Kevin Tagoe

M.S. in Finance | Adept at Building Financially-Driven Decision Frameworks for Distribution Businesses

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Research Expertise

Pricing
Finance
Quantitative Analysis
Qualitative Analysis
Decision Science

About

I coach data-illiterate leaders through developing frameworks that help their medium-sized distribution businesses thrive in the face of uncertainty. I have helped enterprises of varying scales since 2017 and have most recently supported millions of dollars' worth of business performance improvements via comprehensive decision support tools.

Education

Gordon College

M.S., Financial Analysis / August, 2023

Wenham, Massachusetts, United States of America

DeVry University

Graduate Certificate, Big Data and Analytics / February, 2021

Downers Grove, Illinois, United States of America

Mercer University

B.S., Engineering / May, 2015

Macon, Georgia, United States of America

Experience

HD Supply

Pricing Analyst / April, 2023April, 2025

• Maintains domain expertise in business performance reporting and analysis. • Supports technical growth and development of other associates through code review and discussions regarding practical data modeling and analytics approaches while expanding own competencies. • Communicates complicated technical situations to audiences of varying backgrounds and skill sets. • Contributed to a reduction in invoiced low-margin (i.e., sub-10% gross margin transaction) sales between fiscal years 2023 and 2024 of over 20 million dollars through detailed reporting; work was primarily focused on analyzing and auditing cost structures and unit conversions.

Senior Pricing Analyst / April, 2025Present

• Collaborates with professionals throughout the business to complete complex investigative analyses and track the performance of strategic implementations. • Helped generate a gross profit lift of over 5 million dollars between open and invoiced orders within fiscal year 2025 by coordinating interdepartmental efforts; work was primarily focused on analyzing the operations of profit inflows relative to cost outflows.

US LBM Holdings

Purchasing Analyst / August, 2022March, 2023

• Implemented analyses in Excel to explore the monetary impacts of potential vendor partnerships, potential product stockings, and customer quotation requests. • Studied a major product category to make strategic recommendations for maintaining and increasing long-term market competitiveness.

R.F. Knox Company

Sheet Metal Helper/Apprentice / April, 2021January, 2022

• Mitigated production problems by adjusting CNC laser cutter software settings to reduce downtime by at least 1 hour per week. • Adapted supply chain practices to mitigate the loss of raw materials, intermediate goods, and finished products by almost 100 percent.

FedEx Ground

Arrival and Departure Clerk / October, 2019January, 2020

• Collaborated with management to mobilize 3 teams of package handlers and equipment operators to organize and coordinate the daily movement of $1,000,000+ worth of freight for the United States Postal Service. • Reduced complexity in Excel spreadsheets with automation to improve process efficiency and accuracy. • Trained 2 prospective A&D clerks and oversaw their work for team development purposes.

Flowing Transit

Owner/Operator / November, 2018September, 2019

• Designed a financial modeling spreadsheet for project-level net revenue estimation and strategic planning to help produce a net profit of 72 percent.

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