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Plymouth, MI, US

Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

Berkley, Michigan, United States

Berkley, Michigan, United States

• Responsible for running the company to attain financial success.Global Operations
• $3.4 million in duty expenses avoided by devising and executing a sourcing strategy that transitioned production from China to alternative offshore locations.
• $2 million in overall reduction in the cost of goods and financial planning improvement attained by building a partnership with a printer in Tijuana, allowing a major importer the ability to produce or purchase.
• $1 million in overseas operations costs jettisoned by closing a 30-person office in China, innovating and introducing new processes, eliminating non-value-added work, and transitioning to remote contract staff.
• 40% decrease in severance packages for offshore employees negotiated with Chinese government agencies. Financial Performance
• $1 million product launch and market penetration facilitated by teaming with a startup company for product conception, design, sourcing, purchasing, and sales processes to secure placement in a major retailer.

Ann Arbor, MI

• Managed development, direction, and execution of the company operations strategy and budget.
• $2.5 million improvement to the bottom line orchestrated by conceptualizing and deploying a vendor consolidation and rebate program.
• $1 million surge in revenues earned by fashioning a new handmade paper program.
• $600,000 fall in freight costs generated through improvement in the annual negotiation process with freight forwarder and drayage companies.
• 40% drop in total inventory carrying costs realized by conceiving and instituting improved inventory analytics and product lifecycle processes.
• 17% reduction in the product purchasing price obtained via the development of a vendor negotiation process.

Grand Rapids, MI

• FOUNDATIONAL EXPERIENCE-
• 50% downturn in promotional planogram reset timing at stores garnered by implementing POG-in-a-box program.
• 10% uptick in margin and 5% augmentation in YOY sales secured by improving category analytics.
• 10% dip in markdown dollars grasped by conceiving and launching a product lifecycle analysis process.

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