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Emeryville, CA, US

Portland, Oregon, US

The Dalles, Oregon, US

Portland, Oregon, US

Portland, Oregon, US

• Led SKU Productivity Improvement project for globally recognized manufacturing brand
• Developed and supported Program Structure & Governance as interim PMO
• Accountable to C-suite and executive management in cadenced progress reporting
• Designed, built, and implemented custom reporting and tracking tools
• Worked with global businesses and dept. heads to identify and track KPIs to target
• Facilitated organizational shift toward productive and streamlined product offering

Portland, OR, US

• Led New Product R&D and Product Life Cycle management of hard and soft good product lines for $100M global brand to deliver high-quality products that meet consumer needs and support organizational initiatives.
• Worked cross-functionally with Engineering, Sourcing, Logistics, Manufacturing, and Marketing teams to ensure successful launch of products through the Go-To-Market process and closely managed EOL activities including.
• Developed NPD Process, Strategy, and Product Roadmap to support top-level corporate initiatives and long term brand vision including growth and revenue goals, entries into new markets, and new consumer acquisition.
• Developed and utilized in-depth Market and Industry Analysis and working closely with Sales and Channel partners to understand customer and consumer needs in order to maintain a competitive product portfolio, ensure.
• Planned and led consumer insight and product testing activities to develop actionable feedback and directives for NPD, Engineering, and Marketing teams that result in purposefully designed, consumer focused product.
• Worked closely with Legal Counsel throughout NPD process to guarantee product solutions met relevant legal and safety requirements at State and Federal levels.

Portland, OR, US

• Product Line Manager for Ledlenser North America, distributor of Ledlenser GmbH, a German based optoelectronics brand.
• Managing and maintaining headlamp, flashlight, and accessory product lines for the North American market.
• Developing go-to-market strategy in close coordination with Sales and Marketing teams to ensure successful launch of new product lines.

Portland, OR, US

• Led the design, development, sourcing, and implementation of inline, SMU, and collaborative packaging for all product lines.
• Managed cross-functional project team through company-wide packaging redesign development process.
• Designed, developed, and launched line of retail merchandising displays into global market.
• Oversaw new packaging launches and guaranteed alignment with company-wide NPD process.
• Managed international supply chain through development of packaging and merchandising displays.
• Led the creation of all SKUs and managed BOM setup process for all new packaging and product lines.

Portland, OR, US

• Managed end-to-end supply, manufacturing, and logistics processes from supplier to consumer, guaranteeing timely delivery of high-quality handmade leather-goods through direct-to-consumer and wholesale channels.
• Designed, developed, and managed cloud-based Kanban Manufacturing, Inventory, and Forecasting Tracking System with reporting for manufacturing efficiency and live production tracking resulting in a decreased.
• Developed 12-month Production Forecasting System utilizing open orders, live product tracking metrics, and historical sales curves to schedule labor and predict manufacturing lead times.
• Developed Quality Control inspection procedure, RMA process, and Raw Materials Tracking System as integrated function of larger Kanban-based system.
• Led procurement of all raw materials, fabric, leather, and hardware.Hired, trained, and managed 15 person team of highly skilled craftspeople.Implemented Quickbooks and Shopify integrated ERP system with BOM based SKU.

Hillsboro, Oregon, US

• Developed packaging solutions for large scale retail and wholesale operations.
• Operated and maintained CNC Packaging Prototyping Machine.
• Interfaced with vendors to ensure precision and timeliness of delivered products.

Hillsboro, Oregon, US

US

Seattle, US

Engineering

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