Provide strategic direction and leadership for a team of product managers focused on a multiple healthcare markets. Lead the transition to a focused product management direction, with resources being placed in core categories with greatest growth potential. Train product managers to be product and market experts. Lead efforts to develop our own branded products. Work with partners to grow business together and initiated the OEM process to add Ascent Brands proprietary products… Show more Provide strategic direction and leadership for a team of product managers focused on a multiple healthcare markets. Lead the transition to a focused product management direction, with resources being placed in core categories with greatest growth potential. Train product managers to be product and market experts. Lead efforts to develop our own branded products. Work with partners to grow business together and initiated the OEM process to add Ascent Brands proprietary products to new distribution channels.Establish processes for bringing new product ideas to the development board, with data driven support to bring a fully vetted product for approval.Train product managers in market analysis, SWOT, brainstorming, and business case building. Show less

Lead team of product managers in maintaining a growing portfolio of Health Insurance PlansMaintain knowledge of regulatory and market trends / changesUse available data to make informed decisions about changes and improvements to core plansTrain sales on products, the end users and feature benifits

Managed a team of product managers, providing strategic direction on new product sourcing and development. Provided strategy support for marketing materials and catalog messaging.

Directly achieve the company’s key results through effective product managementManage a multi-million dollar portfolio in annual sales, growing 30% in 3 yearsAdd and develop new products that solve unique market needsDevelop strategies and marketing for new and existing productsBe the product expert for over 5000 products, answering customer questions and driving salesCreate P&L’s, generate quarterly deep dive reports as well as monthly financial updates for CEO and… Show more Directly achieve the company’s key results through effective product managementManage a multi-million dollar portfolio in annual sales, growing 30% in 3 yearsAdd and develop new products that solve unique market needsDevelop strategies and marketing for new and existing productsBe the product expert for over 5000 products, answering customer questions and driving salesCreate P&L’s, generate quarterly deep dive reports as well as monthly financial updates for CEO and presidentTravel to tradeshows and customers to maintain a current understanding of the market and its trendsDevelop professional relationships with over 600 suppliers/manufacturersMerchandise products in catalog to achieve sales, EBITDA, and customer experience goalsWork cohesively with other support teams including distribution center, marketing, e-commerce, creative and sales. Show less

Prepare laboratory for CAP inspections. I have been fortunate to have a manager who has allowed to partake in and lead several process improvement initiatives including creating standard work, 6S, and managing daily improvement. Prepare slides for microscopic examination by a pathologist.Gross dissection of tissue