Affan Uzzaman

About Affan Uzzaman

Finance major at Bradley University\'s Foster College of Business, with a minor in Business Analytics and an Associate\'s in Business Administration from Illinois Central College. I bring a rare combination of financial expertise, operational experience, and 7 years of customer-facing work across multiple industries. From the production floor at Caterpillar to FP & A analysis at Americas SBDC where I built financial models, led monthly reporting cycles, and leveraged AI tools to improve forecasting accuracy I\'ve developed a ground-level perspective that most finance candidates simply don\'t have. As a Retail Sales Manager at Metro by T-Mobile, I drove revenue growth through consultative selling, account planning, and building lasting client relationships while managing store-level financial performance. I\'ve led client-based consulting engagements, built predictive risk models in R, and took 1st place in a Caterpillar Commercial Strategy Case Competition presenting directly to company leadership. Skilled in financial modeling, forecasting, variance analysis, supply chain operations, Excel, SQL, R, Power BI, and SAP I bring a data-driven, execution-oriented approach to every problem I work on. Currently seeking full-time roles in supply chain, corporate strategy, FP & A or sales

Experience

1. Operations Manager

   Lids

   Jun 2025 — Present · Peoria, IL, US

   Directed operational and financial performance by analyzing P&L statements and KPIs, implementing cost-control measures that reduced operating expenses by 12% YoY and improved profit margins by 8% while maintaining overall store growth. • Oversaw payroll and inventory management for a $1.5M annual sales volume store, cutting shrinkage by 15% and reducing labor costs by $30K annually through optimized scheduling and process streamlining.• Led and developed a team of 12 sales associates, achieving a 20% increase in revenue and consistently exceeding monthly sales targets by $25K through strategic merchandising, financial planning, and targeted customer engagement.

Education

• Illinois Central College

  Associate's degree, Business Administration

• Bradley University: Foster College of Business

  Bachelor's degree, Finance, General, Minor Business Analytics