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Phoenix, Arizona Street Address PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLELINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLE EMAIL AVAILABLEAstute leader with an extensive history of leading IT projects and supporting applications/packages post implementation in the Retail environment. Skilled in relationship building with internal customers and external suppliers. Trusted advisor for acquisitions and strategic direction for Information Technology. Managed high profile technical teams on projects with direct impact to Upper Management, utilizing a combination of both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. High achiever driving my teams to deliver long-term solutions to both complex and simple problems. Proficient in Microsoft Office tools and Visio. Specialize in developing creative automated solutions to business problems, both small and large. Adept at developing and implementing unique solutions to business problems in a fluid environment.Problem Solving | Strategic Planning | Process Improvement | Multi-Department Facilitator | Project Management | Budget Management | Vendor Management | Inventory Management | EDI | SOX Coordination | Data Warehousing |Data/Platform Migration | Business Intelligence | Loyalty Programs | Scan Data | Identity Access Management | PDI | Order, Invoice and Payment Processing | GL | Business Analysis | Root Cause Analysis| ERP Ensured complete adherence to various regulatory security requirements for multiple applications via the strict implementation of Identity Access Management controls. Identified +$7M in under billed Cigarette and OTP vendor-funded Loyalty and markdown transactions from 2017 through early 2019. Recovered +$6M in payments from Altria and RJR. Identified and resolved between $75,000 and $100,000 (per week) in ongoing under-billed Cigarette and OTP vendor-funded Loyalty and markdown transactions. Implemented PDI Suggested Ordering for various product categories for 2,000+ convenience stores. Reduced store inventory by more than $10M and increased overall monthly sales by more than $1M.
Designed, assessed, implemented, and supported an internal electronic order and invoice sub-system, using standard EDI formats, with internal validations using vendor info from various Payables and Price Book systems. Streamlined the processing of 350,000+ electronic invoices a month, from 100+ merchandise vendors, reduced the error rate by more than 10%. Processed 50,000+ electronic orders a month, from multiple ordering systems for multiple vendors. Reviewed various Suggested Ordering tools, selected, assessed, implemented, supported, and enhanced the Manugistics Suggested Ordering tool (Forecasting and Fulfillment modules) for 600+ convenience stores. Reduced overall on hand inventory by $10+M. Designed, developed, and implemented automated processes to increase inventory turns using load-balancing algorithms and enhanced algorithms for specific product lines. Designed, assessed, implemented, and supported a transaction-level sales and purchases data warehouse for 2,000+ Circle K stores. Retained 2+ years of transaction-level sales data; 4 to 5 million records per day. Manage the selection, implementation, and support of the Cognos data warehouse reporting tool. Data cubes, reports and database tables supported the collection of $15M in monthly merchandise vendor rebates. Designed, assessed, implemented, and supported a Labor Modeler tool (labor forecaster and labor scheduler) for 2,000+ convenience stores. Reduced annual store labor costs by $5+M. Designed, assessed, implemented, and supported a single-point vendor ordering processing tool with multiple input formats from a myriad of ordering tools/formats and multiple output formats for both sophisticated (electronic) and basic (spreadsheet) merchandise vendors. Established and maintained specific schedules, formats, method of delivery and destinations for each merchandise vendor. Reduced the error rate by more than 10%, minimizing store-level inventory shortages and lost sales.
Coordinated all internal and external interfaces, data collection and compliance monitoring for the annual IT Sarbanes Oxley audit for 2,000+ convenience stores for 9 years, minimizing audit findings.Professional ExperienceWells Fargo (via TEKsystems), Chandler, Arizona 2021 to 2023Senior Technology Business Systems Consultant IAM/ Security Analyst (Contract)Coordinated 15+ concurrent PING and AZURE AD onboarding migration projects from inception to implementation. Engaged application teams, reviewed requirements, obtained information and evidence, attestation from application teams and/or other sources, and provided a weekly analysis of compliant status. Scheduled and documented weekly status meetings to ensure projects were progressing appropriately. Worked directly with application teams to assess and ensure their compliance with Authentication control requirements.
Reviewed entitlements for PBL (Plain Business Language) and risk tier compliance with Wells Fargo Control requirements, recommended corrections and coordinated the implementation of the PBL corrections. Reduced audit exposure by managing remediation of corporate applications to align with regulatory requirements for Identity and Access Management in the areas of provisioning and policy compliance. Applications spanned distributed, mainframe and cloud based and were of high criticality to the business.
Alimentation Couche-Tard (Circle K), Tempe, Arizona 2019 to 2021Scan Data Project Manager (Contract)Reviewed and drastically redesigned the Altria, RJR and ITG weekly Cigarette scan data file process. Served as the Accounting liaison with the internal IT, Price Book, and Loyalty support teams, as well as Altria, RJR and ITG. Analyzed loyalty transaction data/loyalty id s for usage/integrity issues that negatively impacted payment; reduced the loyalty error reporting rate from 8% to .5%, recouping a minimum of $75,000 per week in forfeiting loyalty funds. Researched and resolved program implementation/reporting issues, both internal and external, at the aggregate and transaction level. Defined potential data requirements/obstacles and developed actionable solutions to minimize the impact to future vendor payments. Identified a processing glitch at Altria that cost Circle K thousands of dollars per month in Markdown funding.Alimentation Couche-Tard (Circle K), Tempe, Arizona 2003 to 2017IT Director Marketing Systems/ IT Sr. Manager, Marketing and AccountingCoordinated the technical and customer support of various Marketing and Accounting applications and software packages; PDI, Cognos, Manugistics, Retail Inventory, Category Analysis data warehouse, Merchandise Vendor Invoice Reconciliation, Cost Accounting, Accounts Payables and GL Merchandise interfaces, Price Book software, item-level purchases and sales data warehouses, Discounts and Rebates, Gentrans (EDI), electronic invoices and orders. Managed an annual budget exceeding $1 million and a staff of at least twelve employees and contractors. Regularly interfaced directly with regional and departmental Vice Presidents.Designed, developed, and implemented Internal electronic ordering and invoice sub-systems to minimize processing errors and redundancies. Designed, developed, and implemented sales transaction count data cubes that enabled Marketing and Operations to develop and adjust seasonal Marketing plans. Managed the design and implementation of a Labor Modeler tool for 2,000+ convenience stores to efficiently staff each site on a per hour/per day basis. Coordinated the annual IT Sarbanes Oxley audit for 2,000+ stores, minimizing potential issues and immediately researching/resolving any audit findings.
Circle K/Phillips 66/ConocoPhillips (Circle K), Tempe Arizona 1998 to 2003IT Supervisor/Senior Business Analyst
Supported and enhanced various Marketing/Accounting applications and software packages; Retail Inventory, Merchandise Vendor Invoice Reconciliation, Accounts Payables and GL Merchandise interfaces, Price Book software, item-level purchases data warehouse, Discounts and Rebates, Franchising, EDI, electronic invoices/orders. Designed, developed, implemented, and supported a data warehouse that consolidated all merchandise purchase transactions for research and Payables interfaces.EducationMaster s in Business Administration, Finance and Accounting, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Bachelor of Science, Journalism, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona |
