Kendra Winton

Kendra winton

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    IT Business Systems Analyst/Project Manager

  • Education

    • Normandale community college

      2006 - 2007
      English language and literature
    • Cabrillo college

      2013 -
    • Monterey peninsula college

      1987 - 1988
      Early childhood education
  • Experience

    • Google

      Jun 1999 - May 2001
      Advertising sales coordinator

      • Answered questions for incoming leads and filtered them into assigned territory for follow up • Generated and negotiated proposals for agencies and clients • Reported all pipeline information and sales reports by given SLA on-time • End to end liaison between Operations, Finance, Marketing department & Sales team in monitoring campaign process and performance to support the internal sales team in generating revenue • Prepared media kits, promotional materials, and articles relating to media business for 15 sales representatives Show less

    • Internet broadcasting

      May 2001 - Dec 2003
      National sales manager

      • Created and customized Internet sales packages to compliment the client's TV advertising for 13 News stations/130 sales representatives • Worked with clients and sales representatives to review campaign performances through recapped reports. New solutions were created if performance was poor resulting in renewed contracts • Provided end to end management of campaigns to ensure customer satisfaction • Helped create the sales support team and its role within the business. This new role was instrumental in bringing the company to profitability in 2002 Show less

    • Best buy

      Dec 2003 - Jul 2007
      Sr. analyst, enterprise merchandising operations

      Vendor Portal Project: Designed Web platform to be used by internal Best Buy departments and external partners as a communication and collaboration tool. The portal is an enterprise-wide solution supporting all Best Buy entities, both domestic and internationally. • Collaborated with Marketing, Finance, Transportation, Demand Planning departments, consultants and IS partners to create process flows, use cases, and gather requirements• Lead for the content migration plan from the old portal to new • Created portal support team roles for post-launch support to internal and external users • Evaluated documentation presented by IS on security, vendor on-boarding and vendor hierarchy • Identified future opportunities and created the road-map for the phased roll out of new capabilities within the portal Senior Analyst, E-Business Communications• Delivered EDI capabilities to Asia for our private label brands. Establishing this connection enabled Best Buy to order goods efficiently saving in manual labor and cost • EDI led for China Trust project and played a pivotal role in creating an entirely new legal China entity. The responsibility was to make sure all documents reflected this new change and all new orders reflected Best Buy China. The savings amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars • Trained business teams on change management, including developed material for training sessions Best Buy Vendor Extranet: • Collaborated with internal business teams in developing web solutions (Supplier Information Tool, Transportation Scheduling Forms, and Goods Not for Resale Vendor Inquiry Form) to support business needs. Each implementation resulted in 50-100K a year in both manual labor and IT savings • Reviewed and approved business requirements for web-EDI platform for internal customers• Tested approved applications prior to launch to determine requirements were met Show less

    • Driscoll's

      Aug 2008 - Feb 2019
      Sr. business systems analyst, csm / project management

      Driscoll’s is a privately held, $4B revenue, fresh berry grower operating in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Africa, and Asia.Partnered with clients to collaboratively solve problems, deliver strategic solutions, and project delivery. Improved technology delivery capabilities through aligning initiatives with business strategy; creating service improvement plans and driving business transformation. Streamlined and standardized business and IT processes.Key Accomplishments:Led business requirements assessments and managed global programs supporting ERP, Supply Demand Planning and EDI implementations, managed system optimizations and supported first Blockchain initiative with Walmart. Defined project scope, resources, and timelines. Planned and executed cross functional, global projects; ERP Quote to Cash, Packaging & Transportation EDI, Supply and Demand Plannning Solutions, Nursery/Atlas, Chemical Tracking on Fruit, Grower Portal, Plant Rad, Long Cane and ERP Intercompany Sales & Accounting Solutions. Supported vendor software; Tableau, VantagePoint, Microsoft Dynamics 2012R3, Arkieva, ESRI, and custom in-house applications. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Project server for project managers

      Project management institute
      Jan 2012
    • Business process analysis

      Project management institute
      Jan 2009
    • Scrummaster

      Scrum alliance
      May 2013
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Lukemia Lymphoma Society on Jan 2015
      Lukemia Lymphoma SocietyAssociated with Kendra Winton