Dan Stout

Experience

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  Family Dollar

  Feb 2004 - Jun 2007

  Designed, developed, and implementation of an Excel/Access-driven planning system. Created new reporting systems based off Excel. Managed ongoing upgrades, system maintenance, and weekly reporting. Planned financials to support a basic hard goods category. Updated Excel reporting system, incorporating new data warehouse systems and writing corresponding queries to acquire information. Managed and automated weekly reporting system to significantly reducing workload across multiple departments. Launched and administered multiple VB/Excel reporting applications to support planning team  Utilized Retek Allocations program to efficiently and promptly allocate goods from vendor to warehouse and warehouse to store Created and administered allocation auditing reports

  • Planning Analyst

    Sept 2006 - Jun 2007

  • Jr Planner

    Mar 2005 - Sept 2006

  • Allocator

    Feb 2004 - Mar 2005
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  SAS

  Jun 2007 - now

  Business lead on multiple SAS implementations, focused on Size Optimization and Merchandise Planning. Helped to develop the Size Optimization practice by enhance the solution, developing and refining best practice roll out strategies, and looking to minimize timeline and effort for a more efficient roll out.. Captured client requirements and developed them into custom configurations of a retail planning software. Worked with US and European clients during various projects to develop the methodology and calculations in a retail planning software suite. Collaborated with others to develop testing and reporting macros to facilitate improved accuracy and speed when doing custom configurations

  • Principal Product Manager

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Principal Industry Consultant

    Apr 2017 - Aug 2022

  • Sr Industry Consultant

    Apr 2014 - Apr 2017

  • Retail Consultant

    Jun 2007 - Mar 2014