Janella Lawton
Mooresville,NC
Summary
Self-driven business analyst offering 10+ years of combined experience in strategic business practices, project management, and training development in robust multi-level organizations. Accomplished at leveraging past data to inform future decision-making. Excellent organizational skills with proficiency in advanced data analytics, performance reporting creation, cross-functional communications, and process improvement initiatives.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Store Operations Senior Analyst
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
01.2023 - Current
- Build live interactive and informative reporting dashboards using 10+ data sources and advanced DAX features to provide real-time analysis for on-going business improvement projects using Teradata, Hadoop, Excel and DART.
- Provided analytical support and reporting tools for the Pro Big and Bulky proof of concept, which improved Pro Pick-Up In Store Likelihood to Recommend by 2000 bps, reduced customer wait-time by 11% and provided potentially $1.0M in labor savings.
- Identify store friction points by performing competitive and market analysis to provide enhanced business solutions.
- Utilize business intelligence skills to analyze large data sets and field feedback to support development and implementation of store improvement tools and processes.
- Collaborates effectively across multiple platforms and departments to support adjacent business initiatives.
Senior Human Resource Specialist and Data Analyst
United States Army
01.2022 - 12.2022
- Act as a personnel specialist to nearly 13,000 business partners to support ethical practices, effective communication, business data analytics, HR data entry, talent acquisition and workforce structure management
- Established competitive compensation and benefits policies while ensuring the organization remains legally compliant
- Assist in annual workforce reorganization/reductions based on economic trends, budget fluctuations, and organizational requirements to decrease personnel budget
- Act as the liaison between leaders and employees to filter questions, administrative contract issues, disputes, employee separation and disciplinary procedures
- Utilize queries to conduct analysis of HR data to provide leaders with solutions to functional issues and improve HR service needs by identifying best practices.
Human Resource Training Program Manager and Lead HR Data Analyst
United States Army
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Served as the Training Resource Administrator for all military human resource systems, organizing training events of 500 personnel annually and quarterly to ensure proper use of systems
- Developed personalized system access criteria and functionality guidance to human resource personnel on all Human Resource Systems used by the organization
- Performed data quality analysis on personnel data entries, developed trend analysis and evaluates dashboards to improve data accuracy by recommending improvement initiatives
- Used Oracle Business Intelligence tools to analyze data, develop trends, conduct risk analysis, and identify potentially negative impacts on the organization.
Statistical Research Analyst
South Carolina Law Enforcement Divisions
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Trained nearly 1,000 South Carolina Law Enforcement Agency’s personnel on effective Incident Based Reporting to improve statistical data accuracy
- Prepared detailed analytical reports on South Carolina crime data utilizing multiple Databases and analytical tools such as Oracle and Excel, in support of local law enforcement funding and operations
- Routinely analyze data to determine trends on multiple scales to include individual jurisdictions and statewide
- Ensure proper classification and counting of all incidents and booking reports to directly improve statistical data
- Assist in database administration and integrity of reports.
Senior Intelligence Analyst
United States Army
01.2016 - 01.2019
- For the 751st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Assistant Training Officer and Pre-Mobilization Training Assistance Element Supervisor of roughly 550 personnel preparing for a Combat Deployment Operation
- Utilized the intelligence lifecycle during the Military Decision-Making Process and the Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield in support of Senior Level Operation Planning
- Lead a team of Entry to Mid-Level employees that managed confidential documents, monitored trends/changes in operations, and developed analytical products for Decision Makers
- Established and maintained systematic, cross-referenced data to determine the competitions capabilities, vulnerabilities, probable courses of action and trends during operations.
Education
MBA - Business Administration And Management
American Military University
07.2025
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Strayer University
2017
Human Resource Specialist Advanced Leadership Course -
United States Army
04.2022
Human Resource Training Resource Administrator Course -
United States Army
12.2020
Intelligence Analysis Course -
United States Army
08.2013
Skills
- DART/DataVerse
- Power BI
- Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Teradata, Hadoop, and Trino Databases
- Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, Vlookup, etc)
- Performance Reporting
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Staff Training and Development
- Product Development
- Forecasting and Planning
- Business Process Mapping
- Purchase Orders
- Briefing Preparation
- Data Collection and Exploitation
- Operational Support and Planning
- Data Visualization and Integrity
- Human Resources Department Processes
- Business Operations and Communications
- Analytical Software
- Employee Engagement
- Standard Operating Procedures Development
Timeline
Store Operations Senior Analyst
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
01.2023 - Current
Senior Human Resource Specialist and Data Analyst
United States Army
01.2022 - 12.2022
Human Resource Training Program Manager and Lead HR Data Analyst
United States Army
01.2019 - 01.2020
Statistical Research Analyst
South Carolina Law Enforcement Divisions
01.2017 - 01.2019
Senior Intelligence Analyst
United States Army
01.2016 - 01.2019
MBA - Business Administration And Management
American Military University
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Strayer University
Human Resource Specialist Advanced Leadership Course -
United States Army
Human Resource Training Resource Administrator Course -
United States Army
Intelligence Analysis Course -
United States Army
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