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•Lead Integrations: Spearheaded the integration of 2 acquired companies, ensuring seamless cultural assimilation, driving 100% achievement of playbook activities, and aligning teams to activate on identified value drivers.•Due Diligence and Evaluation: Supported M&A team through diligence on target companies by aligning supporting teams on timing, priorities, identifying key issues and integration challenges.•Strategic Collaboration: Partnered with senior executives to develop and execute integration strategies, achieving 100% alignment on strategic objectives and priorities.•Project Planning and Execution: Developed detailed project plans with milestones, timelines, resources, and KPIs. Managed the execution of these plans, ensuring 100% on-time project completion and targeting an increase in post-integration revenue within the first year.•Performance Measurement: Implemented metrics and dashboards to monitor financial performance and integration progress, which improved decision-making and transparency.•End-to-End Management: Oversaw the entire integration process from initial planning to full operational integration, reducing integration timelines and maintaining business continuity.•Team Leadership and Development: Partnered with cross-functional integration teams, providing context and leadership with the support team, resolved issues as they arose, and conducted regular team meetings to align on goals and address any issues.•Stakeholder Communication: Established clear communication channels with all stakeholders, promptly providing regular updates and addressing concerns.•Process Improvement: Continuously evaluated and refined integration processes, incorporating feedback and lessons learned to improve future integrations and enhance overall effectiveness. Outputs include integration playbook creation, updated training processes, and temporary leadership of varying teams

Remote

•Strategic Brand Integration: Orchestrated the seamless merger of two Amazon-centric brands into Thrasio’s global portfolio, optimizing operational workflows and ensuring brand consistency across diverse markets.•Innovative Integration Strategy: Supported strategic development and meticulous execution of integration plans, adhering to aggressive timelines and resource allocations, achieving execution with close to 100% on-target completions.•Brand Strategy Optimization: Collaborated with team to understand the strategic alignment of newly acquired brands, significantly enhancing their market positioning and integration into existing multi-platform operations.•Dynamic Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborated extensively with marketing, operations, and finance teams to drive unified project objectives and streamline integration processes.•Advanced Team Dynamics: As team lead, directly managed a specialized five-member integration team focused on both domestic and international markets, enhancing productivity by 30% through strategic training and leadership.•Continuous Process Enhancement: Led the initiative to refine integration methodologies, integrating stakeholder feedback and industry best practices to significantly elevate operational efficiency.•Leadership and Team Empowerment: Formed and developed a leadership group within the integration team, instituting a culture of continuous improvement and strategic problem-solving through regular developmental workshops.•Acquisition and Market Expansion: Leveraged team knowledge of Amazon’s operational metrics and market dynamics to drive Thrasio’s acquisition strategy, aligning with the company’s mission to revolutionize e-commerce efficiency and brand growth.

Los Angeles, California, United States

•Project Leadership: Directed project life cycles for key product lines in the Girls and Preschool category, including licensed brands, ensuring projects met strategic goals, quality standards, and were delivered on time (94% success rate) and within budget (98.7% success rate).•Innovation Management: Spearheaded the development and launch of multiple award-winning toys, incorporating cutting-edge technology and market trends to enhance user engagement and satisfaction.•Cross-Functional Team Collaboration: Led diverse teams comprising marketing, design, engineering, and operations, fostering an environment of collaboration and innovation.•Stakeholder Engagement: Communicated effectively with all project stakeholders, from team members to executive leadership, ensuring transparency and alignment on project goals and progress.•Risk Management: Identified and mitigated potential risks associated with project timelines and product quality, ensuring smooth project execution and delivery.•Process Optimization: Implemented best practices in project management and lean methodologies to streamline processes, reduce waste, and increase team productivity, including the development of a new project reporting system.•Vendor and Supplier Management: Negotiated with vendors and managed supplier relationships to ensure pricing efficiency, understanding of project brief and objective and timely delivery for new product lines.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Pawtucket

• Partnered with internal stakeholders, external consultants and senior management to deliver new product development stage gate process and system for entire organization.• Lead global training on use of new product development process and system. Trained global marketing organization on line planning and forecasting portion of system.• Identified and resolved organizational change management issues to ensure successful adoption of product lifecycle management program.• Collected requirements, wrote functional design documents, and tested and validated project management portion of FlexPLM system.• Discussed and documented how specifications should be managed in the stage gate process and development system

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

• Enhanced licensing approval process with external and internal approvers to improve communication and reduce rework and rejections.• Collaborated with development and design partner Takara Tomy to negotiate on pricing, resolve development timelines issues, and identify and mitigate project risks and issues.• Lead On time report generation and presentation to Chief Development Officer and senior management• Served on internal employee engagement team to improve morale and streamline on boarding new employees to Hasbro

Westboro, Ma

• Responsible for all aspects of assigned projects. Costing, Engineering, communication with factories and suppliers, and on time delivery. • Analyze sales reports and met with sales team in the analysis of weekly sales at retailer outlets. Worked as a team to resolve any product sales that did not meet target expectations.• Met with retailer buyers to discuss upcoming products. Worked to sell in product and discuss future opportunities for product placement• Ran competitive analysis by doing store visits, buying competitive product and reporting to senior management on how to better our product.

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

•Launched new and innovative brand extension and products on time and on budget•Partnered with cross functional teams to resolve timeline bottlenecks, new product development issues and inventory management as pertaining to production schedule.•Facilitated weekly team meetings to clarify dates, objectives and progress of over 80 projects at different stages.•Improved efficiency of paperwork and team dynamics to be able to deliver products faster and using fewer resources. •Designed and implemented training program for new project managers within the Project Management Organization.•Hired from temporary employee to full time employee due to exceptional performance and results. Promoted within the Project Management Organization to positions of increasing responsibility and visibility.•Created “out of the box” meeting to bring new and pioneering ideas into the product line.

Connecticut

•Managed independent supplemental insurance business, including budget maintenance, recruitment of interns and new agents to introduce AFLAC. •Organized a sales lead database system to keep track of leads.•Consulted with employers to develop consultative relationships and explain AFLAC.•Administered group meetings with employees to explain AFLAC programs.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

•Worked with over thirty students individually to keep them on track with their reading grade level. Eighty four percent of students increased one reading grade level or more during school year.•Found innovative and creative ways to interest nontraditional kindergarteners in learning how to read.•Assisted teacher with daily classroom learning and activities and filled in as substitute teacher as needed.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing And History