Dustin Holstein

Experience

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  Staples

  May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Staples Brands Group Product Developer Intern

  • Developed index cards, sticky notes, and poly folders for Back-to-School and Tax 2012 season valued at $5M.• Worked with internal design to go around a patent for a file folder with projected annual sales of $4M.• Prepared and presented unique products to buyers and merchants to attract diverse customer segments.• Worked with potential suppliers and brand prospects to establish potential business relationships.• Communicated product design and features to manufacturers in China to develop quality products. Show less

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  GOOT

  Jan 2012 - Jun 2012

  Adventure Tourism Intern

  • Drove traffic to the GOOT website by maintaining the company’s Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter accounts with content, sponsored promotions, contests, and giveaways, increasing the number of site views by 250%• Developed and executed a strategy to promote new guided and unguided adventures• Conducted field visits across New Zealand researching new opportunities for GOOT’s existing and potential clients

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  Staples

  May 2012 - Feb 2020

  • Staples Product Transformation – Plan and execute $312M pricing strategy and contract update process for 7,200+ branded Staples items.• Customer Profitability Recovery project - Monitored and executed strategy to recover $21M in annualized profit tied to 1,500+ high dollar contracts by enforcing contract language and minimizing profit destroying behavior.• Pricing Turnaround and Reporting – Generate and speak to reports regarding full time employee count, turnaround time and bid volume to assist managers in reducing turnaround time from 20 days to less than 12 days.• Vendavo Implementation – Train and facilitate the distribution of competitive data for 200,000+ customers across 180+ pricing analysts and managers.• Communication – Develop, automate and present information to Directors and VPs using Microsoft Sharepoint, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Excel and custom VBA.• Recognized as a top performer of the Staples Rising Stars Program, an associate with high potential and drive to succeed. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Feb 2017 - Feb 2020

  • Senior Pricing Analyst

    Oct 2015 - Feb 2017

  • Staples Supply Supervisor and Analyst

    Jun 2013 - Sept 2015

  • Global Diversity and Inclusion Intern

    May 2012 - Jun 2013
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  Vail Resorts

  Feb 2020 - now

  •Facilitate stakeholder engagement on code development, process enhancement, POS bug/enhancements, and code release on 7-week sprints.•Prioritize 400+ resort application development tickets on a monthly basis by engaging stakeholders across sales, ski school, mountain operations, and IT.•Test and develop new functionality within Vail Resorts’ Guest Connect System•Managed product creation and reporting for pass products and employee benefits across 40 resorts•Support 26 in resort senior managers across 6 sub regions with various IT related issues and solutions to improve process efficiency, financial acumen, and strategic communication and decision making Show less •Support the Executive Leadership Team and the Senior Director of Finance for the East Region by leading the Southern New England annual budget and bi-weekly forecasting process.•Responsible for building the $88 Million EBITDA budget and forecast models as well as reporting on daily, week to date, and month end results of the Northeast.•Provided executive level summary and department wide PowerPoints on deep dive analyses into enterprise-wide Ski School results weekly.•Created and entered Ski School yield rates for the 23 resorts east of the Rockies using formulaic approaches tied to skier visits and capture.•Developed and maintained strong professional relationships with resort VPs, GMs and the SLT at Mount Snow, Stowe, Okemo, Hunter, Sunapee, Wildcat, Attitash, and Crotched Mountain.•Partnered with mountain leadership to identify the business need and created the $20 Million CY21 Northeast capital expense budget including a chairlift install at Okemo, new mountain ops building at Mount Snow, the purchase of 4 new snowcats, and various repair and maintenance items.•Partnered with mountain FPA to develop $320 Million lift expansion project covering 19 lifts across North America and Australia. Show less

  • Senior Manager: PSS Enablement

    Nov 2021 - now

  • Senior Analyst: FP&A Mountain Finance

    Feb 2020 - Oct 2021