Anne Collins is a Senior Manager of Design at World Kitchen, LLC. She possess expertise in packaging, product design, consumer products, cross functional team leadership, concept development and 4 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "Anne Collins is fantastic to work with, and has great expertise in trend forecasting of pattern design and product design. She is proactive, dedicated and broadminded perfectionist. Anne never refuses you when you ask her for help. She is not only a reliable and forward thinking Senior Manager of Design but also an inspiring team player. Anne possesses a winning combination of solid design skills and business sense, I learned a great deal from her. She is a reliable individual and I will always hold her in the highest esteem. She has lots of international exposure and has worked together with me on numerous projects in Asia Pacific too. She understands the local Asia culture and has the experience to translate the consumers' insights onto the design elements and the intricacy touches required. Anne is able to manage different stakeholders well from designers, production team, sourcing specialist, quality engineers to marketers and commercial heads. " and "I had the pleasure and privilege of working with Anne Collins for almost 8yrs. She is skilled on both the “What” and the “How”. On the “What”, Anne is an expert on the insights of Trends – identification, evaluation and activation. Anne is able to evaluate extremely large sets of data/observations – for example the Ambiente and Housewares Show - and distill that down to specific trend focus areas; and in a focused, concise and easily to understand format! Anne is also very skilled at activating on the trends – for example on new designs and patterns for our kitchenware products, designs of our trade show booths – specifically the innovation showcase and most importantly playing a key role in helping to guide the innovation team on future white space opportunities. On the “How”, Anne has excellent proactive collaboration and influencing with integrity skills with cross functional team members. I have seen Anne work with large groups of diverse individuals, achieve alignment on key initiatives and do it in a way that builds consensus yet allows for others to feel they contributed. In addition, Anne confidently presents insights/trends to diverse and senior stakeholders, and does it in a manner that is very collaborative (actively solicits and accepts feedback), yet from a point of view of being an expert. Overall, it was a pleasure to work with Anne. I worked with her very closely on many initiatives and the experience was always positive. I really appreciated how easy it was to work with Anne and her deep expertise in her area of trends - she was a true asset."