JIE YAN
**** * ******** **** *** ***, Shaker Heights, OH 44120 216-***-****
******@*****.***
SUMMARY
. Experienced professional adept at influence business strategy through
analysis and creative problem solving
. Team player with hard working attitude and a drive to get solutions
implemented
. Master's degree with strong analytical, quantitative and computing skills
and solid knowledge in marketing, finance and supply chain management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Progressive Insurance
Mayfield Village, OH
Product Analyst II - III
September 2007 - present
. Supported the management of growth and profitability for the auto
insurance product with $200 million annual revenue and grew the business
profitably by 10% in 2009
. Managed the introduction of most innovative products and coordinated with
a cross-functional team
. Analyze data to develop solutions to a variety of product development and
implementation business problem
. Assessed rate adequacy and growth opportunity by analyzing industry and
historic trends and product segmentation
. Researched key competitors to fully understand their pricing elements and
indentify areas of improvement which helped to formulate competitive
strategy in the market place
. Improved a bad debt estimate model to select the appropriate billing
plans which can minimize bad debt exposure while attracting the desired
customers
. Conducted monthly sales and profitability forecast, and improved the
methodology to provide easier and better planning
H. J. Heinz
Pittsburgh, PA
Supply Chain Finance Intern
June 2006 - August 2006
. Developed a quantitative model with streamline process to rationalize 10%
of the underperforming SKUs from Heinz's product portfolio of over 5000
SKUs across 34 product groups
. Communicated and presented the SKU rationalization methodology to higher
management and brand managers
. Led a multi-functional initiative to reengineer capital report process
within 40 manufacturing facilities and headquarter
. Designed an Access database for over $100 million capital to achieve data
synchronization, 60% accuracy improvement, and 50% reduction in labor
requirement
EDUCATION
Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management
Cleveland, OH
Master of Science in Management - Supply Chain Management; GPA 3.88/4.0
May 2007
. Merit based tuition scholarship, Community service award and teaching
assistant
South China University of Technology
Guangzhou, China
Bachelor of Economics - International Economics and Trade
June 2005
SKILLS
. Advanced MS Excel, MS Access, and MS Visio
. Proficiency in use of Oracle and Mainframe(DB2)
. Knowledge of SAS and SQL programming and statistical modeling