Daniel Vaughn

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About Daniel Vaughn

Strength in ideation, strategic, analysis, and identifying opportunities to gain competitive advantages ** • Maximized pricing opportunities through intelligence and analytics • Demonstrated leadership in driving operational excellence and meeting goals and objectives through teamwork, concept analysis, and a quality focus. • Designed and implemented new strategic pricing platform that is flexible enough to allow the business to grow and expand in new go to market strategies • Fifteen plus years of progressive experience within the distribution industry. • Demonstrated leadership capability in driving operational excellence and meeting goals and objectives through teamwork, concept analysis, and a quality focus. • Lead change management initiatives and identify the best approach for implementing strategic processes • Built, mentored, and managed talent to produce inventive ideas • Assists marketing and sales reps in developing price proposals for customers • Oversee and automate customer margin analysis Successfully orchestrated the strategy and science of strategic pricing programs for Fortune 20 Company. Delivered outstanding results and $620M in cumulative profit gains over the course of the past 8 years, positioning strategic pricing as a #1 priority. Cultivated strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders-Secured the trust, respect, and support of key decision makers and process influencers, and built high-quality teams to fuel long-range focus on strategic pricing and goal achievement. Specialties: Strategic Pricing, Pricing Strategy, Price Optimization, Pricing Intelligence, Analytics, Customer Insights, Customer Portfolio Strategy. Software: SAS, R, Excel, SQL, All Microsoft Software