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Plymouth, Mi, Us

Livonia, Michigan, United States

- New Business Opportunities – Support initiatives for expanding to new and existing sales channels by developing product portfolio to meet market needs. This includes product selection, and leading business case development with forecasted sales revenue, pricing strategy, capital expense, and marketing spend with support of a cross functional team and sales analysis. - Product Line Strategy – Develop scope of short and long-term product introductions by reviewing market trends, customer requests, and competitive benchmarking to ensure an innovative product line and value proposition.- Cross Functional Collaboration – Partner with Operations teams to ensure product specifications are followed, inflation impact is reduced, and customer experience is optimized.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

- Project/Program Management - Manage progress of New Product through Stage/Gate approvals with revenue value of $240 million. - Product Management Roadmap – Develop launch outline for three product platforms to ensure product meets customer and consumer needs.- New Product Ideation – Brainstorm with internal and external stakeholders to design product that meets customer needs using prototypes, competitive benchmarking, and customer and consumer surveying.- Special Project Management – Manage implementation of Special Projects including changeover in decorative hardware supplier ($3 million in sales) and highlight finish process change ($15 million in sales).- Cross Functional Collaboration - Facilitate review of 100+ New Product projects for Stage/Gate approval with Marketing, Supply Chain, Production, Engineering, Finance, external suppliers, and Executive stakeholders.- Competitive Analysis – Establish competitive review process for product and market benchmarking exercises once a quarter.- Business Case & Forecast – Develop business case for New Product including forecasted sales revenue and capital expense by using sales data analysis.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Project/Program Management - Manage progress of New Product through Stage/Gate approvals with revenue value of $240 million. - Product Management Roadmap – Develop launch outline for three product platforms to ensure product meets customer and consumer needs.- New Product Ideation – Brainstorm with internal and external stakeholders to design product that meets customer needs using prototypes, competitive benchmarking, and customer and consumer surveying.- Special Project Management – Manage implementation of Special Projects including changeover in decorative hardware supplier ($3 million in sales) and highlight finish process change ($15 million in sales).- Cross Functional Collaboration - Facilitate review of 100+ New Product projects for Stage/Gate approval with Marketing, Supply Chain, Production, Engineering, Finance, external suppliers, and Executive stakeholders.- Competitive Analysis – Establish competitive review process for product and market benchmarking exercises once a quarter.- Business Case & Forecast – Develop business case for New Product including forecasted sales revenue and capital expense by using sales data analysis.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Project/Program Management – Manage daily update meetings with cross-functional team to guarantee program deliverables are met. Manage database of cross functional savings projects. Report out to Executive level management on a bi-weekly cadence. Personally, led projects worth $2+ million in savings.- Competitive Analysis - Organize and lead competitive teardown events for all Masco Cabinetry brands and platforms twice a year or as new ideas are needed.- Idea Generation – Lead identification, creation, and development of new cost savings ideas, with a goal to keep projects moving through the pipeline on a monthly basis.- Team Management - Manage team of two multi-site Application Product Engineers.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Team Management – Supervise and coordinate engineering workload for New Product between Marketing, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain / Procurement for 50 launch projects.- Process Mapping - Document process workflow maps for manufacturing processes by walking plant floor, interviewing doers, and viewing processes first-hand, did so in two separate rough mill operations.- Continuous Improvement – Facilitate Kaizen activity by reviewing standard work and improving current and new processes for daily tasks for Engineering, Marketing, and Finance. Led 10 process improvement sessions over two years.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

- Product Development - Develop new products for consumer market through design, prototyping, and testing processes, through close collaboration with Marketing, Manufacturing, Procurement, Finance and other internal partners.- Product Validation - Validate and qualify suppliers with Quality Assurance team through internal Initial Sample Initial Review process. Define and validate product specifications for new and existing products.

Adrian, Michigan

• Quote cabinet and countertop layouts for national homebuilders.• Collaborate with Sales Representatives to meet customer requirements.• Work under tight time constraints to meet deadlines.• Review contracts to ensure follow through.• Organize builder information for order entry.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Engineering Management - Program Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Construction Management; Business Management