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Nicole Sandor

Brisbane

Summary

Nicole is a business information management professional, with experience in IT business analysis, business reporting, customer insights and marketing segmentation. She has had extensive project experience improving operations across CRM systems, data warehouses, marketing automation systems and business reporting platforms. Having worked across a variety of industries, Nicole uses this experience to identify transferrable opportunities which can be applied to other industries. With a business improvement mindset and a collaborative teamwork approach, Nicole can help facilitate and deliver system solutions, and business insights to meet your goals.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

CRM Specialist

Master Builders Queensland
02.2022 - Current

- Facilitate workshops with business stakeholders to map out current CRM user processes and identify business process improvement opportunities.

- Analyse data flows for system integrations and recommend best practice system solutions to deliver optimum data quality.

- Document epics, user stories, acceptance criteria and test plans for CRM & DWH project work.

- Project manage the delivery of projects, improving current process flows and integrations.

- Manage work with external vendors and developers and prepare the CRM & DWH budgets.

- Manage development testing and user acceptance testing, to ensure business requirements and acceptance criteria are met.

- Develop plans for project releases, system rollbacks and change management.

- Document new business processes and train relevant staff on system enhancements.

- Build automated reports and customer engagement models, to deliver membership insights.

CRM Specialist

Australian Catholic University
04.2016 - 03.2022

· Defined business processes and developed CRM process flows to achieve business outcomes.

· Defined business requirements for CRM integration projects.

· Tested data accuracy, performance and improvements to CRM integrations.

· Defined system processes to manage CRM integration updates.

· Project managed the implementation of personalised websites for prospective students.

· Developed and managed marketing segmentation and conversion lifecycle models.

· Developed self-serve Power BI reports to monitor performance for Alumni & Advancement, Future Students and marketing campaign teams.

· Implemented marketing information standards for prospective student forms.

· Standardised approaches to consistently manage and deliver marketing segmentation.

· Maintained data quality and ensured legal marketing requirements are met.

Database Specialist

IKEA Australia
08.2014 - 04.2016

· Defined business requirements for data warehouse builds.

· Defined processes to manage marketing data flows across multiple systems and external vendors.

· Managed risk assessments – impact of issues and new builds on current marketing infrastructure.

· Managed the external vendor budget, focusing on projects with high value impact.

· Analysed customer data to provide insights for new marketing opportunities.

· Developed segmentation models to understand insights into new member purchasing behaviour.

· Developed self-serve reports to allow local stores to quickly respond to trends in their markets.

· Project managed post implementation reviews for marketing.

· Maintained data quality and ensured legal requirements were met.

CRM Manager

Michael Page International (Australia)
07.2007 - 06.2014

· Developed candidate and client lifecycle models to use for marketing and growth opportunities.

· Delivered a regional CRM lifecycle strategy to consistently engage customers over their lifecycle.

· Developed plans and recommendations on how to best grow databases in new markets.

· Identified key information important for business growth and revenue opportunities.

· Analysed customer data to provide insights for new marketing opportunities.

· Project managed the pilot and implementation of a new campaign management system.

· Managed business development campaigns to maximise revenue from industry salary reports.

· Defined marketing data requirements for the data warehouse and campaign management system.

· Engaged MD’s and Directors across Australasia to support and implement data management plans.

· Recommended a data migration approach for a new CRM system to minimise business impact.

Segmentation Manager

Cellarmaster Wines
01.2006 - 09.2006

· Developed a new value model that identified profitable segments, growth prospects and churn risks.

· Prepared the business case and specifications to build the value model in the data warehouse (DW) and campaign management system (CMS).

· Consulted with IT to implement the new model into the DW and CMS.

· Developed new reports to measure the performance of each new segment.

· Analysed purchasing trends and profiles of each segment and planned how to increase their value.

· Project managed a new contact plan, outlining campaign activities across each segment lifecycle.

· Tailored the delivery of marketing communications to suit customer preferences.

· Selected segments for upcoming campaigns, analysed results and delivered recommendations.

· Recommended campaign tests to learn how to best market to different customer segments.

Segmentation Manager

AGL
04.2003 - 01.2006

· Identified customer insights from usage behaviour & recommended new marketing opportunities.

· Identified customer segments to target for upcoming retention & acquisition campaigns.

· Recommended campaign tests to learn how to best market to different customer segments.

· Consulted with statistics experts to improve predictions of household energy consumption.

· Project managed the delivery of an updated energy model into the campaign management system.

· Liaised with data agencies & mail houses to deliver accurate campaign files on time.

· Consulted with data agencies to source geo-demographic models and external marketing data.

· Analysed campaign results and recommended improvements for future campaigns.

· Managed the market analysis budget.

Business Analyst

Amway of Australia
01.2001 - 04.2003

· Identified new marketing opportunities from customer behaviour and provided recommendations.

· Consulted with market research agencies during qualitative research studies.

· Set up campaign tests to learn how to best market to different customer segments.

· Consulted with business stakeholders to identify gaps in reporting and analytical needs.

· Prepared requirements for the data warehouse build of NZ data and a new segmentation model.

· Defined data warehouse requirements for automated online reports & OLAP cubes.

Marketing Analyst

P&O Cruises
01.2000 - 01.2001

· Forecasted and presented sales and profitability trends to the Marketing Managers.

· Liaised with a market research agency to understand market research findings and identify insights.

· Provided insights on how competitor activity was affecting the business & created marketing plans.

· Developed new cruise itineraries. Consulted with Operations teams to meet water and fuel needs.

Marketing Services Officer

Parker Hannifin Australia
12.1997 - 01.2000

· Conducted qualitative research studies for product launches and service assessments.

· Provided insights on how competitor activity was affecting the business.

· Analysed campaign results and recommended ways to improve campaign activity.

· Prepared marketing plans for product ranges and implemented product launches.

· Desktop publishing of price list books, brochures and flyers.

· Sourced branded promotional giveaways from external promotional merchandise suppliers.

Marketing Assistant

Emperor Technology
01.1997 - 12.1997

· Managed price lists for all computer products.

· Created and managed promotional material.

· Customer liaison and general administrative duties.

Market Research Interviewer

AMR Quantum Harris
12.1995 - 01.1997

· Door to door and shopping centre interviewing & administrative duties for the Field Manager.

Education

Diploma - Information Technology - Partial Completion

Lumify Learn
Brisbane, QLD
01-2024

Certificate IV - Training And Assessment

Plenty Training
Brisbane, QLD
01-2023

Certificate IV - Website Design

TAFE NSW
01-2007

No Degree - The New Supervisor

Australian Institute of Management
Sydney, NSW
01-2004

No Degree - Project Management

Kepner Tregoe
Sydney, NSW
01-2002

No Degree - OH&S Consultation

Courtenell
Sydney, NSW
01-2002

Graduate Certificate - Internet Marketing

Charles Sturt University
01-2001

Bachelor of Business - Marketing / Tourism Management

Charles Sturt University
01-1996

Skills

  • Information management
  • Business process improvement
  • Business analysis
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Problem-solving
  • Attention to detail
  • SQL and databases
  • Business reporting and insights

Software

MS Project

Visio

Microsoft Dynamics 365

SSMS - SQL

Visual Studio

Azure DevOps

Power BI

Crystal Reports

Business Objects

Marketo

Click Dimensions

Exact Target

Aprimo

Photoshop

XHTML

CSS

Javascript

Teams

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Timeline

CRM Specialist

Master Builders Queensland
02.2022 - Current

CRM Specialist

Australian Catholic University
04.2016 - 03.2022

Database Specialist

IKEA Australia
08.2014 - 04.2016

CRM Manager

Michael Page International (Australia)
07.2007 - 06.2014

Segmentation Manager

Cellarmaster Wines
01.2006 - 09.2006

Segmentation Manager

AGL
04.2003 - 01.2006

Business Analyst

Amway of Australia
01.2001 - 04.2003

Marketing Analyst

P&O Cruises
01.2000 - 01.2001

Marketing Services Officer

Parker Hannifin Australia
12.1997 - 01.2000

Marketing Assistant

Emperor Technology
01.1997 - 12.1997

Market Research Interviewer

AMR Quantum Harris
12.1995 - 01.1997

Diploma - Information Technology - Partial Completion

Lumify Learn

Certificate IV - Training And Assessment

Plenty Training

Certificate IV - Website Design

TAFE NSW

No Degree - The New Supervisor

Australian Institute of Management

No Degree - Project Management

Kepner Tregoe

No Degree - OH&S Consultation

Courtenell

Graduate Certificate - Internet Marketing

Charles Sturt University

Bachelor of Business - Marketing / Tourism Management

Charles Sturt University
Nicole Sandor