Sara Standish, Mba Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon, Us

Driving strategic direction for the Stone and Mosaic tile categories throughout the product lifecycle, I prioritize customer requirements while collaborating with Product Development to launch high-quality products. I establish product direction and new merchandising via annual planning support, where I provide market/trend analysis, pricing strategy, as well as sales/profit forecasts to realize goals promptly. I also serve as an industry expert for product categories by elaborating the competitive landscape, consumer lifecycle trends, needs, and wants to cross-functional teams as well as stakeholders to launch efficient revenue-generating products. Finally, I utilize solid analytical skills in generating sales/margin forecasts as well as projecting market penetrations and return on investments (ROI) for products to ensure profitability.

Portland, Oregon, Us

Spearheading product launches and marketing program improvements to amplify brand visibility, I leveraged reliable leadership skills to oversee meetings, provide strategic direction, define project scopes, and analyze metrics throughout merchandising development. I evaluated product category performances using profitability and potential volume contribution metrics to recommend merchandise line extensions/discontinuations as well as marketing program improvements. I also utilized obsolesce and lifecycle management best practices in ensuring new product vitality for assigned categories to remain on target, increase sales opportunities, reduce design errors, as well as accelerate market introduction processes.

Kohler, Wisconsin, Us

As a Senior Market Analyst, I demonstrated leadership, analytical, and organizational skills to develop, implement, as well as maintain product performances for improved merchandising decision-making. I utilized MS Excel and Power BI in reporting data visualizations to provide interactive, real-time business insights for strategy development. This process involved evaluating trends, modeling potentials to forecast regional/international shares, and generating regressions for global industrial generator market size to gather data for a competitive advantage. Furthermore, while supervising a Market Analyst, I coordinated with executive management to formulate strategic financial planning materials for business reviews to assess the fiscal situation, optimize company-offered benefits for talent retention, and sustain organizational growth. Additionally, I collaborated with France and Asia counterparts in facilitating market share forecasts as well as trend analyses to measure brand strength against competitors. Other duties I accomplished were developing competitive pricing, ad-hoc Excel scorecard/reporting for trends, prices, and margin studies, as well as job specification analysis to establish positioning control while describing workforce requirements for organizational stability.

Kohler, Wisconsin, Us

I researched and analyzed various data sources to support strategic decision-making processes for operational efficiency. I obtained competitive intelligence from government databases and public records to advise measurable courses of action among executives. I also determined markets for new products using segmentation, targeting, and positioning best practices to specify target demographics for reach/profit maximization. Moreover, I applied quantitative analysis and ad-hoc reporting to refine as well as develop more efficient operational processes. This initiative involves monitoring the global market landscape to issue periodic reports, competitive analysis, and insights on impact to Kohler Co. to drive opportunities for business development. Finally, I initiated developing and publishing a company competitive intelligence newsletter to keep the executive team abreast with market updates.

Kohler, Wisconsin, Us

Vancouver, Wa, Us

Answering incoming calls to resolve technical-based problems promptly, I leveraged reliable communication skills in contacting customers to analyze information, value accuracy, and measure suitability for references. I handled inbound and callback support for Excel-based solutions to troubleshoot issues as well as guide customers throughout the solution process. I also documented and enhanced the training material to improve customer support procedures. Moreover, I assisted the President in executing call volume analysis to facilitate resource planning operations for organizational efficiency. Lastly, I proofed and edited lab materials used in conferences to reduce errors for continuous improvement.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Arts, Mathematical Statistics And Probability