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PRODUCT & OPERATIONS LEADER Expertise - Leadership / product management / marketing / sales / publicity / international operations / P&L responsibility / strategic direction / change management / systems restructure / supply chain / inventory control / strong industry reputation. An accomplished, professional business manager with broad experience across product management, supply chain and logistics and communications. Driver of award winning, go to market campaigns that have exceeded both financial targets and strategic objectives. Awarded for excellence in agile supply and logistics. I thrive on managing an end2end campaign or project and seeing positive results for the business and the consumer. I have achieved a position at the top of my field collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, both locally and offshore, facilitating my projects to completion. My communication skills are such that I can promote, educate and innovate effectively with diverse teams to create successful go to market campaigns. With expertise in book publishing, in particular children’s trade and educational publications, I can provide insight on practical application of products in their context. As Head of Product and Communications my remit was to develop and manage a range of titles to meet the strategic and financial expectations of the business. I am able to maintain a strong wholistic view and develop systems to manage the progression of multiple products to market. In executive positions I have facilitated complex change management in response to organisational restructure, supply chain, warehouse logistics, product marketing, and data/distribution channels, including new technologies such as eBooks, social media and e-commerce.

Listed skills include Product Marketing, Children'S Books, Books, Master Scheduling, and 17 others.