Lucas Williams4332 Banning Street Unit D

San Diego, CA 92107

To Whom It May Concern,

I am a hardworking, dedicated, self-motivated person with a long history of improving quality and efficiency with astute project management and ability to drive customer adoption. During my three years working with Ashford University I consulted for the United States Department of Education and California Department of Education to evaluate and develop new standards with the objective of updating the University’s education and teacher credentialing programs. I was the project manager for student focus groups, faculty development and curriculum development which led to improvements in student and faculty retention. I also helped with the logistics of implementing the newly developed curriculum. The last 18 months I have been working as a Senior National Account Analyst with HD Supply a large distribution and manufacturing company. I’ve been able to expand my analytic skills by evaluating trends, brand standards and opportunity identification which has led to significant growth in all accounts by consulting and relationship building with multiple customers. This experience has also allowed me to further grow my client skills by allowing me to take a key role in reporting actionable results to our clients.

My administrative, project management, communication, logistics and data analytic skills along with my work ethic I believe is what your company wants. I am very enthusiastic about working in any analytic consultant or business analyst position and I want to thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Lucas Williams

Lucas J. Williams MBA4332 Banning Street Unit D, San Diego, CA 92107 (270)703-4435 (lucas.williams522@gmail.com)

Objective: Obtain an Analytic Consultant position where my previous experience and expertise in the analytics industry will be a huge asset. I will use my experience in business strategy, cross functional team operations, big data management, and new product launch coupled with my presentation skills to meet and exceed all expectations. When these skills are effectively applied it will make for the most efficient and highest return on investment possible.

Experience:

HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, National Account Analyst, 2015-Current

Currently I am in charge of all reporting for high value National Accounts. The reporting consists of sales analytics, sales trends, compliance, contract pricing and value negotiations. Charged with creating queries and developing standardized reports to meet each individual customer needs both on a monthly and quarterly basis. These reports help to influence clients like Best Western Hospitality, G6 Hospitality, Intercontinental Hotel Group and a few smaller Hospitality groups enabling them to be an estimated 12% more compliant with company standards and increase the value of our contract by an estimated 10.2%. I am also the lead of implementing and analyzing programs that help expand our market penetration while meeting our clients brand standards.

Successfully helped in negotiating over 15 national contracts including contract pricing, rebates, distribution and marketing efforts.

Contributed to the increase of revenue portfolio wide from an estimated $95.2 million in 2014 to an estimated $110.7 million dollars in 2015.

Aided in orchestrating new vendor contracts for clients resulting in increased overall compliance to industry regulations by 12%.

Dynamically used both quantitative and analytical problem solving skills to interpret data for presentations used by several departments.

Managed all analytics, both financial and trend projections, for three of the largest hospitality companies (Best Western, G6 and IHG) totaling $85 million dollars for 2015.

Ashford University, Academic Advisor, 2012-2015

Integrated different business models using both personnel integration and data integration due to the constantly changing protocols and regulations from the United States Department of Education. While staying in line with both California, local school district and different teaching organizations standards.

Successfully helped with the integration of Common Core Standards into the University’s Education and Teacher Credentialing program.

Integral member of committee charged with rewriting entire Teaching Credentialing Program curriculum. All while appeasing to the federal and state standard, also maintaining relationship with all major teacher associations.

Dynamically used both quantitative and analytical problem solving skills to interpret data for presentations used by multiple different departments.

Universities liaison and representative for multiple federal and state education committees including WASC and Instructional Quality Commission.

Redesigned the entire education division’s training guide and modules to meet the new standards of the industry and increase the development of the employees in the division to the highest efficiency rating in the University.

Volunteer, St. Jude’s Children Center for Courageous Kids, 2008-2010

Coordinated activities for the both the children and parents to do. Activities were designed with each individual child’s needs taken into consideration.

Volunteer, Rady Children’s Hospital, 2015-Present

Work as a part of the hospital volunteer staff during the holidays to wrap and deliver gifts to patients.

Skills

MS Office Power User – Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Lync SQL Mastery of Business Intelligence systems – SAP and Oracle Experience in Six Sigma Project Development Issue Identification / Resolution

Awards

Two time Strategic Education Development employee of the year (2012 and 2014).

EducationAshford University Graduate, March 2014Masters of Business Administration in Global Management with emphasis on Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Western Kentucky University Graduate, December 2010Bachelors of Arts in History with emphasis on Secondary Education

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