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Woodbury, Mn

Oversee marketing and quality assurance departments. Responsibilities include strategic planning, and direction of marketing policies and programs to maximize profits and/or market share. Closely work with sales and supply chain to oversee product development including budgets, research and development, return on investment, product specifications and product launch planning. Direct and continually improve quality assurance department to ensure product quality and customer satisfaction.

Woodbury, Mn

Manage Product throughout product lifecycle to build and support company strategies and objectives.• Conduct research and analysis for product line development and improvement - Research and analyze market conditions to identify key competitor and consumer trends. - Create product life cycle plans to define long-term strategy of the product - Analyze and evaluate existing product lines• Perform product planning and management - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to road map, execute and launch products. - Determine correct product specs - Develop Pricing strategies - Oversee development to ensure cohesiveness to brand• Develop product marketing - Design marketing plans and event campaigns to strengthen brand. - Plan product launches - Provide input for marketing collateral

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lead and manage the Product Development and Design Center teams to deliver manufacturable product that exceeds customers product expectations and requirements. • Use longstanding relationships with key vendors to negotiate large manufacturing contracts in order to maintain or increase profit margin.• Identify a variety of key sourcing needs and find strategic partners to fill gaps.• Set up metric structure to track request for quotes, win rate by business segment, and timeliness of quotes/samples enabling the organization to make intelligent decisions on where to focus Sales resources. • Oversee the accuracy of all costing sheets, and work with Sales Team to come up with alternative costing solutions when needed.• Help facilitate the implementation of Entrepreneurial Operating System.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Took projects from concept to executable design by understanding a variety of customer requirements.• Lead process of internal product development, managing timelines, details and all vendor issues on a variety of product. • Responsible for providing costing sheet for sales department by working with internal and external partners to guarantee an accurate and cost effective program to maximize margin. • Understood testing requirements for a variety of products for large retail customers.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed a team that was responsible for on time and on budget delivery for both domestic and import facilities. • Responsible for weekly scheduling and general capacity planning of 16 person sewing facility• Helped implement “learning curve” factor for sewing minutes to accurately price new projects and build incentive base bonus plan in the factory. • Developed Quality Control Program for both internal and external partners.• Fostered and strengthened relationships with new and existing vendors.• Successfully helped orchestrate a company restructure to maximize productivity and position the company for sustainable and scalable growth.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsible for all aspects of both the domestic and import supply chain. Was the company expert for importing rules and regulations, HTSUS codes, and freight forwarder relationships.• Re-structured supply chain for 25% of the business to a 3rd party warehouse on the West Coast to reduce freight cost by 50% while also decreasing storage space need in Minneapolis facility.• Developed relationship with 3rd party sourcing agent in Asia and helped re-source multiple product lines in both textiles and plastics from Vietnam to China. • Created a variety of weekly Crystal reports to maximize efficiency in order tracking and assist in buying decisions.• Lead planning for the layout of a new warehouse and production space. Worked closed with consultants to ensure facility was properly laid out and set up in time for scheduled move.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area