Ryan Pettitt- Pmp, Rsm Email & Phone Number

Walla Walla, WA, US

• Lead projects/programs with agility to deliver strategic solutions and ensure effective change management principles are integrated for long term sustainment. Recognized as a high-performing professional, peer leader.
• Leading 4 projects as part of the strategic revenue management program which will enable capabilities with the support of tools developed in order to drive growth through pricing, promotion, price pack architecture.
• Coordinated efforts between data ingestion, data science, and business analytics teams to catalog, refine and prioritize use cases, define requirements, and assess level of effort and organizational value ensuring.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop a technical solution to eliminate potential service interruptions of a predictive platform which utilizes third party data sources. Financial benefit of $9.77M.
• Performed the role of Scrum Master for dashboard and reporting development enabling the sales organization to reduce salvage expense of $100M annually, increase profitability, and serve as a revenue tracking mechanism.
• Integrated Project Management tools and processes to a pre-existing Program and Project structure to guarantee appropriate collaboration and connectivity between work streams which led to the successful integration of.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Directed a district that consisted of 152 customers with 11 Full Time and 6 Part Time employees of various go-to-market structures to deliver results against Key Performance Indicators.
• Led a high-performance team to surpass planned targets, gain incremental display space, and deliver world-class service at optimal profitability.
• Exceeded 2015 revenue plan of $14.2 million by 1.4% year to date (actual results of $14.4 million) with growth of 1.5% versus 2014.
• Acquired developmental skills through special assignments and projects such as Handheld Lead for Portland, GLOBe Wave 3 Implementation, and PT Retail Rep Recruiting Project.

Columbia, South Carolina

• Serve as a liaison between the Collegiate Chapter, faculty and staff of the University of South Carolina, Regional and Sectional Directors, and the National Headquarters for Alpha Kappa Psi.
• Guide student members through professional development by offering advice obtained through experience in a business environment.
• Attend executive board meetings and various events planned and organized by the members of the organization.

Columbia, South Carolina

• Advised a team comprised of 1 full-time and 10 part-time employees between 2 locations to provide outstanding customer service, attain sales goals, and reduce product waste.
• Developed and executed a strategy to organically grow revenue by 20% per year by increasing brand awareness and market penetration with an advertising budget of less than $2,000.
• Attended 2-3 networking events weekly actively engaging with potential customers and establishing strategic partnerships.
• Trained and coached new and existing employees to ensure consistency with product preparation, customer interactions, and general procedures.

Lawrenceville, Georgia

• Supported Southeast Region Leadership Team to build capabilities throughout the organization and led training initiatives through development, facilitation, implementation and sustainment. Managed multiple projects.
• Launched a company culture training initiative for all employees (664) to ensure compliance. Achieved 97% completion within a 3-month period through organization and delegation.
• Developed and launched a strategic process for frontline employees (421) to increase efficiency and reduce costs. Achieved 100% training completion within a 6-month period. Initiated a certification process as.
• Reinforced and influenced leadership skills and qualities with frontline managers through planned communication, organization and documentation. Encouraged thought provoking discussions to promote development and.

Raleigh, NC

• Led a team of 11 full-time and 4 part-time employees to achieve revenue, spoils, and productivity targets within the ice cream and pizza division. Coached to build capabilities in a sales environment and created a.
• Managed a $9.12 million business (2011 YTD revenue) covering a majority of the eastern half of North Carolina (159 large format, 5 small-format, and 31 food service accounts).
• Reduced spoils percent to sales in 2011 by 0.35% compared to 2010 (0.66% year to date).
• Coordinated with store and district managers to determine incremental revenue opportunities and successfully placed 31 new freezers for points of distribution.
• Improved year-to-date total out of stock levels at Kroger by 50.4% in 2011 over prior year (2010).
• Served as a peer leader for a variety of initiatives including integration cross training lead for the Carolinas, campus recruitment liaison and interviewer, and the core developer of District Sales Leader SMART.

Columbia, South Carolina

Developed and marketed fundraising events with the Heroes Campaign. Dealt professionally with various companies and individuals in the community to gain sponsorships and raise funds for events. Created marketing materials to promote and publicize events throughout the community.

Charlotte, North Carolina

Assisted the Sales Manager for the Women's Ready to Wear Department directing a team of approximately 12 associates. Managed the day-to-day operations in the department including employee schedules, customer complaints and credit card applications.