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Avon, Ohio, United States

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

• Responsible for strategic sourcing in Asia of component attachments company-wide for all greeting card lines, including USA core, specialty and licensed cards and United Kingdom.
• Interact daily with Creative Department Directors and Designers to develop cards with competitive, yet cost effective designs. Provide strategic analysis of competitive products in the marketplace and cost comparison.
• Developed ongoing initiative with card teams to actively reduce card costs by suggesting alternative lower cost materials, methods of assembly or labor reducing steps.
• Introduced new vendors and innovative materials for card use to Creative teams.
• Reduced COGS company-wide in all card lines cards from 19% over target to under 2% in one year.
• Reduced COGS in specialty card line Lillypad from 30% to under 4%.

Brecksville Ohio

• Managed the daily operations of manufacturing a wide variety of products overseas. Performed duties including strategic sourcing, schedule planning and implementation of all aspects of the production process.
• Achieved company profit objectives by cost saving negotiations with vendors.
• Saved customers thousands of dollars in unnecessary expenses by utilizing strong background in product development: suggesting alternative methods, materials, or designs.
• Multi-tasked by prioritizing multiple projects effectively and worked with a diverse customer base to create profitable products.
• Built strong relationships with both customers and manufacturing partners. Traveled to China to set up high quality factories and establish partnerships. Negotiated non-disclosure contracts between customers and.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

• Managed the line of Christmas Ornament products, working with a team to create designs following required specifications and working with licensing agents for final approval on licensed characters. Kept production on.
• Reviewed and approved sculpt designs and recorded sound chips of ornaments from overseas factories for both licensed and core products in the line.
• Developed marketing and sales materials to promote the various products to retail stores.

Lakewood, Ohio, United States

• Responsible for development, execution and strategic sourcing of new Smackers Stationery product line.
• Created an original, complimentary product line to increase the sales of products in the existing cosmetic line and expand into stationery.
• Developed products, suggested retail prices and all associated printed sales materials and displays to present the new line to sales reps and retail stores.
• Trained sales reps on product line qualities and sales presentation. Participated in sales calls to major retail chains including Walmart, Kmart and Walgreens.
• Negotiated cost savings on materials and tooling with overseas factories to increase the profitability of the line and managed the production process from initial concept through the final production.
• Set up forecast system based on lead times to increase efficiency of orders. Traveled to China to set up factories and ensure they could pass inspections and meet US quality standards.

Mba, International Business/Marketing

Bfa, Medical Illustration

Masters Certificate Health Care Administration