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Finance and Strategy Manager
The Home Depot• May 2021 - September 2022
+ Advised executive team on $1.2B investment in customer delivery capabilities through complex long range financial modeling + $10M annual savings through exploring new fulfillment strategy in geographically constrained market + Managed small team; used weekly check-ins and monthly feedback sessions to develop independently motivated contributors + $10M annual savings through developing and operationalizing labor forecast variance analysis + $13M annual savings by leading collaboration and modeling effort with various cross-functional stakeholders for long range financial model of warehouse automation ($8M) and labor insourcing ($5M) initiatives; achieved executive team approval + Built multi-site NPV analysis template used by broader team for numerous business cases (100+ hrs/yr productivity savings) + Initialized and facilitated monthly Supply Chain Finance team (60+ members) technical training to catalyze group knowledge share and relationship development in virtual environment
Finance Project Lead
The Home Depot• February 2020 - May 2021
+ $1.2M savings achieved leading business partners in determining Q2 transportation cost savings initiatives and subsequently driving results through detailed weekly tracking of each initiative + Increased engagement and accountability in actionable cost reduction/risk mitigation opportunities through revision of monthly business review deck to focus conversation on volume, rate, and operational metrics (recognized as critical by EVP of SC)
Business Analyst
McKinsey & Company• August 2018 - February 2020
+ $100M/yr savings opportunity identified in restructuring engineering services client through spans and layers optimization, salary band standardization, and other means; helped create implementation plan to achieve savings in accelerated timeline + $6M/yr margin increase discovered by applying advanced analytics to B2B pricing strategy at food processing corporation + $10M/yr reduction in procurement spend achieved by leading digital procurement events at industrial equipment manufacturer + $2M/yr reduction executed in external spend leading workshops and coaching operators one-on-one at a power plant
Data Scientist
Blue Raven Solar• January 2018 - August 2018
+ Created automated tool to gather, synthesize, and interpret data from four disparate platforms using Python; enabled company to monitor individual performance relative to production guarantee (deemed “mission critical” by executive team) + Automated invoice verification process; $100,000 one-time savings; similar carryforward savings expected by CFO
Operations Intern
Blue Raven Solar• June 2017 - December 2017
+ Increased corporate workforce by 10% in two-weeks; recruiting analysis during process saved $40K in future recruiting efforts + Created and initiated a corporate-wide CO2 reduction initiative, projected to reduce company CO2 output by 37.5 tons a year
Engineering Intern
Africa International Business Project• May 2017 - May 2017
+ Collaborated with Malawian entrepreneurs to create potential for soap business to increase their income by 75%
Control Systems Engineering Intern
Valero Energy Corporation• May 2016 - August 2016
+ Created 3,000-line VBA statistical analysis program to continually improve 29 Advanced Process Control models + Coordinated with numerous coworkers to create 25+ graphic displays with vital safety and environmental impact data
Optimization and Control Research Assistant
BYU PRISM Lab• March 2015 - April 2016
+ Achieved research expertise by identifying applicable papers on dynamic energy optimization and power grid stability + Constructed and refined models of complex power grid to optimize carbon capture system ($119 Million per year per plant)
Education
Brigham Young University
Chemical Engineering, BS• August 2011 - December 2017
+ GPA: 3.93/4.00 + Weidman Leader Scholar (1 of 3 awarded) + BYU Heritage Scholarship (4-year tuition, academic and leadership achievement) + Tau Beta Pi Chapter President and National Finance Committee Chair + Collegiate Triathlete, Mountain Collegiate Triathlon Conference + Unofficial emphasis in computational methods for chemical engineering