• Manage largest customer (Menards, focusing on multi-national product supply chains, buyer communication, and yearly meeting with C-Suite Menards staff. • On-site manager responsible for product and operations management at 50,000sqft warehouse with four direct reports and matrixed leadership of seven employees. Leading staffing, coaching, and performance management. • Forecast, defend, and execute tens of millions of inventory POs while maintaining and calculating customer demand,… Show more • Manage largest customer (Menards, focusing on multi-national product supply chains, buyer communication, and yearly meeting with C-Suite Menards staff. • On-site manager responsible for product and operations management at 50,000sqft warehouse with four direct reports and matrixed leadership of seven employees. Leading staffing, coaching, and performance management. • Forecast, defend, and execute tens of millions of inventory POs while maintaining and calculating customer demand, safety stock, and cashflow risk. Performance is reviewed by the board quarterly.• Responsible for increasing product line profitability through intelligent freight practices, lowering stock levels, and increasing average inventory turns throughout the year.• Drive growth of product line through customer market research, engineering communication, product innovation, and early buyer communication leading to most successful line review in company history resulting in 20% increase in individual SKUs managed and expanding market presence.• Leveraging years of industry experience to provide consultative sales and product management to experienced and inexperienced merchants and strategically go to market.• Negotiate rates for LTL, FTL, and Ocean Freight quarterly with major carriers. Moving 300+ containers of freight, 250+ trucks, and thousands of packages per year. Show less

• Guided business through managerial transition helping to hire the company President after prior management house-cleaning.• Navigated through pandemic challenges like partial remote staffing shifts, offshoring production from China to mitigate section 301 tariffs, freight cost crisis, and many more. • Assisted in competitor and market research throughout successful acquisition of competitor Keystone Lighting in 2021 folding customers and product into GT Industrial. •… Show more • Guided business through managerial transition helping to hire the company President after prior management house-cleaning.• Navigated through pandemic challenges like partial remote staffing shifts, offshoring production from China to mitigate section 301 tariffs, freight cost crisis, and many more. • Assisted in competitor and market research throughout successful acquisition of competitor Keystone Lighting in 2021 folding customers and product into GT Industrial. • Communicated engineering needs to partner factories driving new product launches across six product lines to ensure healthy market placement and product line aging.• Shouldered fulcrum-point between new sales director, operations staff, overseas engineering team, customers (buyers) and GT Industrial board. Highly focused on relationship management on all sides. Show less

• Identified market need for higher-end, professional pannier bag and incorporated a business to pursue design, manufacturing, and sales of product• Raised $10k in funding, designed bags and produced multiple prototypes• Designed website, logo, and marketing materials to provide to bicycle shops across the US• Positioned product in online and brick-and-mortar stores leading to steady churn of product• Published products on multiple sales sites utilizing WooCommerce to identify… Show more • Identified market need for higher-end, professional pannier bag and incorporated a business to pursue design, manufacturing, and sales of product• Raised $10k in funding, designed bags and produced multiple prototypes• Designed website, logo, and marketing materials to provide to bicycle shops across the US• Positioned product in online and brick-and-mortar stores leading to steady churn of product• Published products on multiple sales sites utilizing WooCommerce to identify purchasing trends Show less

• Manage 46 products with revenue values of over $20 Million annually with clients such as Menards and The Home Depot• Oversee a United States based team of eight employees, working in conjunction with two teams overseas in various factories across three time zones for product development• Navigate CRM platform integration, cloud computing accounts, and EDI systems driving forward product sales nationwide in stores and online• Design process flow for multiple projects at one time… Show more • Manage 46 products with revenue values of over $20 Million annually with clients such as Menards and The Home Depot• Oversee a United States based team of eight employees, working in conjunction with two teams overseas in various factories across three time zones for product development• Navigate CRM platform integration, cloud computing accounts, and EDI systems driving forward product sales nationwide in stores and online• Design process flow for multiple projects at one time focusing heavily on time management for fast and slow product development• Successfully developed, pitched, and launched a full utility lighting product line of 17 SKUs with Menards using innovative technology leading to an estimated increase in sales of 5mm, year-over-year• Facilitate inbound and outbound shipments of international and domestic with truckload, LCL, container quantity, and dropship orders Show less

• Identified cloud-based software for systems and QA improvements across product lines and individual POs increasing first-time shipment accuracy from 90%-98% • Built customer service system for phone and email and trained US based team in service etiquette and troubleshooting that handles up to 1200 calls • Communicated with factories for BOM, product specification, shipping quantities, and acceptable returns rates • Grew revenue over 100% year over year through product development… Show more • Identified cloud-based software for systems and QA improvements across product lines and individual POs increasing first-time shipment accuracy from 90%-98% • Built customer service system for phone and email and trained US based team in service etiquette and troubleshooting that handles up to 1200 calls • Communicated with factories for BOM, product specification, shipping quantities, and acceptable returns rates • Grew revenue over 100% year over year through product development and client expansion• Developed Forecasting system for inventory management using excel tables with vlookup, pivot, and sumif functions• Vetted factories, and negotiated fulfillment policy with facilities in Ningbo, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou Show less

• Responsible for community economic development and education capacity building in Managua, Nicaragua• Improved data collection process on country level quarterly reports outlining progress of program initiatives • Compiled, analyzed, and prepared presentation of impact results of public health education for migrant workers in Excel utilizing pivot tables, vlookup and sumif to identify smaller population subsets and additional correlated risk factors• Provided regression analysis… Show more • Responsible for community economic development and education capacity building in Managua, Nicaragua• Improved data collection process on country level quarterly reports outlining progress of program initiatives • Compiled, analyzed, and prepared presentation of impact results of public health education for migrant workers in Excel utilizing pivot tables, vlookup and sumif to identify smaller population subsets and additional correlated risk factors• Provided regression analysis on a public health disease study to understand common risk factors for the Chagas disease• Worked in close coordination with local Nicaraguan government officials as an official US representative• Conducted focus group research to improved lesson plan materials and develop competitively priced workbooks• Action Plan coordinator responsible for overseeing, communicating with, and organizing 60+ volunteers in the event of a natural disaster or political unrest• Completed quarterly reports outlining engagement and progress of educational initiative• Conducted focus group research to improved lesson plan materials and develop competitively priced workbooks• Edited, complied, wrote, and proofread articles for volunteer newsletter Va Pue, in Adobe InDesign for distribution nationally and internationally. Show less