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Remote

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Remote

• Provide analytical support to procurement department to increase efficiency in their daily task by reducing time by half in submitting and reconciling Purchase Orders.• Use IRI and Nielson’s CPG data to identify the business trends and provide buying and purchasing projections by weekly and monthly bases.• Generate ad-hoc report models by extracting data from Warehouse database using SQL queries and other third-party sources, for senior management to monitor business activities.• Develop and administer interactive visual reports, dashboards and KPI scorecards using Power BI.• Assist marketing team with monthly promotions and preform predictive analysis to produce 90% accurate forecasting for various product lines.• Generate time intelligence performance analysis and forecast reports by products and manufacturer/vendors using DAX.• Increase various tasks efficiency by developing VBA programs to automate daily repetitive functions such as generating PO and identify and report inventory errors for operations team.• Continuously gather market insight from Manufacturer/Vendor partners and propose recommendations in product rationalization process to increase sales and profitability.• Perform data clean and transformation by using Power Query, R and python and analyzed them to deliver solution to management’s queries and provide recommendations.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Negotiates annual programs, cost, delivery and payment terms for assigned categories.• Manages category business plans, budgeted allowances and margins within assigned categories.• Establishes new product selections. Identifies emerging trends, brands and items within assigned categories through lifestyle research, industry publications, supplier meetings, trade shows and market data.• Manages promotional activity, seasonal activity and merchandising selling events within assigned categories.• Manages new and discontinued items process to include an exit plan for all discontinued item inventory.• Manages inventory on slow movers, discontinued items, items with zero movement and develops plans for minimizing each.• Develops and communicates reporting on category, item performance trends in markets with regular updates.• Plan-o-gram development and recommendations for our members/customer based on results and market data.• Manages vendor contracts to ensure timely receipt of rebates and promotional funding.• Updates and maintains all essential information such as cost, size, UPC, etc.• Generate customizable report using various BI tools (Tableau, Power BI) and maintain constant updates.

Houston, Texas Area

Provided necessary analytical data to procurement managers. Assist buying team by analyzing day-to-day transactions and provide weekly base forecast report.Responsible for updating and maintain the organization's master item file in Royal4 ERP system. Manage and update manufacturer data in organization ERP system and generate a performance report by individual vendors.

Houston, Texas Area

• Work as a Business Analysis on a group project for MIS-4374 Project Management class. • Identify problems with client on current web-site and suggest potential solutions. • Create Business Case to explore varieties of web-platform repair and redesign the web-page. • Provide Scope of Work to notify client on recommended time to complete all the agreed deliverables. • Launch marketing campaign in various social media sites to increase web traffic and attract potential donors. • Perform weekly volunteer service at local Religious Center by guiding vehicles to parking spot and provide security

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Management Information Systems, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Management Information Systems, General