• Responsible for developing the global sourcing strategy of the Games and Play-Doh categories ($700M and $300M in revenue respectively)• Grow and manage over 10 vendor relationships in the Americas and Europe to enhance nearshoring and reduce supply disruption through RFI/RFQ processes, vendor onboarding, and vendor scorecards• Negotiate and allocate business between multiple countries, including the United States, Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Netherlands, Vietnam, India, and China• Evaluate relationships with Tier 2 suppliers to leverage volume purchases and ensure competitiveness between vendors • Negotiate contracts with strategic suppliers to ensure competitive advantage is created and maintained • Conduct RFI/RFQs to scope out new potential partners and evaluate alignment with business needs • Proactively avoided supply disruption of $2M in Play-Doh in 2022 by authorizing pre-purchasing of flour from Ukraine amid local turmoil

• Responsible for sourcing the $150mm toy and glow category for domestic Disney theme parks • Actively managed over 80 domestic and international suppliers to ensure all associated factories complied with Disney’s International Labor Standards• Supported the department’s AOP goals by negotiating cost reductions and resourcing items when necessary; mitigated over $4.6mm in cost in 2015• Delivered costing and engineering support to the product development team by evaluating quote sheets, optimizing tooling breakdowns, and offering suggestions on how to improve functionality of play patterns and features• Traveled to Asia bi-annually visiting key factories and discussing ways for them to continuously improve their production, process, quality, and safety standards • Reviewed audit results and worked with suppliers and factories swiftly to ensure understanding of violation corrections, ensuring no interruption of critical business needs• Sourced over 50 highly complex and detailed products for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, using a variety of mediums including plastic, TPR, wood, paper, tin, aluminum, and resin

• Developed simultaneous products to hit timing, performance, and cost requirements; as many as 50 concurrently • Leveraged consumer insights and vendor relationships to develop and create a whole new system and brand statement for Littlest Pet Shop• Traveled to Hong Kong and China to work closely with the model makers and vendors of a lately added Littlest Pet Shop segment to aid in quick development and cost adherence • Generated and maintained technical and design specification packages for items in development• Created cost and tooling estimates based on preliminary designs; managed the cost throughout the development cycle to ensure tooling budgets and margins were maintained• Built development schedules based on engineering complexity, reliability standards, and desired on-shelf timing• Evaluated engineering pilot samples from the manufacturer and suggested solutions to ensure consumer satisfaction and adherence to specifications while maintaining schedule

• Accustomed to a fast-paced team environment that thrives on daily interactions between cross-functional groups including quality assurance, marketing, design, operations, and legal• Collaborated with engineering partners in the Far East to ensure functionality and safety of new projects• Sourced and evaluated materials for an innovative new play pattern in the Spider-Man action figure line• Established and maintained a great working relationship with an outside supplier to aid in role-play development• Assisted in the protection of highly sensitive licensed IP material; most notably Spider-Man and Captain America• Evaluated manufacturing and production feasibility of new product and feature designs

• Demonstrated leadership and versatility by heading product development of six main Body Glove product lines in the personal electronic accessories category• Developed and implemented detailed project plans to achieve timelines and major milestones within budget• Exhibited a strong ability to work under tight deadlines on multiple projects • Acquired new business for Fellowes by introducing and demonstrating products to new customers and partners• Defined product specifications throughout the design cycle to ensure quality and uniformity of final products• Improved lead times for silicone cases by 10% by working with factories in Asia to identify processes to improve

• Brainstormed possible Happy Meal toy functions and pricing issues• Sketched exploded view drawings to portray function, materials, and assembly of toys to engineers in Hong Kong• Met with McDonald’s representatives to provide updates on current toy models• Performed safety tests on toys to ensure McDonald’s strict safety regulations were met

• Evaluated riding toy engineering prototypes by using failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) and investigating Consumer Product Safety Commission standards• Developed various potential mechanisms for cost reduction of a new product• Communicated defects, tolerance issues, and problems with current prototypes to an engineering team in China• Utilized SolidWorks files to document changes in design and create working prototypes with a 3-D printer