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• Senior product consultant role leading strategic planning for Korber Supply Chain WMSsolution upgrade and multi-year roadmap
• Advisor to IT and Operations leadership on WMS process and technology Best Practices
• Establish roadmap and upward reporting mechanisms to IT and Operations leadership
• Team lead coaching development team in adoption of Agile and Scrum

Irvine, California, United States

• Managed product teams assigned to and accountable as Principal Product Manager for Warehouse Management System (WMS) and adjacent technologies for global health and wellness product leader
• Led international Product team located throughout the United States and Europe
• Managed product portfolio of in-house developed products with $5M team budget
• Accountable for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance
• Managed change through multiple reorganizations and workforce reductions

Irvine, California, United States

• Recruited to lead visioning and process design for in-house Next Generation WMS for highly automated, global eCommerce health and wellness product Fulfillment operations
• Delivered actionable Agile Jira story content driving work for a team of 20+ developers
• Established all new product management policies and best practices, coaching global team through adoption and embracing a posture of continuous process improvement
• Promoted to manage team of 6 Product Managers and Business Analysts

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Appointed to exciting product role focused on bringing the promise of Data Science and Advanced Analytics into Supply Chain solutions
• Led customer pain point discovery workshops to identify product opportunities and secure co-creation partnerships
• Developed product vision and technical design for market-disruptive business development initiatives combining Data Science, UX and IoT
• Developed IoT and advanced analytics workforce visibility capability with projected $30M revenue
• Developed AI optimized inventory management capability with projected $20M revenue
• Championed product vision through webinars and at conferences and executive leadership summits

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Managed flagship product portfolio representing >50% of organizational revenue
• Owned strategic and tactical road map, planning and gaining stakeholder buy-in for major and maintenance releases
• Defined product scope based on technical requirements, project logistics, market direction and customer needs
• Championed product vision and road map to stakeholders through dialog, webinars and presentations
• Owned product outcomes, evolving product functionality and usability
• Met with 100+ customers and internal stakeholders, identifying product gaps and opportunities

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Senior Business Analyst in Product Owner role working directly with the Agile development team aligned with the flagship Warehouse Management System portfolio
• Owned detailed analysis and solution design, followed by technical requirements and story breakdown
• Translated the solution vision and requirements to the development team
• Facilitated story point estimation and prioritization
• Coached development team on Agile methodology, supply chain topics, development, quality assurance and documentation activities

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Lead Functional Analyst for WMS and Supply Chain software focused on Manhattan Warehouse Management Systems
• Managed intake processes, roadmap alignment, and funding definition
• Led program and project definition and kickoff, framing and gaining stakeholder alignment on business value, goals, objectives and detailed scope
• Developed and led $15M 5 site DC expansion program with Manhattan Associates WMS
• Created $25M product strategy for extending inventory management systems to pharmaceuticals
• Led ~16 technology projects and programs spanning all aspects of distribution operations software and infrastructure, including development, scoring and analysis of RFPs

Osseo, Minnesota, United States

• Selected to remediate challenges with recent Korber Supply Chain WMS implementation, resulting in $1M savings over 2 years
• Evolved software systems to drive staff reductions of 40% over 2 years and to support 30% growth over the following 2 years with no staff increases
• Implemented industry-leading B2B shipment consolidation process driving significant sales growth
• Developed integration with Automated Storage and Retrieval (ASRS) system
• Implemented Transportation Management System (TMS) for parcel and LTL
• Oversaw distribution center technology, including architecture, development and support