Ben Van Voorhis Email & Phone Number

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.

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.
• 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.
• 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