Business Intelligence (Lunch and Learn) - April 29

Description

"Just what the doctor ordered- Innovation- Enabled sales effectiveness"
Featuring- Scott Albright, Vice President IT, Commercial & Latin America Beverages,  Dr. Pepper Snapple Group

At Dr Pepper Snapple Group, continual top-line growth is a priority. To support this objective, they have leveraged innovative technology to enable the sales force and increase overall effectiveness. They’ve built a collection of applications that better communicates information across the organization and puts the necessary metrics in the hands of sales people to enable revenue growth on the front lines. In this lively discussion, Albright will talk through the technologies implemented, sharing real use cases around the value added from gamified and actionable information that communicates genuine results and powerfully articulates sales habits.




About the speaker:



Scott Albright is the Vice President of Commercial and Latin America Beverages IT for Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. Scott is responsible for all aspects of IT for the Warehouse/Direct, National Accounts, Latin America and Beverage Concentrates Sales organizations as well as Marketing, Supply Chain and Revenue & Margin Management functions. This includes IT Strategy, delivery of new capabilities and daily operations all with a focus on growing sales and crushing costs.
 
Scott joined the company in 2004 prior to its spin-off of Dr. Pepper Snapple where he held multiple positions in the IT organization progressing from a Global Project Manager to his current Vice President position. In those roles, he oversaw as well as delivered multiple large scale and global projects in the Sales and Finance functions resulting in millions of dollars of savings. Prior to DPS, Scott worked at several large consultancies including IBM, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Arthur Andersen where he advised clients such as The Walt Disney Company and British Petroleum. He also serves on the University of Texas at Dallas Management Information Systems Industry Advisory Board, OpenText Strategic Advisory Board and Oracle Consumer Goods Industry Strategy Council.
 
Scott is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin where he holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and a Master in Professional Accounting degree. He lives in Coppell, Texas with his wife, Julie and their two children, Luke and Owen.
 
Dr Pepper Snapple is the leading producer of flavored beverages in North America and the Caribbean. Its success is fueled by more than 50 brands that are synonymous with refreshment, fun and flavor. DPS has 6 of the top 10 non-cola soft drinks, and 9 of its 12 "power brands" are No. 1 in their respective categories. In addition to its flagship Dr Pepper and Snapple brands, the DPS portfolio includes Sunkist soda, 7UP, A&W, Canada Dry, Crush, Mott's, Squirt, Hawaiian Punch, Penafiel, Clamato, Schweppes, Rose's, Venom Energy and Mr & Mrs T mixers.