Robin K.

Experience

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  American Residential Services

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

  Business Development Associate

  Engaged in sales by generating customer leads through direct interaction with customers at Home Depot. • Generated $46K sales and increased company visibility by executing marketing programs and business solutions.• Visited 12 stores in Houston area, establishing relationships with management and training employees in sales and customer relations through marketing events.

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  Toshiba International Corporation

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2016

  Assisted warehouse and distribution network to achieve efficiency through timely customer product tracking. Developed IT systems to track and automatically pinpoint customer orders, reducing delivery times and lost product. • Provided logistics technology and information, ensuring effective and economical support for products, services, equipment, and systems.• Analyzed Oracle E-Business Suite, creating pivot tables to report warehouse efficiencies and enforcing new data capture methods.• Created logistics process map, improving turnaround time of deliveries while clearing 5,000 lines of delivery discrepancies.• Performed root cause analysis, improving customer experience through feedback sessions.• Maintained cooperative vendor relationships through sustained communication and problem resolution.• Served as key innovator in completion of new interface for warehouse personnel using Visual Basic, SQL Server, and Excel Data Connections and Oracle Business Suite, improving warehouse / work site efficiency. • Developed KPI metrics to measure effectiveness of solutions implemented, reducing material delivery time and sustaining decrease on delivery time rate 50%. Show less Managed manufacturing and logistics management techniques to production process, including line balancing, time studies and statistical analysis that decreased production times.• Served as project lead for Six Sigma Green Belt team, overseeing evaluation and prioritization of process improvement opportunities in production of medium voltage products while reducing logistics costs and production time. • Established standard operating procedures (SOP) and revamped company quality standard, meeting customers' expectations, process capabilities, and lowering cost manufacturing.• Utilized AutoCAD and Creo design simulation, designing platform to hold 8-ton inverters.• Saved approximately $100K for division by eliminating scraps generated during production. Show less Oversaw quality control division of motor production to deliver more standardized process to factory floor. Managed worker training, safety process and capital expenditure projects on new equipment. • Developed quality assurance standard operating procedures in production of medium voltage and low voltage motors, reducing quality defects and increasing production yield. • Performed root cause analysis, troubleshoot motors in testing, and facilitated PFMEA meetings with management and plant personnel, reviewing defects and safety issues. Show less

  • Logistics Analyst

    Jan 2016 - Jan 2016

  • Manufacturing Engineer

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2016

  • Industrial Engineering Intern

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2013
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  Sysco

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

  Supply Chain Analyst-Supply Chain Planning and Analytics

  Supported key supply chain processes to reduce costs and increase operational efficiency. Tracked, analyzed, and interpreted trends and financial impacts for stakeholders to maintain revenue and gross margin. Developed analytics data analytics tools using 1010 Data XML API, R Data Science, Tableau, Microsoft Excel, and Aginity Workbench. Delivered monthly fuel surcharge revenue and national trend reports to senior management. Researched delivery logistics pricing spanning more than 200 warehouses and freight lanes using Chainalytics, DAT, and Lane hub. • Retrieved and analyzed large data sets to implement cross-dock, load share, routing optimization, and load-fill solutions, resulting in cost reduction per load 40%.• Boosted user engagement and throughput of system 30% by supporting Inbound Logistics Data Systems with data validation, user permission management, and Master Data Management.• Created predictive forecast and advanced analytics models for production plants in SAP and implemented SQL data system, calculating purchase-order fuel revenue and cost. Show less

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  Shell

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

  Senior Business Intelligence / Data Engineer

  Created and executed data analytics roadmap for organization in market intelligence, logistics trends, competitor information, and consumer behavior. Developed ingestion and storage mechanisms using SQL server databases to deliver Power BI and Tableau dashboards for logistics KPI. Operated as data focal for SharePoint, BI HANA, Tableau Databases, Power BI and Alteryx automation for logistics, financial metrics, quality assurance and production operations. Collaborated with IT stakeholders across different regions to engage, find data and solutions for access, data mining, live-data, and visualization, developed dashboards and visualization with end user input.• Initiated development of Power BI dashboards to report KPI’s for logistics, marketing / retail, and management for quick insights and forecasts, significantly decreasing data-insights cycle time 50%.• Efficiently performing integrated logistics support service using automated data processing tools and associated application logistics software, developing Alteryx workflows, and automating SharePoint Data Gateways. Show less

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  Waste Management

  Jan 2020 - Oct 2024

  Senior Business Data Analyst

  Champion logistics network optimization initiatives across Florida and New York, promoting improvements in waste disposal efficiency. Devise automated reporting solutions utilizing Python, SQL, and Excel VBA integrated with Snowflake, transforming prototype reports into actionable insights. Partner with developers and Power BI experts to create compelling visualizations that empower data-driven decision-making.• Automated reporting for 100+ reports with Python and Snowflake, reducing manual processing time and increasing efficiency.• Drove a cost reduction initiative that optimized waste disposal strategies, resulting in a marked increase in operational cash flow.• Fostered collaboration across teams, effectively bridging the gap between data analysts, scientists, and engineers to elevate technical and business reporting comprehension.• Automated data extraction through API interactions using JSON calls in Excel VBA, enabling data generation and retrieval.• Created scripts to automate data extraction from Snowflake and local directories for Power BI visualization, amplifying reporting efficiency across the organization. Show less