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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Manage and guide Portager from MVP to long-term vision while balancing the immediate needs of the business, working closely with development teams and stakeholders to ensure business goals are met and value is delivered quickly while maintaining future scalability. Drive product adoption, retention and growth by delivering high level customer support and.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Support Conlego and Conlego's software development team in building out and revising its Portager.ai platform.

Plymouth, MN

Responsible for improving business processes and software tools to provide better visibility to project and resource prioritization, optimization, and benefits across global operations.

• Lead team responsible for developing, implementing and training enterprise tools and approaches used in negotiating $17 billion in cost purchases, joint business planning with suppliers totaling $35 billion in annual.
• Developed and implemented financial planning models for buyers to build joint business plans with key suppliers yielding 3% incremental annual growth in sales and profit compared to non-key suppliers
• Implemented internal accounting change to improve clarity of supplier performance and align individual incentives with company goals which led to 3% profit growth and 4% expense reduction
• Serve as “voice of supplier” across multiple technology projects including enterprise product and supplier information, business intelligence, vendor income and agreement tracking, and vendor financial planning due to.
• Manage up to 10 process managers, consultants and analysts
• Consistently receive Favorable Best Team Survey and Upward Leadership scores

• Built out and led new team responsible for vendor income collection and analysis best methods, process and system support, and training for buyers and suppliers
• Hired, trained and managed new team of five vendor income consultants and analysts
• Developed clear vision and expectations for new team while building internal and external partner network across multiple functional areas including IT, Finance and Operations
• Managed enterprise processes to collect $4 billion annually from suppliers while improving collection timeliness and reducing 3rd-party audit collections saving $20 million annually
• Identified and implemented change strategies to roll out new enterprise software that included training of over 600 buyers ad 5,000 supplies, assessing adoption of new processes and tailoring strategies to multiple.

• Developed and implemented industry-leading custom web-based vendor income agreement documentation and collection application
• Developed business case to prove financial value and built control plan to measure and monitor results
• Coordinated business team resources from multiple functional areas to develop system requirements, build and run test scenarios, and pilot new application
• Collaborated with on and off-shore technology partners from Finance, Merchandising, and Business Intelligence to satisfy business requirements
• Led executive steering committee meetings and communication plan throughout entire lifecycle of the project
• Recognized by Technology and Finance partners for collaboration and teamwork during difficult times

• Drove optimal outcomes of improved performance and reduced costs with suppliers through negotiation and joint business planning
• Developed competitive and collaborative negotiation strategies for $2 billion in cost purchases in Grocery, Lawn & Patio, Home Improvement and Automotive businesses delivering cost savings of over $100 million annually
• Built trust with internal and external clients increasing negotiation penetration 100% two years in a row
• Recognized at Target’s National Meeting for driving sales and improving profit through optimal negotiations
• Trained buyers negotiation and facilitation skills to broaden impact on supplier agreements that deliver cost savings

• Led team responsible for operational activities in visual merchandising and implementing backroom inventory reduction strategies
• Cross-trained team enabling better scheduling flexibility based on workload demands
• Recognized with multiple awards for implementing process improvements that reduced workload and improved impact

• Responsible for planning, analysis, and execution of merchandising and supply chain strategies
• Effectively managed, planned and forecasted inventory and supply chain components of P&L for $350+ million annual business in the Closet Organization, Laundry and Waste Baskets, and Ironing Categories
• Developed import and domestic supply chain strategies and contingency plans to optimize profitability and reliability