Mindi King

Current

Senior Sales Analyst at Unilever

Past

Sales Analyst - HBL & Face Care at Unilever
Sales Analyst at BIC Consumer Products
Project Coordinator at Nabholz Construction

Project Manager at WorldCom
Pricing Analyst at MCI Worldcom
Project Management at BSW International

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Education

Northwest Arkansas Community College
Oral Roberts University

Connections

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Industry

Consumer Goods

Mindi King’s Summary

Objective To secure a challenging and rewarding position in with a growing CPG company

Mindi King’s Specialties:

analysis, billing, budgeting, communication skills, contract management, customer relations, customer satisfaction, data analysis, data dictionary language, facilities management, feasibility studies, forecasting, inventory management, meeting facilitation, mentoring, merchandising, microsoft access, excel, powerpoint, presentation skills, pricing, problem solving, project management, public speaking, retail, sales, sales management, scheduling, strategic, teamwork,

Mindi King’s Experience

Senior Sales Analyst

Unilever

(Public Company; UL; Consumer Goods industry)

January 2008 — Present (2 years 3 months)

• Developed SOTC tracking tool for new item launch to determine selling patterns and store opportunities.
• Weekly analysis of Promotional Sell Thru, Rollback Analysis; FSI Analysis, Instock; Percent to Forecast and other Ad Hoc reports as required.
• Worked with DRT team to obtain support with Return Authorizations, Promotional Display
• SSO Analysis for promotions as well as Store of the Community analysis for additional sales opportunities.
• Coordinated efforts to update Retail Link Item Files (Data Sync)
• Tested third party analysis tool (Decisions Made Easy)
• Training and development of other Analysts
Sales Analyst - HBL & Face Care

Unilever

(Public Company; UL; Consumer Goods industry)

March 2007 — January 2008 (11 months)

• Actively led weekly team meetings to provide weekly sales results, giving input regarding sell thrus, market trends, competition, etc.
• Developed tracking tool by category and brand for LW, L4W and YTD POS Dollars and Unit Sales trends.
• Weekly analysis of Promotional Sell Thru, Rollback Analysis; FSI Analysis, Instock; Percent to Forecast and other Ad Hoc reports as required.
• Worked with DRT team to obtain support with Return Authorizations, Promotional Display Support on monthly features and individual store sales of Ponds Hispanic Sidekicks – resulting in 156 incremental sidekick sales.
• SSO Analysis for promotions as well as Store of the Community analysis for additional sales opportunities.
• Interacted with Buyer to determine proper promotional quantities and suggest various promotional plans.
• Developed Competitive Pricing Tracker – tool became highly visible and important for the Brand and Planning teams when forecasting.
• HPC Team member for ERO Tool project.
• Special Project: Assisting Category Manager on Gifting Category
o Met with Buyer to discuss modular strategy and product placement
o Drew modulars in ProSpace
Sales Analyst

BIC Consumer Products

(Consumer Goods industry)

February 2004 — March 2007 (3 years 2 months)

• Developed presentations and actively participated in quarterly meetings with Buyers regarding existing product performance and new product presentations. These meetings resulted the addition of two new promotional products.
• Worked with Stationery team by analyzing existing modular and develop new modular plan, including adjacencies.
• Weekly analysis of Promotional Sell Thru, Rollback Analysis; FSI Analysis, Instock; Percent to Forecast and other Ad Hoc reports as required.
• Deseasonalized Demand Analysis to determine proper DDs at store level. This resulted in increased store level distribution and increased sales.
• Store of the Community projects completed to determine proper product placement.
• SSO analysis for instock and promotional product placement.
• Interacted with Buyer to determine proper promotional quantities and suggest various promotional plans.
• Successfully integrated Retail Link data with Velocity Software to create uniform weekly reports for Account Team.
Project Coordinator

Nabholz Construction

(Privately Held; Construction industry)

August 2002 — February 2004 (1 year 7 months)

• Successfully implemented Project Management software for use in scheduling of projects.
• Resolved Liability, Workers Compensation & Auto Insurance issues.
• Completed and determined billing issues regarding problem situations.
• Managed projects for five (5) Project Managers.
• Coordinated information between Contractors, General Contractors, Superintendents.
Project Manager

WorldCom

(Public Company; WCOM; Telecommunications industry)

August 1997 — June 2002 (4 years 11 months)

• Managed multi-million dollar construction budgets for 70+ Facilities
• Management Construction projects.
• Analyzed and monitored network facilities inventories to determine building inventory requirements.
• Developed cost and feasibility studies for managing decisions regarding inventory management.
• Developed yearly inventory forecasts and budget requirements.
• Prepared and negotiated customer contracts.
• Professionally resolved customer issues that resulted in increased customer satisfaction.
• Developed processes that reduced management time and effort for customer equipment installations.
Pricing Analyst

MCI Worldcom

(Telecommunications industry)

August 1997 — June 2002 (4 years 11 months)

• Developed and updated pricing cost models.
• Collaborated with sales management to resolve problems, resulting in improved customer relations.
• Analyzed pricing requests to determine cost-effective pricing for purpose of sales bids and quotes.
Project Management

BSW International

(Privately Held; Architecture & Planning industry)

January 1993 — January 1997 (4 years 1 month)

• Forecasted resources for A/E design and production.
• Created scheduling processes for clients, such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Circuit City.

Mindi King’s Education

Northwest Arkansas Community College

Market Analyst Certification 2003 — 2004

NWACC Internship which led to position with BIC
Oral Roberts University

BS , Business Mgt, Accounting, Music , 1984 — 1989