Ryan Malone, MBA

Experience

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  Appalachian State University

  Sept 2011 - Jun 2012

  Work Study Program
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  DayNine (acquired by Accenture)

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Summer Intern

  DayNine is a leading Workday enterprise services firm passionate about helping customers get the most value from their greatest assets – their people – by deploying and optimizing Workday Human Capital Management, Payroll and Workday Financial Management within their organizations. Through the intern program I was introduced to WD HCM, WD Financials and WD Student applications. Our project work include a review of the business processes, general understanding of the system structure, exposure to EIB's and data layouts as well as small group projects. Show less

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  Foodbuy USA

  Jul 2016 - Mar 2018

  Procurement Analyst

  Foodbuy, LLC is the food service industry’s leading procurement services organization focused on lowering purchasing and product costs for both our parent company, Compass Group, as well as for our clients and members. Foodbuy negotiates and contracts for more than $18bn of food, beverages, and services our clients need with more than 500 leading manufacturers and distributors across the U.S. Ultimately, sourcing is at the heart of what we do on behalf of Compass and some of the most recognized organizations within the restaurant, healthcare, hospitality, leisure, and entertainment industries.*Responsible for implementing procurement data for over 100 clients in the wholesale milk market*Analyze large amounts of data for inconsistencies and opportunities*Achieved 99.6 % accuracy rate in execution of over 350,000 different units*Created a procurement method that increases the ability to examine missed revenue*Reviewed over $6 million in contracts per month*Dealt directly with counter party for each contract and confirmed amounts and contract obligations*Validated over $75 million in contracts for 2017 Show less

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  Family Dollar

  Aug 2018 - Apr 2019

  Replenishment Buyer

  Replenishment Buyers manage the portion of Family Dollar business classified as "Basic." Replenishment manages over 70% of total company sales. The primary goal of Replenishment is to achieve an optimal inventory investment while maintaining the desired In-Stock positions for both the Stores and Distribution Centers.Replenishment Buyers optimize basic inventory to maximize Family Dollar’s sales, profitability and inventory turn while meeting Store In-Stocks and Service Level goals. This position supports and executes all aspects of basic SKUs including, but not limited to base sales, seasonal sales and promotional sales for the entire Replenishment Life Cycle. Replenishment Buyers work cross functionally with Merchandising, Planning and Supply Chain to meet/exceed Company goals while maintaining a partnership with the Supplier community.> Manage all allocations of Basic product to support promotions, special events and improve Store In-Stock to maximize sales and dropped SKU execution to minimize mark downs.> Forecast assigned SKUs by Distribution Center to ensure sufficient inventory to support sales, Company goals and initiatives while providing Suppliers with accurate projections to secure production and consistent inventory flow.> Maintain data integrity to ensure optimal order strategies. Conduct analysis to validate system accuracies in Retek in order to attain Store In-Stocks, Service Levels and Turn objectives.> Provide supply chain expertise to Merchandising and Planning partners. Conduct all supply chain and inventory analytics.> Deliver results on assigned cross-functional project with major company impact.> Authority to approve Purchase Orders up to $65,000 at cost.> Conduct weekly post-mortem analysis of assigned categories and present findings and actions to category team. Show less

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  Premier Inc.

  Apr 2019 - Aug 2022

  >Manage the forecasting of over $300 Million in revenue across five service lines at 99% accuracy >Maintain the tracking of employee and contractor development hours for billable projects>Build and optimize processes that reduce turnaround time for the internal Workday to Salesforce integration >Organize and consolidate financial reports for presentation to the CFO and other executive team members>Collaborate with developers to build and optimize report loading into a web-based database Show less >Maintained forecasting model in Microsoft Access Database with monthly deliverables on SaaS and new booking dollar amounts.>Worked collaboratively to track and report capital/expense development hours across multiple sectors of the company. >Oversaw the budget process for a $250 million line of business, including creating standardized reports and ad hoc analysis.>Maintained a process that linked Workday revenue data to Salesforce data and produce monthly reports for Executive Leadership >Acted as the liaison between Service Lines and Finance group that help deliver insight and success for upper management. Show less

  • Business Operations Specialist

    Feb 2021 - Aug 2022

  • Associate Analyst Business Operations

    Apr 2019 - Feb 2021
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  Collaborative Solutions, LLC

  Aug 2022 - Jul 2024

  Workday Financials Consultant
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  Cognizant

  Oct 2023 - Jul 2024

  Workday Financials Consultant

  Continuation of role at Collaborative Solutions LLC, now the Cognizant Workday Practice

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  Avaap

  Jul 2024 - now

  Senior Consultant