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2/2012-2/2015
Guitar Center,
Inc.
Westlake Village, CA
Pricing Database Analyst
·Responsible
for monitoring Minimum Advertised Pricing (MAP) within the company to
ensure adherence to Vendor policies.
·Monitored
competitor’s adherence to MAP policies. Collected data from these
competitors regarding adherence for reporting purposes.
·Developed
Relational Access Database to house data for reporting to upper
management.
·Created
reports to furnish comprehensive analysis to upper management regarding
both in house and competitor adherence to Vendor MAP policies.
·Created
reporting system to furnish data to Vendors regarding adherence to MAP
policies by competitors. System was start to finish development,
including downloading of CSV files, appending data to local tables, running
queries for 70+ Vendors, creating reports for these vendors, and
automatically emailing said Vendors. This system was run once a day,
and was developed for ease of use by all.
·Maintained
current GC pricing within database to provide accurate data to the Data
Management team. Notified Data Management team of any changes or
discrepancies of data within the ERP system. Also reported to outside
web crawling agency any changes to improve quality of web crawler.
Created
adhoc reporting for management as requested using Access, Netezza SQL, and
Excel.
3/2008-9/2011
CKE Restaurants (Carl’s Jr./Hardee’s)
Carpinteria, CA
Pricing and Margin
Analysis Manager
·Responsible
for Price Changes for Company Units nationwide, including communications to
the field regarding the changes, supplying appropriate data to IT for
download to units, analyzation of different pricing structures to insure
correct pricing was followed. Interfaced with other members of Marketing
Team so that proper POP materials were supplied to units.
·Created
MOP (Makeup of Product) each month/quarter which consisted of complete
recipes with food costs including paper products, along with Average Daily
Quantities of sales in units, for use in analyzing and determining future
cost of products.
·Created
Forecast Decay as needed for Product Managers which analyzed past sales
data for a product to produce the most probable future sales of a new
product.
·Created
Coupon Analysis bi-weekly which analyzed coupon usage effects on sales for
a given region.
·Provided,
as requested, Food Cost Analysis to Product Managers, for use in
determining cost effectiveness of future product conceptions.
2/2007-2/2008
The Walking
Company
Westlake Village, CA
Merchandise Business
Analyst
·Responsible
for all aspects of planning and allocation of product for responsible
categories.
·Replenished
products in stores nation wide, reviewing daily reports by store and
district, while analyzing business trends, and determining base stock.
·Maximized
sales and profitability through analyzation of numbers associated with the
buying and selling cycles of products, while minimizing shortages
·Developed
new systems and procedures using MSAccess 97 to decrease time and manpower
spent doing redundant or manual jobs, and allowing other team members to
retrieve data from AS400 MRP system more easily and accurately.
3/2005-2/2007
Creativity, Inc. (also known as
Westrim)
Van Nuys, CA
Lead Forecast Analyst
·Responsible
for developing policies and procedures for newly created Forecasting
Department.
·Managed
all aspects of department including, but not limited to, interdepartmental
meetings and personnel.
·Interfaced
with other department heads to retrieve appropriate information as needed
for forecasting purposes.
·Used
SmartForecast Forecasting Software to arrive at appropriate forecasts used
by buyers.
10/2001-3/2005
Harbor Freight Tools,
Inc.
Camarillo, CA
Retail Replenishment
Analyst
·Responsible
for replenishing products in stores nation wide, while analyzing business
trends, meeting ad marketing deadlines, and forecasting future sales to
meet demand, using a variety of software, including MSAccess97, ASI, and in
house applications.
·Analyze
history and current business, in order to strategically forecast future
opportunities
·Maximized
sales and profitability through analyzation of numbers associated with the
buying and selling cycles of products
·Minimized
supply chain shortages
·Developed
new systems and procedures using MSAccess 97 to decrease time and manpower
spent doing redundant or manual jobs.
8/2001-9/2001
CareDecision.net
Thousand Oaks, CA
Software Engineer
·Designed
and debugged applications written using Visual Basic 6.0, for the
Healthcare Industry. Specifically created Pharmacy and Office
Management Applications for use in doctors’ offices.
·Wrote
business rules for use in creating similar products in the same or other
software languages.
·Presented
detailed listings of database creation needs for future products.
4/2001-7/2001
point-n-click technology, inc.
Camarillo, CA
Database
Applications Developer
·Temporary
position developing database applications, using VBA, MSAccess97 and 2000,
SQL Server 7.0, and Visual Interdev.
7/2000 –
4/2001
Cymedix.com
Thousand Oaks, CA
Software
Engineer
·Designed
and debugged applications written using Visual Basic 6.0, for the
Healthcare Industry. Specifically created Pharmacy and Office
Management Applications for use in doctors’ offices.
·Wrote
business rules for use in creating similar products in the same or other
software languages.
·Presented
detailed listings of database creation needs for future products.
·Created
a stand alone product to be utilized within Provider offices for direct
connection to the Cymedix web server. This product allowed provider
offices to run reports, connect to the Cymedix web server, upload and
download information regarding eligibility, claims, and
pharmaceuticals, automatically, integrating seamlessly with any Provider
Management system the office used.
·Responsible
for overseeing all testing of products using the Rational Visual Test
environment, as well as instructing other users on the use of the Test
environment.
10/1995 –
6/2000
Blue Cross of
California
Camarillo, CA
Senior
Business Analyst
·Responsible
for the installation, instruction, and daily maintenance of all GeoAccess
products, as well as reports and maps as needed.
·Developed
controlled relational database for use by 25+ users. Incorporated
four different departments’ data for concise and cohesive data gathering.
Developed new reports and enhancements as requested.
·Analyst
in charge of development, implementation, instruction, and daily
maintenance of Access Databases using VBA and SQL languages, as well as
object oriented programming.
·Other
Databases developed: A) Bonus Program, determining bonus payments made to
providers. B) Gathered information for Medical staff of referrals made to
non-contracted providers and hospitals. C) Directory Databases. D) On-line
Provider Finder database. E) Intranet Directories.
·Additionally,
held the position of Supervisor of the Network Support Unit. Duties
included all personnel issues, including staff procurement, as well as
daily operations. Consolidated all contracted counties into a uniform
database. Served on committees for System/Membership Issues, Credentialing
Implementation, & Mainframe Data Issues. In constant contact with other
departments to develop new systems and procedures to decrease time and
manpower spent doing redundant or manual jobs. Developed automated reports
for all Medi-Cal Departments the Support Unit interfaced with, as well as all
other Blue Cross Departments such as DBM, Systems, etc. Created a Database
for use by Sales Promotion for the creation of Directories on a systematic
and structured timetable.
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