Jaime Simon Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Dublin, Ohio, United States

Portfolio + Marketing Strategies (prior project work includes insurance, stealth health tech start up, healthcare services and products)PROJECT AVAILABILITY / FULL - not accepting new projects at this time

Currently taking a self-imposed career pause to focus on family and health after the loss of both my parents.

Dublin, Oh

Led a high performing team responsible for commercialization and in-market growth of an estimated $500M product portfolio of surgical drapes and gowns, infection control apparel, fluid management and wound drains. Grew apparel business portfolio at an average of 7x market growth rate, three years consecutively, through brand repositioning, revised value proposition and digital marketing tactics. Staffed a complimentary, high talent team that became a best practice structure and developed four individuals to promotional roles - director (3) and senior manager (1) roles. Exceeded company benchmarks for employee engagement every year.

Employed as the Director of Sales Operations and Marketing for Cardinal Health's Customer Analytics Solution primarily responsible for:• Leadership of 10 Customer On-Site Director team, annual Voice of Employee scores of 87% and 93% consecutively• Managed optimization and accountability of customers savings with on-site team• Restructured onsite team to expand role to drive product mix• Lead newly developed GPA program with regional HCIQ leads and local sales organization; identifying $40M in product mix shift opportunities• Support Provider Supply Chain Solutions team as dedicated marketing resource for new offer development

Employed as a Senior Category Manager primarily responsible for the strategic assessment and entry strategies for new Cardinal Health product platforms as well as commercialization plans and execution of those platforms for the Medical Segment . Achievements include:• Program management lead for Orthopedic Trauma business, driving cross functional team to executing current platform strategy and commercialization• Strategic development and execution plan of Wound Management business including acquisition of NPWT company• Launch of positioner product line achieving double digit savings goal with a key external customer• Participation in two Tiger Teams: commodity product strategy and specialty clinical product strategy• Development of participation strategy for ten different product lines in FY12• Resourced the elastic bandage portfolio and exceeding cost savings plan

Dublin Ohio

Worked as a category manager for Cardinal Health’s wound care portfolio, where the main job function was to drive revenue and maximize the profitability of Cardinal Health preferred products. Responsibilities included: • Strategy development and optimizing economic profit for a $200 million product portfolio• Market opportunity assessments for product launches, line extensions and branded partnerships• Overachieved OCOS funding goals for strategic supplier portfolios• Increased preferred product mix through marketing and account planning

Dublin, Ohio

Worked as a Senior Analyst for Cardinal Health’s wound care portfolio, where the main job function was to support the Director of Wound Care with market data and profitability reports. Job responsibilities included: • Development of portfolio review reports for the various wound care portfolios• Tracking and development of forecasted revenue and margin for the business• Analyzing supplier and portfolio profitability to determine areas of business for resource focus• Completing root cause analysis on low economic profit portfolios and developing action plan

New Albany, Ohio

Worked as an assistant merchandiser for female denim where the core job function was to manage and direct all aspects of the female denim skirts and crops business from initial plan development to final product set in stores. Job responsibilities included:• Developing the business plan for each season• Collaborating with design on style development and determine final line of fashion styles• Contact lead for international vendors to coordinate the production, delivery and cost negotiations• Analyze and report sales daily and determine plan of action to increase revenues when needed

New Albany, Ohio

Worked as a design coordinator for Ruehl Women’s Denim Design where core responsibilities included:• Supporting and designing the fashion portfolio with the Design Director• Creating and sketching original denim styles for development• Participating in daily fit sessions for construction and alterations for product samples• Constructing fashion design and inspiration presentation boards to review with CEO

Westerville, Ohio

The responsibilities of this position included:• Development and execution of marketing plans and subsequent marketing materials • Construction of monthly cost containment reports and presentations for sales and internal customers

Springfield, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio