Joseph Murgolo

• Piloted an initiative across the network to sort palletized freight to improve guest serviceability and reduce store opertation lead time by 85%
• Leveraged reports created from my tenure as a Data Analyst to create cross functional recurring routines to minimize unproductive inventory and reduce store Out of Stocks by 25%
• Lead internal problem solve to increase building inventory capacity by 20% to accommodate increased sales volume
• Partnered with peers to plan for strategic long term staffing based upon productivity performance and retention trends to cover store volume forecast
• Guided talent development of Operations Managers to capture leader opportunities in preparation for elevated roles
• Lead an internal Volunteer Team which provided leaders with growth opportunities as well as broadened Target's community outreach
• Communicated timelines and guided managers through operational problem solves to improve performance of intended KPI
• Maintained relationships with stores teams to address concerns and create actions to mitigate further issues
• Optimized trailer scheduling by 10% to drive transportation cost savings of ~$1.1M

• Partner with corporate project managers, data engineers and product owners to connect local warehouse to relational databases for first time to allow for historical trend analysis
• Lead and execute operational problem solves to...

○ Improve extra large freight productivity by 21%

○ Reduce staffed labor moves by 43%

○ Reduce aging trailers by 70%

• Lead and managed operations team through newly adopted warehouse storage expansion project inclusive of 4 regional DC's. Further increased inventory management accuracy by 40%
• Automate repetitive tasks carried out by various roles throughout warehouse through use of Visual Basic, reducing cycle time of each task at a minimum of 50%.
• Partner with and maintain stakeholder relationships amongst warehouse operation leaders to ingest new and existing report requests & enhancements through complex SQL queries and an internal data visualization tool
• Collaborate with senior leadership to align on standard of work adoption methods and report design to ensure ease of communication regarding given KPI
• Train internal and external warehouse operation leaders on analytical tools such as Hive/Hadoop, Automation Portal, Excel and Greenfield (internal visualization tool)
• Partner with warehouses across network to facilitate in automated report creation and increased data visibility

• Implemented, tested and trained users on web based visual solutions leading to inventory cost savings and efficient demand planning
• Validate newly ingested JD Edwards and SAP data through use of SQL within Cloudera Hadoop environment to ensure reporting accuracy.
• Lead discussions amongst BI and engineering teams to prioritize, schedule and execute business requirements through JIRA
• Communicate with business partners to incorporate user feedback and desired enhancements
• Mentor incoming interns in their role as Tableau Business Analyst.

• Demonstrated applied data analysis techniques using Excel
• Researched, prepared and presented detailed lectures and created exams
• Offered weekly office-hours to support students through open feedback and communication