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Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

• Responsible for negotiation support with Merchants, $44B department P&L planning, and ad-hoc analytics.
• SME in Walmart Ship to Home business and FC fufillment.
• Led JBP negotiations with eight suppliers for total D92; facilitated development of documents reflecting analysis using data mining with results shared with key business areas; process was adopted by three other.
• Developed visibility and supporting logic for National Assortment dashboard for Merchant visibility.
• Accelerated 355M S2H (FC) business within Food via Insights, Training, Metrics & Reporting, Supplier Engagement, Myth Busting
• Partnered with Merchants & Digital Acceleration team in Food Cyber Events to create reporting template for real time hourly sales & Available to Sell as well as views vs conversion and soon to be out of stock items.

Lowell, Arkansas, United States

• Build models and tools to look at rate changes, volume forecasts, and other KPI in easy to understand ways along with automating tasks
• Develop executive level reports, analyses, and pricing tools using SQL, Power BI and Excel Macros
• Work with sales, brokers, operations, customers, and anyone else along the chain

Develop pricing strategiesIdentify Target Markets and Market TrendsStrong understanding of contract negotiations, bids and proposal developmentCoordinate with sales and current market conditions to build pricing models

Lowell, AR

Lowell, AR

• Govern, administer, report and forecast on $2 billion in annual rail service spend
• Analyze and mine data pulled from internal data warehouse using SQL/DB2 tools, as well as an internal query builder.
• Supported Executive and Senior Leadership with Ad Hoc Reporting and Analysis
• Performed Analytics in various Software Applications (Excel, Tableau, Power BI & Access) and presented visualizations to business partners and Executive Leadership.
• Support rail network optimization by analyzing movement data and recognizing opportunities for growth and profitability.
• Develop and negotiated long-term contracts and pricing with our rail partners for new and existing services

Bentonville, Arkansas

• Participated on the Replenishment Strategy Team whose goal is to drive Supply Chain efficiencies
• Key member on the Ship Point project to create Supply Chain efficiencies when vendors ship product from same location
• Analyzed large amounts of data and made decisions and recommendations upon the findings
• Participated in various meetings involving replenishment and merchandising to gain a better understanding of the business

National Headquaters, Springfield, MO

• Tasked with a project to review & analyze the All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV’s) replenishment system
• Made recommendations for changes to ATV assortments and forecasts at the retail level to Executives for all 70+ Stores
• Researched Federal & State Laws for ATV's based on Store Location; authored a PDF for quick reference use at each store
• Participated in Supply Chain Department meetings where metrics were analyzed and discussed

International Economics

International Business Seminar • Identified key business and operating strategies of Brazilian businesses; Compared to U.S. based.

Bachelor Of Science In Business Administration (Bsba), Double Major: Supply Chain & Information Systems

Activities and Societies: • Leader in K-Life Youth Ministry • Over 100+ hours of community service and Involvement through various NWA.