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• Toy Development (Kids/Pet)
• Product Innovation / Design
• Injection Molding
• Material Development
• Footwear Development
• International Communication
• Accessory Development
• Packaging Design
• Design / Construction Analysis
• Outerwear/Travel Development
• Product/Material Sourcing
• Cost /Budget Analysis

• Oversaw and managed new product innovation brainstorming, competitive strategies, concept design, licensing partnerships, and outside inventor relationships across company brands and private label for both mass and specialty customers.

• Collaborated with internal design team, development manager, and factory partners to implement non-traditional material development and innovation of manufacturing processes for new product.

• Analyzed outside inventor submissions for viability in the marketplace, including retail comparisons, uniqueness, product costing, and financial strategy along with executing go-forward submissions from concept through CAD development, functional customer samples, and final production.

• Managed company process efficiencies through the implementation of Technical Design Pack and New Product/Innovation timelines and trackers.

• Executed additional team tasks including package design, customer presentation decks, customer style guides, product design.

Senior Innovation Manager

• Managed development across all company categories including in-line, seasonal, hardline and softline toys, travel gear, accessories, apparel, health & wellness, consumables, home décor, and customer experience.

• Collaborated with internal teams on research, analysis of market trends, sales history and emerging innovation for future line planning and 3Yr Innovation Roadmap strategies across all categories identifying priorities through ease of execution, required resources, and ROI.

• 2016 oversaw and managed external agency through the recreation of the 2017 in-line dog toy segmentation customer experience in conjunction with final implementation through internal management collaboration of merchandising, design, and marketing teams to bring to life the resulting Phase 1, 2 and 3 segment rollouts.

• 2015 successfully led teams through the design and development of the Dr. Seuss product line with a schedule reduction of 4 months through process lead-time reductions, licensor manag

Senior Product Developer - Private Brand Innovation

• Successfully developed footwear for Kids, Juniors and Womens categories which included last development, material selection/development (textiles and plastics), upper pattern development, 3D CAD analysis, sample teardown, fit testing and Asia counterpart management.

• Lead all licensed product including Disney, Hello Kitty, LEGO, Nickelodeon, Real Tree, Warner Bros, Cartoon Network, Lucas Films, MLB and Collegiate while implementing process efficiencies in design and development specific to licensed product, decreasing approval and production leadtime by 15%.

• Invented and developed the first LED EVA Clogs and Boots, initiating the 2014 CrocsLights™ franchise generating over 1MM orders in the first season.

• 2011/2012 developed Crocs™ Jibbitz Accessories projects and process including purses, bags, backpacks, phone cases and silicon jewelry with mixed material components and construction.

• Lived in Asia between 2010/2011 providing development and new supplier sourcing.

Product Development Manager

• Effectively managed the collaboration between US design, graphics, marketing, and packaging teams as well as Asia-Pacific manufacturing teams to successfully launch at a minimum 5 new Hot Wheels Adult Collector premium product lines, 35 toys per line 0 to 1 week prior to required launch avail targets, 2% below target costs and within an average operating profit of 48%.

• Managed the relocation of Hot Wheels’ most premium toy line (The Red Line Club) from China to Thailand by residing in Asia to move manufacturing resources, oversea operations of manufacturing, approve new suppliers and train the production staff to optimize production operations. This led to an average overall product cost savings of 10%.

• Collaborate efforts with China, Malaysia and Thailand development and manufacturing teams to develop and adopt one process for digital tool development, streamline the design process and decrease tool costs and capital investment by 10%.

Project Management Specialist

Find out detailed information about Lisa Matwijiw Larson,  in Vista, CA

Lisa Matwijiw Larson:  in Vista, CA

Lisa Matwijiw Larson: in Vista, CA

Lisa Matwijiw Larson

R2P Group

Petco

Crocs, Inc

Mattel Inc

Oakland University