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• Operational review of business units resulting in direct savings of  $280K in staffing costs.
• Operation review of call center operations – management of 200+ seat call center restructuring project – vetted and key partner in hiring of current call center director including training.
• QA program and procedures development for internal and outsourced call centers.
• Developed, implemented, and monitored operational cost models providing detailed oversight of past, current, and forecasted profit analysis.
• Management of outsourced call center operations, including sourcing of 3rd party operations to sure up companies ability to flex staffing for volume and call type fluctuations.

• Database development / Data mining- transportation costs tracking, quality control monitoring, affiliate dealer tracking and email campaign list management –projects include access to SQL integration.
• Cross functional project management – Database normalization, Web based order interface, SQL integration, budget and financial models.
• SEO-SEM Ad management and performance monitoring including vendor oversight, web performance tracking including traffic and key word trending, user behaviors, and tracking multi-variant testing.
• Daily / weekly / monthly reporting on web traffic, company sales and shipment performance, industry price trending, and benchmarking of competitive fuel indexes.
• Management of company security and phone systems.

• Responsible for auditing vendor billing in excess of $200K per month identifying cost recovery and billing opportunities.
• Cost control efforts resulting in the recovery on average of $110k per year with additional projects in excess of $400K.
• Company liaison to major vendors including Verizon, Qwest, Global Crossing, and Paetec for pricing and dispute resolutions.
• Key member of development team in the creation of custom automated cost control and margin analysis system.
• Working in coordination with multiple business groups developed processes and procedures for workflow improvement.
• Worked extensively with sales force providing custom customer pricing strategies ensuring corporate margin rates were maintained.

• Provided inventory and financial plans encompassing catalog and website operations of 900 skus per catalog and five catalogs per year; sku turn at 70%.
• Involved in catalog layout and product selection process, Reviewed new catalog layout and copy, approve email marketing material, web content review and provided dominance suggestions.
• Implemented automated system for purchase order creation and reporting inventory backorder status.
• Managed overstock inventory through coordinated email efforts, web sale page management and creations of catalog sale pages including product selection and pricing strategy for all direct channels.
• Supervised three inventory planning coordinators who assisted in purchase order placement, shipment tracking and providing vendors projections.
• Increased catalog and web in stock percentage by six percentage points; reduced backorder demand dollars by 30% over LY.

Business and Statistical Analyst; May 1999 to 2004

• Created dynamic computerized budget model for yearly and quarterly corporate planning.
• Development budget model and forecasting process reducing abandonment rates by up to two percent annually and reduced Cost per Transaction by almost one dollar.
• Forecasted and audited telecom expenses of $745,000 per year as well as 3rd party vendors; Auditing saved $20,000 per year in excess charges.
• Developed corporate call center statistical reporting including demand sales volume forecasting, call center volume forecasting, and call flow modeling.
• Extensive historical data tracking projects utilizing Excel and Access models to establish baselines performance measures; analyze circulation trends for 28 yearly catalog drops (67 million catalogs).
• Liaison between corporate marketing Vice President and senior call center management.

Operations Coordinator, 1999

• Established standards for launch of Operations Help Desk.
• Hired, trained, and evaluated staff performance levels with five direct reports.
• Established the operations desk as a hub for all call center level statistical analysis and information distribution.
• Organized and guided daily management meetings for the evaluation of present and future staffing needs based on present performance levels and real time volume trends.

Call Center Supervisor, 1998 to 1999

• Directly supervised eight team leaders overseeing 180+ call center associates.
• Assisted in developing performance based incentive programs for call center associates.
• Responsible for all call center based performance tracking and reporting.
• Transitioned call center into new facility while overseeing the training and implementation of a new order entry system.

• Call Center Manager, Harrington Hams - Richmond, VT 1997 - 1998
• Account Manager, Twincraft Inc. – Private label manufacturer - Winooski, Vermont, 1996
• Call Center Manager, Seventh Generation - Colchester, Vermont, 1995

• Army Guard - Honorable Discharge, 1999

• United States Marine Corps - Honorable Discharge, 1993