Tonya Burwell

About Tonya Burwell

Intuitive and enthusiastic leadership professional with experience in operations management looking for opportunities within a progressive, collaborative team. Agile leader with a unique ability to integrate cross-functional collaborations through communication, conflict negotiation, and problem-solving skills with a contagious optimism and dedication.

Experience

1. Director of Business Operations

   Perigen

   Jan 2019 — Present · Cary, NC, US

   Oversee the organizational processes and collaborate with high-level client sales executives and C-suite leadership to meet the Company’s objectives and develop new growth directives. Lead and manage the Deal Desk review process (scope, pricing, and terms) for customer and prospect proposals, sales contracts and legal documents, and work orders to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the process.Define, implement, and revise operational policies and guidelines for the organization, including negotiations, budgeting, financial forecasting and purchasing. Serve as liaison between departments to develop financial plans, and ensure company-wide operational compliance, through inventory reconciliation, financial and liability audits. Manage inventory system and controls including third party vendor management, pricing, forecasting to streamline the sales operations. Currently responsible for overseeing a product inventory of over $1MM. Achieved company’s gross margin goals and reduced costs by 60% for several hardware SKUs by implementing approved supplier program for hardware.

Education

• Duke University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Sociology

  1992 — 1996

• North Carolina State University

  Master of Science - MS, Business Administration and Management, General

  1999 — 2000

Skills

• Leadership
• Market Research
• Vendor Management
• Sales Management
• Account Management
• Change Management
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Management Consulting
• Marketing
• Data Analysis
• Management
• Training
• Budgets
• Crm
• Strategy
• Business Development
• Ms Project
• Product Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Project Management
• Project Planning
• Competitive Analysis