Lindsey Thompson

About Lindsey Thompson

As a Market Basket & Pricing Analytics Director, I specialize in building high-performing teams and leveraging data to support multi-million dollar sales growth. With over eight years of experience, I bridge the gap between complex data and actionable business strategy, utilizing tools like SQL, Sigma, and Qlik to empower sales and sourcing teams.My leadership extends beyond technical oversight and includes my involvement with ToastMARKers, Aramark\'s Toastmasters club. Holding various roles from member to President, I am dedicated to fostering a culture of clear communication and professional development within the club and throughout the company through outreach and training opportunities. Let’s connect to discuss the future of data-driven sales strategy or how to build more communicative, effective analytical teams.

Experience

1. Market Basket & Pricing Analytics Director

   Avendra International

   Sep 2024 — Present

   Manage team of three market basket analysts & one manager to support salesefforts with prospective clients through specific line-item savings recommendations,providing 480+ baskets representing over $400M in new sales in CY2025- Generate reports in Qlik & Sigma that provide actionable data-driven decisions forboth sales & sourcing teams by reporting on market basket performance metrics,such as turnaround time & item pricing competitiveness- Coordinate between sourcing, sales, & account management to submit 20+ RFPscovering 17k items with accurate & competitive information by specified deadlines- Oversee separate item management team of one manager & one analyst, ensuring supplieritem updates are properly integrated into systems for compliance reporting- Appointed and serves as SME in the migration of a legacy tool into a new Palantirenvironment, improving accuracy & turnaround time for market basket requests

Education

• Cinco Ranch High School

  High School

  2008 — 2012

• Drexel University's LeBow College of Business

  Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Operations and Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics

  2012 — 2017

Skills

• Teamwork
• Data Analysis
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Social Networking
• Event Planning
• Public Speaking
• Team Building
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Cultural Awareness
• Data Recycling System
• Customer Service
• Keen Listener
• Time Management
• Microsoft Word
• Peer Mediation
• Volunteering