Meagan Evans
Bella Vista,AR
Summary
Supply Chain and Operations Manager ~ Jr. National Account Manager ~ Sales Analyst ~ Director of Operations ∽
Professional and highly motivated leader with extensive experience developing ground-breaking production strategies, advanced processes, and cost savings inventory management. Successfully developed and executed defined solutions boosting overall sales by 94% YOY. Created detailed matrix analysis depicting merchandising activities, product development and manufacturing efficiencies. Customer-oriented, strategic-thinking Sales Professional with over 10 years of experience in building relationships, cultivating partnerships, retaining top accounts and growing profit channels. Tactical team builder and strategic planner seeking to leverage background into a supply chain or account management role with a progressive organization.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Supply Chain and Operations Manager
Bubble Beauty
03.2024 - Current
- Maintained accurate inventory records to track stock levels and minimize costs.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of products and services.
- Collaborated with management team on long-term strategic planning initiatives for the organization.
- Performed cost analysis for various projects to determine budget requirements.
- Coordinated with other departments including sales, marketing, finance, human resources. to ensure efficient operations.
- Developed key performance indicators to measure effectiveness of operational processes.
- Monitored and improved efficiency of processes, team performance, and customer service.
- Analyzed data from daily reports to identify trends in production performance metrics.
- Collaborated with team leaders on quality audits.
Sales and Invoice Analyst
Bubble Beauty
Bentonville, AR
05.2023 - 03.2024
- Assessed budgets and balance sheets.
- Answered customer invoice questions and resolved issues discovered during invoicing and collection process.
- Processed and sent invoices, adjustments and credit memos to customers.
- Performed data import, scanning or manual keying processes to verify invoice accuracy.
- Contacted vendors to follow up on late invoices.
- Prepared and posted weekly payments to vendors and suppliers.
- Monitored past due accounts and pursued collections on outstanding invoices.
- Delivered strategic forecast reports and related analytics explaining key trends.
- Compiled, entered, corrected and modeled sales information.
- Used macros in excel to automate data reporting.
- Produced sales documents, finalized deals and filed records.
- Analyzed third-party data to identify industry trends and best practices.
- Forecasted sales trends through meticulous analysis of KPIs and company-defined metrics.
- Produced custom representations such as bar graphs, pie charts and trend line charts for sales data.
Jr National Account Manager /Sales Analyst
Flagstone Foods
Bella Vista, AR
03.2022 - 04.2023
- Supported the Senior National Account Manager for Walmart and Sam's Club.
- Provided in depth business decision and analytical support to proactively assess opportunities, potential risks and business solutions.
- Developed a strong working knowledge of reporting systems and demonstrated ability to capture information to incorporate insight based selling stories.
- Worked effectively using Walmart's Retail Link system to evaluate and retrieve sales and inventory management data.
- Retrieve and analyzed Nielsen data and provided professional presentation on category trends.
- Maintained all item creation within Item 360 for Walmart and Item Data Management for Sam's Club.
- Pro-actively identified and solved complex problems impacting sales and business direction.
- Connected with current customers to assess satisfaction, determine needs and offer new services.
- Oversaw new product rollouts and program changes.
- Grew brand awareness by increasing market penetration with customer-focused approaches.
- Demonstrated products at customer locations and answered questions.
- Monitored trends in customer industries and marketplaces to shape sales methods.
- Authored intensive sales reports on representatives and customer categories to recommend detailed plans and implement through marketing and promotional programs.
- Gathered and modeled sales data to uncover trends and adjust strategies to capitalize on latest information.
Director of Operations
James and James Furniture
Springdale, AR
01.2017 - 10.2021
- Spearheaded the explosive growth: sales ~ Up 250% - L3Y
- Streamlined manufacturing processes, strengthened the workforce, up 13%, and developed efficiencies reducing lead-times by 47%
- Supervised and facilitated all production, inventory, supplies and components for custom ordered items within the 50,000 sq Ft Warehouse
- Directed all operations and activities for the 1200 items production weekly: receiving, recording, entering, scheduling and shipping
- Scheduled and routed bi-weekly cross country deliveries following DOT laws
- Created, compiled and analyzed all weekly production reports Including status updates of all building, production, employees and trips distributed to the Executive Team
- Implementing all policies and procedures, weekly payroll, recruiting, hiring, disciplinary actions, firing, coaching, yearly reviews and evaluations for team members
- Recruited, managed and supervised 50 full-time team members
- Coordinated team meetings, functions, lunches and outings
- Complied and maintained all receipts and expense reports along with managed all company spending and payment of all expenses.
- Established operational guidelines and identified opportunities for improvement.
- Worked with management team to develop operational goals aligned with business strategy.
- Set goals and expectations for direct reports using performance review process, holding staff accountable.
- Recognized employees for demonstrating excellent service resulting in increased company morale.
- Analyzed data across variety of sources to identify trends, patterns and areas of opportunity.
Category Team Assistant
Wal-Mart Inc, Ladies Shoes
01.2012 - 01.2015
- Supervised all supplier procedures, information and relationship needs; inclusive of the customers’ needs and preferences and achieving desired product assortment
- Facilitated the subcategory of Ballets = $20M
- Executed a 50% SKU reduction program, maintained consistent growth LY of 12% with 30% less inventory
- Created, developed and implemented category reporting and analytics: daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly vs Same time for LY
- Streamlined and owned cross functional team training and learning
- Constructed category sales compared to inventory productivity: right sizing of product flow and seasonal item management
- Standardized inventory reports; order points, inventory levels, and inventory turns
- Finalized the new modular submission process with detailed focus, precision and accuracy
- Developed the weekly reporting and analytics compared to prior week activities and presented advanced, in depth weekly case studies.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
University of Arkansas
01.2011
Skills
- Luminate
- Syndicated Data (Nielson, IRI)
- Retail Link
- DSS
- SAP
- Microsoft Programs
- Reporting Abilities
- ProSpace (modular changes and creation)
- Analytics
- Pivot Tables
- Forecasting
- Team Management
- Cross Functional Collaboration
- Compensation Plans
- Sales Pipeline Management
- Business Growth and Retention
- Sales Records Management
- Relationship Building
- Operating Procedures and Policies
- Performance Evaluations
- Sales Projections
- Staff Training and Development
- Sales Statistics Analysis
- Budgeting and Expenditures
- Team Recruiting and Onboarding
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Customer Service
- Market Trend Analysis
- Customer Trend Analysis
- Business Development
- Invoice Documentation Management
- Forecasting Experience
- Project Management
- Billing Data Verification
- Discrepancy Resolution
- Purchase Orders
- Billing and Invoicing
- Production
- Business Planning
- Financial Management
- P&L Management
- Process Improvement
- Data Analysis
- Inventory Management
Accomplishments
- Retail Link Training : Retail Link Intermediate training : Financial Integrity training : Recognizing Sexual Harassment : Preventing Workplace Harassment : Sustainability with Wal-Mart : Team Building with a Smile : Leadership 101 : Payroll : QuickBooks : Giving and Receiving Performance Feedback : Diversity Insight : Code of Business and Ethics
Timeline
Supply Chain and Operations Manager
Bubble Beauty
03.2024 - Current
Sales and Invoice Analyst
Bubble Beauty
05.2023 - 03.2024
Jr National Account Manager /Sales Analyst
Flagstone Foods
03.2022 - 04.2023
Director of Operations
James and James Furniture
01.2017 - 10.2021
Category Team Assistant
Wal-Mart Inc, Ladies Shoes
01.2012 - 01.2015
Bachelor of Science -
University of Arkansas
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