Joan Pharr

About Joan Pharr

Seeking opportunities to help the world through math, facts and a penchant for comedy…

Experience

1. Data Scientist

   Advance Auto Parts

   Sep 2021 — Present

   Strategic Finance Forecasts- Develop line of business, regional and enterprise reconciled models to provide 16 weeks of sales forecasts utilizing fb Prophet models and hierarchical time series. Product Recommendation- Product owner covering four distinct models to improve product recommendations and get customers the right part. Assist team members on quality assurance checks for models before release into production. Entity Resolution- Develop methods for identifying and consolidating duplicate records to provide the business a holistic picture of our customers across various databases. Labor Forecast - Predict volume by region and week for ship to home orders using ARIMA. Navigate difficult business conversations with stakeholders to determine priorities and execution. Implement complex business logic to meet stakeholders deliverable guidelines.

Skills

• Organizational Development
• Leadership
• Social Media
• Business Intelligence
• Higher Education
• Nonprofits
• Project Planning
• Advertising
• Presentations
• Community Outreach
• Matlab
• Fundraising
• Business Efficiency
• Business Analytics
• Visual Basic
• Microsoft Word
• Interviewing
• Teaching
• Project Management
• Editing
• Training
• Statistics
• Public Speaking
• Sql
• Employee Training
• Pivot Tables
• Microsoft Excel
• Digital Marketing
• Mathematics
• Python
• Data Analysis
• Research
• Microsoft Office
• Business Analysis
• Powerpoint