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PROJECT PLANNER
Professional Profile

Enthusiastic and driven professional with over 15 years of retail industry experience ranging from Financial System Administration, Vendor Management, E-commerce Website Merchandising, Cross-Channel Project Management, and sales expertise. Excellent at thoroughly understanding concepts and practices from end to end, logical thinking and excellent communication.

Qualifications
  • Business process mapping
  • System Administration
  • Strong communication skills
  • Microsoft Office
  • Experienced in both agile and waterfall project management methodologies



  • SharePoint Site Collection Administrator
  • Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification 2007
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training 2016
Relevant Experience
  • Strong project management skills with the ability to drive project outcomes while managing timelines, resources and risks
  • Experience managing multiple simultaneous projects that impact system logic, calculations, reporting, formatting, external system interaction and overall functionality, as well as change management implementation
  • Effectively influence without authority, develop and maintain strong working relationships, and facilitate cross-functional groups
  • Development and implementation of systems and processes to streamline business operations and drive results
  • Facilitated at least 10 major projects (budgets varying from $50K - $2M) involving creation and maintenance of schedules, defining scope, objectives, milestones and risks. Identifying and escalating roadblocks to appropriate parties and driving projects to completion within budget
  • Delivered business process models and derived Process Improvement initiatives that met IT application requirements
  • Established effective and long-term working relationships with both on-site and off-shore 3rd party consultants
Experience
PROJECT PLANNERJan 2015
BEST BUY CO., INC － RICHFIELD, MN
  • Identify, develop and document Project/Program objectives and goals, deliverables and tasks, road map of deliverables and objectives, communication plan, risk plan and change management plan within project management responsibilities
  • Build current and future state process maps, including analysis and documentation
  • Self-starter with the ability to drive key organizational priorities in an ambiguous environment by understanding the desired outcome and driving to results
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to develop and deliver content that is meaningful for key audiences
  • Cross-channel focused Project facilitation and implementation
  • Dedicated to professional development and mentoring opportunities to assist others in achieving success
VENDOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORJan 2008 to Jan 2015
BEST BUY CO., INC － RICHFIELD, MN
  • System Administrator and super-user for the custom Trade Promotion BPM (Business Process Management) system which processes approximately $4 Billion in funding annually
  • System management includes overseeing the processing and implementation of nearly 4,000 annual vendor contracts and 35,000 one-time contracts on an annual basis
  • Delivered business process models and derived Process Improvement initiatives that met IT application requirements
  • Managed multiple simultaneous projects that affected system logic, calculations, reporting, formatting, external system interaction and functionality. Responsible for meeting cadence, status report preparation, project deck creation/maintenance, SME coordination, defining milestones, escalation to leadership, and managing others with and without authority
  • Manage communication and delivery of projects to stakeholders, system users and IT support effectively and efficiently. Comfortable escalating and articulating concerns to leadership as necessary and working with appropriate parties to resolution
  • Responsible for maintenance enhancements and break/fix for Trade Promotion, Vendor data and Master Data Management (MDM) systems
  • Manage MDM system including development and implementation of training for new system users. Bi-annual maintenance of training materials
  • Work closely with contracts and negotiating with Vendors. Working directly with Finance - specifically with regard to General Ledger and Account Payable implications
  • Security administrator for Trade Promotion system Lead internal Governance committee dedicated to ensure cross-functional communication and regulation to system usage and company processes as related to Vendor relationships
ONLINE SITE MERCHANDISERJan 2003 to Jan 2008
BEST BUY CO., INC － RICHFIELD, MN
  • Launched approximately 1000 skus annually to Bestbuy.com, includes working with 3rd party partners, Vendors and various internal departments (Best Buy Retail, Advertising, Pricing, Finance, Inventory and Transportation)
  • Managed online promotions for Accessory category that resulted in a 36% increase in revenue over the previous year
  • Responsibilities included developing/ executing promotions, collaborating with vendors, and working cross-functionally
  • Collaborated with Marketing support such as Affiliate, Search team with promotions, and trigger emails which increased traffic to both the website and B&M store
  • Evaluated weekly reporting, including competitive analysis, traffic analysis, attach, inventory status, and unit sell through to identify areas of opportunity
  • Performed assortment audits of TV, Home Audio and AV Accessory products which resulted in an increased online assortment and 37% increase in sales for holiday
  • Member of Tools Prioritization Committee that was responsible for allocating the $1 million budget towards the improvements of internal systems
SALESJan 1999 to Jan 2003
MANHATTAN TOY － MINNEAPOLIS, MN
  • Coordinated and managed activities of the Sales Department to achieve company sales andmargin goals
  • Worked with Regional Managers to facilitate training and development of gift industry representatives. Delivering sales presentations on a quarterly basis, and working with Buyers to develop best product selection for their store type and demographic
  • Merchandising of all regional showrooms ensuring planogram and signage accuracy, developed incentives for trade shows and conferences, and created sell sheets to introduce new introductions
  • Responsible for bi-annual distribution of product samples from a 500+ unit catalog to 175 individual gift representatives and 12 showrooms. This included working with marketing and product development groups to ensure timely delivery of all collateral and samples
  • Managed quarterly catalog mailing which included negotiating rates with vendor, developing customer mailing list of up to 15,000 stores and working with vendor to ensure a timely and efficient execution
  • Attended Regional, National and International trade shows including Toy Fair, New York Gift, Dallas Gift, L.A. Mart, Seattle Gift, Atlanta Gift, Chicago Gift, New England Gift, JPMA & Nürnberg Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair
  • Created and managed costume rental program for most popular product line “Groovy Girls”
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Art History1994UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS － REDLANDS, CA, USA
Interests

Travel, Swimming, Skiing, Painting and Photography

Skills

Proficient in Word, Excel, Power Point, Business Process Management (BPM), Business Objects Reporting (BOBJ), Visio, RMS Retek, Choreographer, and Master Data Management (MDM). Familiar with Oracle, Data Warehouse reporting, and Webtop. AbLE to execute queries in Access, SQL and Oracle.

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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • BEST BUY CO., INC
  • MANHATTAN TOY

School Attended

  • UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS

Job Titles Held:

  • PROJECT PLANNER
  • VENDOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR
  • ONLINE SITE MERCHANDISER
  • SALES

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Arts , Art History 1994

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