Kevin Tagoe
M.S. in Finance | Adept at Building Financially-Driven Decision Frameworks for Distribution Businesses
Research Expertise
About
Education
Gordon College
M.S., Financial Analysis / August, 2023
DeVry University
Graduate Certificate, Big Data and Analytics / February, 2021
Mercer University
B.S., Engineering / May, 2015
Experience
HD Supply
Pricing Analyst / April, 2023 — April, 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, 2025 — Present
• 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, 2022 — March, 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, 2021 — January, 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, 2019 — January, 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, 2018 — September, 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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