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Product Manager

Highly motivated and creative product manager interested in exercising my diverse skills and experiences with a forward-looking brand.  I am reliable, resourceful, and an effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills. 

•	Actively manage development communication with overseas suppliers for design packs, bill of materials, color/material review, packaging and preproduction sample approvals.
•	Build thoughtful and exciting seasonal line plans based on trend/market research, sales analysis and expertise of baby accessory categories including; footwear, hosiery, hair, dress up and eyewear. 
•	Negotiate and manage costs associated with styles. Ensure development of quality, on trend products while meeting or exceeding internal margin goals. 
•	Conduct quarterly line presentations to the Target buyers, designers and sourcing planners for the upcoming season to showcase product and review costing.
•	Led the 2018 trend research trip to CA. Presented discoveries to design, merchandising and sales to cultivate new development for 2019 lines. 


•	Conduct quarterly line presentations to Target buyers, designers and sourcing planners. 
•	Assisted Product Manager with creation of quarterly cross/functional team calendars, organized by brand and accessory.
•	Partnered and communicated with cross functional teams including design, sales, product integrity and production planning to meet development, costing and delivery deadlines. 
•	Supported product manager in developing and creating an innovative Goldbug owned sock brand. Organized and conducted focus groups and customer research projects. 


Associate Product Manager

•	Developed and managed new and existing product packaging.
•	Managed all lab dip reviews and approvals. Created and organized color standard and material swatch libraries. 
•	Assisted in preparing / organizing samples and line sheets for Product Managers presentations for Walmart buyers 
•	Orchestrated communication with overseas suppliers and Walmart for shipping and receiving new, revised and final product samples during the development process. 


Merchandising Assistant

•	Built buyer profiles based on type of home purchased to prepare and assist interior designers for appointments. 
•	Assisted design team in showcasing interior products and finishes by creating displays in the showroom. 


Front Desk Coordinator

•	Received and processed customer purchase orders for mannequins, fixtures, samples and replacements. Customers included H&M, Nordstrom, Macy’s, Ralph Lauren, and Under Armour. 
•	Assisted in supervising client accounts, shipments, and custom development projects. Invoiced orders and shipments.


Account Coordinator 

•	Assisted in creating and assembling spring 2013 collection boards for five brands that are sold on QVC or HSN. 
•	Sketched garments in AI for two of the 2013 collections and completed technical packages for each sketch.  
•	Observed and documented product design and development meetings between Tiger J. and QVC/HSN


Design Intern

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Kara Sjolin: Product Manager in DENVER, CO

Kara Sjolin

Goldbug Inc.

Goldbug Inc.

Goldbug Inc.

Interior Resource Group

Goldsmith Inc.

Tiger J, LLC.

Colorado State University