implement SAP Retail global ERP system and SAS merchandise planning/ markdown optimization* Defined business and system requirements for: purchase order management, supply chain, stock ledger, price management, inventory management, sales audit, allocation, replenishment and BI reporting for multiple regions

* Managed client relationships as the primary contact to the Retail Information Technology * Helped to align business needs with new technology and provide consulting for business strategic plans* Business groups included Direct to Consumer Retail merchandising group, Digital, Finance, Store Operations, LP and Marketing

* Primary client contact to the Information Technology (IT) group, for the buying and merchandising groups to ensure effective processes of business solutions* Improved buying capabilities for several merchandising groups by providing more time-efficient processes and effective reporting tools