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Orlando, Fl, Us

Greater Orlando, Florida, United States

Fostering strategic partnerships between brands and suppliers/manufacturers by developing curated assortments across merchandising, product development, forecasting and Amazon services.

Re-launched the Brunt Workwear apparel division by targeting the modern-day worker through leveraging Voice of Customer insights to build a product plan that will disrupt the workwear market. Accountable for maximizing the P&L, forecasting a new demand plan, product development, and re-sourcing the entire assortment with strategic partners.

Orlando, Florida Area

Disrupted the outdoor market by “re-launching” the Legendary Whitetails brand by executing a voice of customer led product plan with a lean cross-functional team of athletes in merchandising, product development, sourcing, vendor management, planning, digital marketing and operations resulting in exponential growth year over year. ($25M in 2019 \ $50M in 2020 \ $70M in 2021 \ $100M in 2022)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Managed all aspects of portfolio planning, Voice of Customer, merchandising, strategy, assortment planning, forecasting, contract negotiation, and brand licensing for a multi-channel independently owned dealer network and general retailers. Extensive experience in developing, communicating and executing a rolling three-year product plan and portfolio strategy including new product introductions by partnering with clients and matrix partners to deliver product solutions through business cases for new and existing markets.Expertise in generating product line strategies anchored on “voice of customer” needs and wants, with executable stretch requirements by focusing on pricing strategies and value engineering and market analysis.Develop a product roadmap that generates sustainable growth that focuses on product lifecycle management, leveraging 80/20 principals to focus on less to make more, cost reductions and profitability.

Led the strategy, product development and sourcing across a team of product managers, product assistants, designers, engineers, operations, and marketing for $500M+ of sourced and licensed businesses.Fostering complex regional product plans that align the sales and marketing leaders with the product development team, compliance and operations. I thrive on converting complex projects and programs into clear playbooks that provide the sales teams and leadership to clearly articulate the value proposition and competitive advantages to our distributors and customers.Experience in leading cross-functional teams across sales, engineering, marketing, and operations to develop new products through working with international factories through developing clear requirements and collaborating with sourcing partners to build VOC led products at the right price and quality.

I specialize in developing and connecting the overarching strategy between product, engineering, product development, operations, marketing, regions and field sales which results in significant financial success and engagement for the division. Managed product development and merchandising for functional riding categories

Led strategy development on key brand building programs and initiated cross-category strategic initiatives to maximize growth.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Finance, General, 3.2

Finance, Finance And Economics