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SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Summary

Strategic cross-functional team leader offering ten years of progressive experience in product development and retail operations. Transforms high-potential staff into outstanding leaders who demonstrate the creativity and adaptability that is critical to merchandising and financial success.

Highlights
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Strategy and process focused
  • Highly adaptable
  • Business results driven
  • Training and development
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong supplier partnership
  • Proficient in PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook
Accomplishments
  • Led junior product team and successfully exceeded sales, profit, and turn goals in FYE 13 by 107.3%, 111.4%, and 106% respectively
  • Received softlines category team of the year FYE 13
  • Successfully guided cross functional product team through apparel relocation and reorganization resulting in a high-functioning fully integrated product and merchant team.
Experience
Senior Product Development Manager
December 2011 to Current Walmart Stores, Inc. － Bentonville , NY
  • Lead cross-function junior apparel product team.
  • Responsible for $900MM in product development across junior tops, bottoms, and licensed categories.
  • Remove barriers in process to improve speed to market.
  • Develop business strategies outlining strengths, weaknesses, new opportunities and risks.
  • Teach and train high functioning and engaged associates.
Regional Merchandise Manager
August 2010 to December 2011 Walmart Stores, inc. － Beckley, NY
  • Drove business results for region by ensuring execution of key corporate merchandising initiates at store level.
  • Responsible for 110 stores/$9B in sales
  • Maintain communication channels between operations and Home Office merchants.
Senior Designer
April 2008 to August 2010 Walmart Stores, Inc. － New York City, NY
  • Directed the creative direction for first intimate apparel then seasonal themed apparel.
  • Managed a team of designers and supplier partners to create and execute design direction for private label products within assigned categories.
  • Analyzed weekly selling to understand current sales trend and forecast future opportunities.
Designer - Intimate Apparel
October 2006 to April 2008 Walmart Stores, Inc. － New York City , NY
  • Research color and trend to establish seasonal color and trend direction by quarter
  • Partner with product development, technical and merchant team on privatel label assortment for sleepwear and intimate apparel.
  • Analyzed weekly selling to understand current sales trend and forecast future opportunities.
Associate Creative Manager
July 2003 to October 2006 Walmart Stores, Inc. － Bentonville, NY
  • Responsible for textile and graphic design and print execution for private label intimate apparel.
  • Research color and trend to create seasonal color pallets and design direction.
Education
Bachelor of Science : Apparel and Textile Design, 2003 Michigan State University － East Lansing, MI
  • 3.3 GPA
  • University Cognate in Design Communication
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Walmart Stores, Inc.
  • Walmart Stores, inc.

School Attended

  • Michigan State University

Job Titles Held:

  • Senior Product Development Manager
  • Regional Merchandise Manager
  • Senior Designer
  • Designer - Intimate Apparel
  • Associate Creative Manager

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Science : Apparel and Textile Design , 2003

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