Jenna Harper Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Creates and own Project Plan, State-Gate Approach & End to End Timing & Action (T&A) to support an integrated project & packaging creation process. - Responsible for establishing the optimal approach for the project, product category, and business partners to ensure efficiencies are in place and guest needs are met; including R&D and out of cycle activities for all Owned Brand categories. - Identifies opportunities for efficiencies in future projects by leveraging analytics, reporting, & hind-sighting to drive future State-Gate and Project Plan improvements. - Responsible for establishing a single source of truth T&A that clearly outlines owners, actions, and timing from project activation through results analysis evaluation.- Drives Owned Brand Business Results by facilitating the cross-functional Owned Brand Product & Packaging creation process, including Phase & Stage-Gate management

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Identifies opportunities for efficiencies and in future projects by leveraging analytics, reporting and hind-sighting to drive future State-Gate and Project Plan improvements- Leader and facilitator of cross-functional team meetings, phase and stage-gate meetings- Monitors compliance of activities from Project Kick-Off trough Results Analysis- Identifies, tracks and facilitate risk mitigation plans by anticipating potential roadblocks and risks before they occur, understand implications or risk and escalate conclusions to the appropriate levels.- Ensures project closure is completed including the completion of lessons learned and identify opportunities for process improvements for future projects- Partners with project team and key stake holders to define project requirements, constraints and assumptions in order to establish the project deliverables, resources, skills needed and timelines- Establishes a single source of truth Timing & Action that clearly outlines owners, actions and timing from project activation through results analysis

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Identify opportunities for process improvements, implement policies to drive business efficiency and success.- Collaborate alongside cross-functional teams to create common understanding of product development goals.- Led and co-partnered, with Operations Team, in the creation of the Product Development Career Path.- Manage multiple projects simultaneously with numerous teams across the Home and Hardlines Division.- Train vendors on process expectations to ensure consistency across business units, create greater accountability, and provide information transparency.- Maintain strong relationships with vendors throughout the product development stages- Led and co-partnered, with Operations Team, in the creation of the Product Development Career Path.- Developed and facilitated content for OB sample process training across up & up brand- Effectively managed and absorbed the workload of multiple departments while still maintaining my current business of up & up- Responsible for sample management activities and continuous improvement of process

Arden Hills, Minnesota

- Managed customer survey data collection through mail, phone and mixed-mode methodology projects.- Conducted quality checks to ensure security of personal health information and maintain HIPPA compliance.- Created code books for mail studies and web studies to ensure accurate data analysis.- Design and/or critique questionnaires tailored to clients specific research objectives.- Supported client-specific project management initiatives.

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing

Retail Merchandising And Management