Professional ProfileProduct Development: Managed extensive teams both domestic and abroad. Understand intricately how to work with a multitude of disciplines, specifically product designers, engineers, manufacturing engineers, safety authorities, etc. Have individually developed numerous products, and also collaboratively developed new products and product lines with major organizations globally. Category Management: Managed multiple product lines and product categories to ensure positive P&L results, most cost-effective purchasing, and proper product life-cycle management; resulting in successful year over year portfolio growth for major consumer packaged goods companies. Worked to identify brand positioning which in turn lead to the development of marketing plans to support and grow the brand.Project Management: Successfully managed many complex, and diverse projects with domestic and international partners and stakeholders. Responsible for developing and implementing key project management disciplines to ensure total company buy in.Operations Management: Analyzed, and developed key inventory management processes and procedures to ensure efficiencies, generate greater accuracy on delivery times, and free up capital to be deployed in other areas of the organization. Successfuly streamlined manufacturing processes to increase productivity while also reducing reject rates. Established long standing partnerships and negotiated purchasing agreements to ensure the most profitable situation for both companies. Product Management: Managed multiple product lines through Product Life Cycle techniques; resulting in successful year over year portfolio growth for major consumer packaged goods vendors. B2B and B2C Marketing: Extensive experience in North American B2B Marketing, and B2C Marketing with a focus on developing integrated marketing campaigns for retail, and commercial customers. As well as analyzing product line assortments, price point analysis, customer traffic flow, shipping logistics, forecasting, and Asia product sourcing.Professional Director: Responsible for managing vastly different human resources both domestically and abroad. Had direct reports such as engineers, industrial designers, sales and marketing co-coordinators, technical product specialists, sales individuals, and customer service representatives