Megan Dallas
Goleta,CA
Summary
Solution driven leader and analytical problem-solver skilled in fostering strong business and technical relationships. Over 20 years of experience in technology, I'm able to apply independent decision-making and sound judgment to drive company success. Exhibits exceptional communication and critical thinking skills, leading to efficient project deliveries, including both in-house and SaaS solutions.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
BA Manager – Supply Chain
Deckers Brands
01.2020 - 08.2024
- Led team of Business Analysts who support projects across Supply Chain Including areas: Customer Experience, Sales Operations, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Trade Procurement, Factory Planning, DC Operations
- Actively supported projects as well as mentored team members by leveraging software engineering background and business acumen to be able to assess business requirement needs, process documentation and support solution design discussions with technical project team members
- Lead BA to deliver complex cross functional requirements and create value added UAT phase to support new Hoka Distribution Center, which included pre and post, inventory move testing
- Lead Business Analyst on new 09 Demand Planning Implementation.
- Change Management focused, emphasizing obtaining leadership by in and defined roles and responsibilities
- Quick to learn by discovering as much about the business area that I'm supporting
- Keen eye, to see gaps between business processes within the supply chain
- Big picture focused, and guides team members to be the same
- Developed Supply Chain program, providing current and 3 month view of project work and impact to supply chain teams, as well as identifying interdependencies and issue resolution.
- Partnered with teams outside of supply chain, such as PLT, Brand Planning and DTC Planning, to successfully collaborate on common projects goals
Sr. Business Analyst – Demand and Supply Planning- Global Solution Design
Deckers Brands
07.2017 - 01.2020
- Lead role on core project team, supported successful system implementation of new Atlas Demand Planning Tool
- Partner with business SME's to develop new Global Demand Planning process.
- Develop Atlas user training guides and run Global Training & UAT, traveling to multiple international Decker's locations to support rollout to dozens of users.
- Liaison role between business teams, internal Deckers technical team and John Galt implementation partner to ensure alignment across project
- Winner of EOQ for support on Atlas Demand Planning tool implementation
- Partnered with Global Directors of Supply Planning to identify pain points of current system and develop new Supply Planning processes that complimented new Demand Planning process
- Building global relationships with supply planners to work towards new Continuous Improvement goals for Oracle ASCP
- Sole BA to successfully deliver Global ASCP Optimization project, which included a 2 week in person UAT and training to global users.
Business Systems Analyst, IV - Planning- Go-To Market Systems
Deckers Brands
06.2016 - 06.2017
- Contributed to high profile, ATP Simplification Project, solution design and development
- Responsible for inventory reservation tool design & deployment
- Lead BSA to give successful business user trainings and ATP workshops to dozens of employees
- Built strong relationship with business and acted as a liaison between business and technical team
- Continue to support the custom inventory reservations process with reporting, user support and continued improvement
- Agile methodology approach to projects, to deliver quick, simple, smart solutions that are ever evolving.
Business Systems Analyst, IV- Retail - Go To Market Systems
Deckers Brands
01.2012 - 06.2016
- One of the lead BSA's to implement Oracle Retail Solutions
- Spent many months designing, configuring, and deploying the solution
- Worked closely with the consulting firm to ensure a strong knowledge transfer at the end of project closure
- Maintained close relationship with business to address issues and training
- Lead BSA on Oracle RPAS reimplementation project
- Successfully worked with business users to redesign the system in a more efficient and simple approach, in conjunction with consultants to develop, test and implement solution
- Support Oracle Retail Allocation module including custom PO import process from RMS to Oracle EBS
- Responsible for managing all custom integrations between EBS and Oracle Retail
- Successful implementation of Sanuk brand within Oracle Retail during acquisition
- Supported successful 3PL moves during this time.
Programmer III
Deckers Brands
03.2003 - 01.2012
- IT Lead for brand acquisitions such as Tsubo, Ahnu, Mozo
- Knowledge in many modules within Oracle EBS such as Order Management and Receivables
- Supported business areas from Finance to Supply Chain to Order Management
- Designed, Implemented and supported custom Item generator and modifier application
- Strong PLSql skills used to create various reporting to support the business
- Stepped into manager role to lead team, defuse issues and delegate tasks, when manager was on leave
- Wore many hats, and provided strong business support, requirements gathering, lead tester.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering -
University of Advancing Computer Technology
Tempe, AZ01.2002
Associates of Science, Software Engineering -
University of Advancing Computer Technology
Tempe, AZ01.1999
Skills
- Leadership
- Training
- Requirements Gathering
- Agile Methodology / Jira
- User Acceptance Testing
- Stakeholder Management
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Business process improvement
- Strategic Planning
- Team Collaboration
- Risk Assessment
- Executive-Level Presentations
Websites
Additional Information
Volunteer work, and giving back to the community, are core values that I would like to continue in my next career venture.
Timeline
BA Manager – Supply Chain
Deckers Brands
01.2020 - 08.2024
Sr. Business Analyst – Demand and Supply Planning- Global Solution Design
Deckers Brands
07.2017 - 01.2020
Business Systems Analyst, IV - Planning- Go-To Market Systems
Deckers Brands
06.2016 - 06.2017
Business Systems Analyst, IV- Retail - Go To Market Systems
Deckers Brands
01.2012 - 06.2016
Programmer III
Deckers Brands
03.2003 - 01.2012
Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering -
University of Advancing Computer Technology
Associates of Science, Software Engineering -
University of Advancing Computer Technology
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