         SENIOR ANALYST - BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYTICS - HEALTHCARE       Summary     My 9 years of experience working in Retail, Analytics, and Reporting have given me a strong understanding of both business objectives and technical capabilities. I have worked on Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Analytical Reporting, Retail Reporting, Retail Forecasting, Retail Inventory Management, and Retail Product Management, as well as capabilities consulting on broader initiatives. The knowledge I have developed through this work and my strengths in problem solving, critical thinking, and effective communication allow me to develop creative solutions to complicated problems and clearly communicate with both development teams and end users.       Highlights          Collaborative worker  Creative problem solver  Critical thinker      Mentor and leader  Requirements gathering  User acceptance testing            Experience      Senior Analyst - Business Intelligence and Analytics - Healthcare   05/2013   to   Current     Company Name   City  ,   State       Prioritize and scope a large portion (over 40%) of the new analytics requests coming through our team by engaging the clients on prioritization and keeping them updated through regular communications  Led a cross functional team to review the repeatable reports being delivered to our clients resulting in a 22% reduction in the number of reports our team created on a regular basis  Gathered business requirements and created use cases to support the building of a self-serve tool for our clients to access pharmacy sales data  Work with clients to determine goals and requirements and help them understand what capabilities our team can provide  Work with development teams to discuss goals and requirements of clients and determine a solution that will fit their needs  Consult on various Healthcare initiatives (including loyalty programs, diabetic growth, and vaccination growth) to provide input on how our team can assist  Mentor younger Analysts and Interns including writing and delivering performance reviews for interns  Use SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS OLAP Cube Studio, SAS Information Map Studio, SAS Web Report Studio, Excel, SQL, and Tableau for data analysis, insight gathering, and report generation          Analyst - Business Intelligence and Analytics - Strategic Pricing   02/2012   to   05/2013     Company Name   City  ,   State       Consulted with our clients to clearly define metric calculations and aggregations that would provide the most consistent, clear view of what the online competitive landscape looks like for Target  Managed communication and resources for the creation of a Strategic Pricing foundational data set in SAS using information from a third party provider  Partnered with clients to develop various levels of reporting that would drive discussions with merchants and vendors on Target's current position in regards to online competitors  Prioritized and scoped new analytics requests and delivered robust solutions to drive growth          Merchandise Reporting Manager   05/2011   to   02/2012     Company Name   City  ,   State       Worked with vendors and various areas of the company to determine where improvements could be made or efficiencies added to our current planning and reporting processes  Partnered with vendors to develop software solutions that met our business needs  Coordinated the testing of new planning and reporting software between various areas of the company prior to implementation to ensure it met our business needs  Various tasks to assist with implementation of solutions including template creation, security setup, training, and user support  Managed the Pricing and Promotions team - in charge of pricing and promotions for all ads and in store specials  Oversaw Executive, Merchant, and Planning team reporting functions          Merchandise Reporting Analyst   06/2009   to   05/2011     Company Name   City  ,   State       Developed reports from MicroStrategy, both on the front end (GUI) and through the back end using SQL  Utilized Access/SQL to query information from various databases (sales/inventory, item attribute, transactional, etc) both within Access and on the network servers  Supported the Executive, Merchant, and Planning teams with reporting of key performance indicators on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis  Developed and managed yearly planning templates utilizing macros and VBA to make the process more efficient  Developed new reports/recaps for specific business needs as they arose from the Executive or Merchant teams  Pulled ad hoc/special request reports for teams on information that they could not access  Utilized Excel Macros and VBA to streamline current processes  Recapped and analyzed performance of coupons and promotions for the Marketing team  Analyzed store selling to determine proper orders to fill stock requests and meet sales demand  Allocated orders to stores based on selling trends lowering inventory by 11% and keeping sales flat  Worked with vendors to track orders and adjust when necessary reducing receipts by 6%  Teamed up with stores to develop promotional purchases based on selling strengths of stores  Efficiently managed inventory requests from stores ensuring key items were readily available for customers          Merchandise Assistant   06/2008   to   05/2009     Company Name   City  ,   State       Analyzed store selling to determine proper orders to fill stock requests and meet sales demand  Allocated orders to stores based on selling trends lowering inventory by 11% and keeping sales flat  Worked with vendors to track orders and adjust when necessary reducing receipts by 6%  Teamed up with stores to develop promotional purchases based on selling strengths of stores  Efficiently managed inventory requests from stores ensuring key items were readily available for customers          Business Analyst/Assistant Buyer II   06/2006   to   05/2008     Company Name   City  ,   State       Worked with Buyer to manage $14+ million per year business  Developed plans/budgets for upcoming seasons  Forecasted markdowns and receipts in season, managed markdowns and receipts to within +/- 1%  Analyzed and recapped selling to determine future buys  Worked with vendors to ensure product arrived on time and to negotiate terms/discounts  Negotiated over $30,000 at cost in discounts for late product in 2007 fiscal year          Education      MBA  :   Strategic Management   2014       Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota            Bachelor of Science  :   Marketing and Advertising   2006       Carlson School of Management/School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota            Skills      Program knowledge    