Manage Licensing Partnerships with Disney Baby, Sesame Workshop, Ford Motors, and John Deere. Responsible for all touch points including new partnership exploration, contract negotiations, product development and strategy, go-to-market planning, and growth strategies. Led new software implementation of contract and royalty management system

Promoted to head global licensing program

Lead and support sourcing events and activities within Corporate Services, Direct Materials and Outsourcing negotiating current and new contracts Maintain high levels of service and maximize value creation by assuring lowest TCO by utilizing and continuously improving sourcing strategies, demand management, contract negotiations and supplier relationships Leverage synergies among Koch Companies to drive maximum savings from aggregated sourcing initiatives; drive enterprise sourcing best practices via network development and process knowledge share Develop sourcing process knowledge, expertise, and strategy consulting to internal customers creating tangible long term value Proactively support continuous improvements in procurement operations through contract and process adherence, e-Sourcing adaption and usage and procurement reporting Responsible for $2.4 MM of Spend, Savings of $276,000 within Contractor and Consulting Services

Manage 1.05MM physical cases of annual co-packed promotional volume, co-pack spend $4.2MM Developed and maintain relationships with 3rd Party Vendors Improved efficiencies and created new processes for co-pack production, valuing $1.1MM Managed raw material order usage, saving a total of $425,255 Partnered with sourcing to reduce costs at co-pack vendors, $162,379 Reconciled 2 year old source inventory valued at $148,910 Created and improved co-pack process valued at $3,060 in monthly time savings Collaborate with Sourcing to reduce costs and effectively transfer responsibility for raw material orders to co-pack vendor Partner with Inventory Managers to implement and enforce proper procedures for handling materials at the vendor Work with functional groups to implement co-pack planning and deployment within current system capabilities Create and ensure timely delivery of components for co-pack production and final product to meet customer demand

Managed and maintained strategic Apple partnership for marketing alignment with messaging, advertising, in-store merchandising, product launches, and promotional initiatives ensuring strong brand for AT&T and Apple Direct marketing liaison for Beats and Apple creative/brand alignment for execution and growth within all traditional channels, social, and digital Project Manager for multi-million dollar in store merchandising program. Responsible for contracts, budget (P&L) tracking, managing program timelines, deliverables and schedules with all internal and external cross functional teams Aligned and oversaw requirements for Regional Retail Marketing, HQ Merchandising, Store Design, CRE, Apple Marcom, and Apple Operations with continuous emphasis on optimizing in store strategy

Promoted to develop and manage new role to support Walmart and Sam's Club strategic inventory initiatives and footprint. Strong cross functional collaboration to manage new product launches, pricing, placement and promotional feature planning Lead portfolio decisions and line reviews to maximize sales and product placement, while driving new value product introduction Responsible for managing open to buy initiatives, while developing and executing profitable long term growth strategies Created and managed sales forecasts and promotional lifts Partnering with Sales, Marketing, and Finance to fulfill Leadership’s direction to grow GoPhone within Walmart, 22% increase in non-contract activations in 2015 Built, developed, and maintained highly collaborative effective working relationships with key stakeholders Partnered with OEMs (Samsung, Apple, LG, ZTE, HTC, Huwaei, Motorola) to bring strategic products into National Retailers