Stephanie Garman Email & Phone Number

Fayetteville, AR, US

Boston, Massachusetts, United States (Remote)

• Drive sourcing maturity by delivering solutions in process improvement, digital transformation, enterprise category strategy, and training & development.
• Launched Learning Academy by creating guest speaker series, sourcing onboarding guide, trainings, user guides, and team recognition program.
• Redesigned Sourcing Value Management tool to track and communicate total value to the business including creating storytelling template.
• Supported digital transformation by leading design, testing, and change management for launch of new spend taxonomy and Coupa platform.
• Authored end-to-end SOP and overhauled training library for third-party risk management platform implementation. Supported process design, testing, and policy creation, resulting in a centralized enterprise program.
• Supported category strategy activities including creation of category strategy templates, evaluation templates, and supplier 360 dashboard.

• Drive process improvement for project design and performance by analyzing KPI’sto identify opportunities and drive creative solutions.
• Lead a team of 4 in evaluating and mitigating capital risk for FM.
• Develop KPI analytics to monitor progress of energy anomalies resolutionand create action plan to achieve $9M FY22 goal and $27M FY23 goal.
• Analyze data and manage project design for multiple work streams toimprove business efficiency and ensure financial and operational health.

Bentonville, AR

• Maximize procurement leverage by building cost savings initiatives using data analysis, optimization, and market research. Use insights to influence Energy & Sustainability stakeholders to implement solutions and.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (business owners, sourcing, finance) to identify cost savings opportunities and implement sourcing strategies; generated $22M in savings and cost avoidance across 11 projects.
• Optimize bid scenarios and analyze results to provide key procurement insights and recommendations to stakeholders using interactive dashboards.
• Led special project team to create a procurement leverage plan and define 17 analytical processes across 7 sourcing levers.
• Designed and built front-end user interface for an internal cost modeling tool and collaborated with cross-functional team on product implementation. Design was selected by leadership from department-wide contest.

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

• Supported development of innovative sourcing strategies through data analysis, market research, and collaboration with global stakeholders on bid execution for the refrigeration, HVAC and lighting categories ($400M.
• Project lead for 4 key sourcing programs with $25.6M savings ($28M goal).
• Performed category deep dives into suppliers and products to compare supplier global capabilities, technical specifications, and emerging technology to identify new areas for cost savings.

• Managed snow removal program for all US stores and clubs. Collaborated with management, field associates, and cross-functional teams to create emergency weather preparedness plans and oversaw implementation during.
• Managed 1000 vendors and 3500 stores and created reporting to track KPIs to ensure facility safety, resolve service and payment issues, and drive customer satisfaction.
• Oversaw the implementation of pricing structure change which resulted in $24M in cost avoidance. Assisted in vendor consolidation project to create more efficient vendor routes and pricing plans.
• Created new Scope of Work that clarified provider level of service.

Bentonville, AR

• The mission of the Walmart Multichannel Innovations team is to empower our customers to shop for what they want, how, when, and where they want, at every day low prices. The team is focused on leading projects that.
• Analyze customer insights and store data to identify problems with in-store pickup experience and create and implement best practices to drive improvement in customer satisfaction and operational efficiencies
• Collaborate with internal and external business owners on a global project to ensure needs are met while continually prioritizing goals
• Successfully pilot system in two test locations by creating a test and implementation plan and associate training materials, and leverage resulting learnings to ensure correction of errors and enhancements
• Create in-store customer ordering application for Express stores based on customer and associate needs

Bentonville, AR

• The mission of the Jewelry and Accessories Replenishment Department is to provide stylish products that our customers desire while balancing store inventory to ensure no store runs out or has overages and to execute.
• Manage ordering, forecasting, and executing the modular process for watch department
• Solve for store and warehouse instock issues while controlling inventory at both levels
• Create and improve tools used for reporting category goals and executing inventory flow
• Collaborate with suppliers and cross functional team to improve execution of category directives

Lowell, Arkansas

• The mission of the J.B. Hunt Integrated Capacity Solutions (ICS) is toprovide alternative transportation capacity solutions to customers whodesire a significant J.B. Hunt asset presence. ICS will manage customerand.
• Support brokerage division (ICS) by developing and maintaining online tools and resources
• Design and maintain websites using PHP, Javascript, HTML, and CSS
• Analyze and organize data to create meaningful web-based reporting tools using SQL

Fayetteville, Arkansas Area

• Center for Excellence in Logistics and Distribution is an applied research and education consortium consisting of five major research universities, more than 15 member organizations from commercial, military and.
• Created vendor optimization model using Visual Basic Editor in Excel to decrease system inventory while maintaining service capability in contractual agreements

Master Of Science (M.S.), Industrial Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Industrial Engineering