Experience

Harbor Fish Market & Grille

• United States
• Restaurants
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner

  • Jun 2022 - Present



The Vollrath Company

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Marketing Operations Director

  • May 2021 - Jun 2022

  The Vollrath Company, based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, leverages its longstanding reputation for high-quality engineering and manufacturing throughout its business divisions. My work in supporting these business units includes, but is not limited to:• Provide information and insight regarding customers, markets, competitors, and campaign effectiveness, as well as internal operational performance.• Lead in the development, management and analysis of sales, new products, and marketing KPI’s, providing standardized operational reports to provide visibility into the business, ROI and trends.• Oversight of analytics and assist in translation of findings into business insights to enable more strategic and data driven business decisions in order to achieve the company’s growth plan.• Creation, implementation, and oversight of channel programs.• Prepare and manage the marketing department budget, along with oversight of vendor relationships and PO requisition process to ensure financial compliance.• Oversight of pricing process management to drive achievement of company pricing targets, including the creation of system pricing schedules/adjustments and implementation/communication of pricing activities to the market.• Create, drive, and enforce processes across the Marketing team that ensure programs/projects are tracked and reported properly.• Oversight of the Marketing Project Management team.• Create and maintain the marketing tech stack.• Work with various market research platforms to determine key trends and/or market share changes.• Ensure governance on the company and product hierarchy.• Oversight of dealer data requests, including synchronized data pools where Vollrath is participating.• Intellectual Property Legal Management and strategy. Show less

• Marketing Operations & Insights Manager

  • Oct 2016 - May 2021

  • Provide information and insight regarding customers, markets, competitors, and campaign effectiveness, as well as internal operational performance.• Lead in the development, management and analysis of sales, new products, and marketing KPI’s, providing standardized operational reports to provide visibility into the business, ROI and trends.• Oversight of analytics and assist in translation of findings into business insights to enable more strategic and data driven business decisions in order to achieve the company’s growth plan.• Creation, implementation, and oversight of channel programs.• Prepare and manage the marketing department budget, along with oversight of vendor relationships and PO requisition process to ensure financial compliance.• Oversight of pricing process management to drive achievement of company pricing targets, including the creation of system pricing schedules/adjustments and implementation/communication of pricing activities to the market.• Create, drive, and enforce processes across the Marketing team that ensure programs/projects are tracked and reported properly.• Create and maintain the marketing tech stack.• Work with various market research platforms to determine key trends and/or market share changes.• Ensure governance on the company and product hierarchy.• Oversight of dealer data requests, including synchronized data pools where Vollrath is participating.• Intellectual Property Legal Management and strategy. Show less

• NPD Project Manager

  • Mar 2015 - Oct 2016

  • Lead, manage and facilitate 6-8 New Product Development project teams of moderate risk and impact.• Maintain work plans, schedules and budgets for New Product Development projects and periodically present status of each to management.• Work closely with Product Engineering, Marketing, and Industrial Design team representatives to coordinate timely completion of early project phase activities.• Work closely with Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Purchasing to coordinate tight collaboration between the groups to ensure manufacturability, assembly, cost and process issues have been optimized.• Facilitate and coordinate project activities to maximize use of concurrent engineering practices to shorten project timelines.• Manage New Product Development project risk.• Process improvement Show less

• Marketing Analyst / Pricing Manager

  • Oct 2012 - Mar 2016

  • Provide information and insight regarding customers, markets, competitors, and campaign effectiveness to measure performance and support pricing strategies;• Provide pricing process management to drive achievement of company pricing targets;• Create and implement pricing schedules to eliminate manual work and order entry errors for customer service (list, quote, and special promotional pricing);• Develop (with input from product managers), manage, and implement new pricing when there is a price change;• Manage the pricing and promotional communications to field sales and internal management;• Achieve clear and concise communications regarding pricing processes to all customers;• Analyze promotions and communicate those results to internal management;• Review and perform margin analyses to help drive better pricing decisions on what pricing can be offered (if a non-standard request);• Prepare and ensure accurate, complete and compliant price proposals to sales management;• Prepare and provide financial analysis for Product Line Reviews;• Maintain item accuracy and content within JD Edwards and AutoQuotes;• Ensure internal and external catalogs/flyers/deal sheets have accurate information (logos, images, pricing, certifications, descriptions, etc);• Train associates and answer questions regarding AutoQuotes;• Train internal associates on use of the “Sales Cube”;• Perform special project as needed (strategic plan, etc) Show less



Kohler Co.

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Accounting Analyst

  • Apr 2010 - Oct 2012

  • Responsible for all cost reduction project reporting and analysis for Kohler Engines North America and China - including considerable cross-functional interaction and presentation to mid and upper level management;• Generated an easy to understand PPV project summary which compares forecast vs. actual, and YTD plan to YTD actual with variance explanations;• Tracked cost reduction projects by engine model to generate “actual” costs per engine and report monthly in the Operation Plan;• Analyzed commodity costs (including surcharges) and report variances monthly for the Engine businesses located in North America and China. This report is now the model for all Kohler businesses tracking commodities;• Performed hedge analyses and report hedge performance monthly for aluminum and currencies;• Analyzed currencies/commodities for all Engine businesses worldwide and report monthly; • Analyzed Kohler Engine’s cost pressures to determine the price changes that need to be communicated to customers and used to populate the annual Pricing ACT.• Coordinated and assisted the Commodity Leaders (US and China) set their purchase standards for the next year;• Prepared annual forecasts for PPV cost reductions, commodities, and currencies;• Prepared the annual budgets and headcount for Global Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain;• Prepared an in depth pricing review/proposal of IC / Kohler Engines – team lead in business reviews;• Prepared/reviewed quarterly balance sheet reconciliations; • Reviewed Briggs & Stratton, Kawasaki, Honda, Robin Subaru, and Generac financials for competitor analysis;• Obtained country of origin documentation from vendors to create North American Free Trade Agreements (NAFTA’s) upon request – includes frequent contact with purchasing material analysts/buyers and the import/export compliance supervisor. Show less

• Internal Auditor

  • Jun 2006 - Apr 2010

  • Able to plan and execute complex manufacturing (plants), non-manufacturing (showrooms/retail), and operational internal audit assignments which include frequent contact with all levels of corporate and operating associates;• Worked with each business unit to have a general knowledge of all functions (while maintaining key relationships);• Completed 40 individual internal audit assignments during my time in the department (plus special projects);• Executed various audits as the auditor in-charge managing 2-3 associates;• Wrote 12 final audit reports (acting as Senior) with above average ratings/feedback;• Undertook comprehensive planning and risk assessments (audit program creation) relating to each assignment to ensure the engagement identifies potential business risks;• Ensured recommendations are clearly presented to and agreed to by management and that a subsequent audit report is issued promptly;• Ensured all agreed recommendations are subsequently implemented;• Assisted the Director of Internal Audit in preparing annual audit plans as well as strategic and financial plan projections and budgeting;• Generated management reports for Audit Committee, Executive Committee, and Board of Directors meetings; and• Assisted Deloitte and Touche with year-end closing at Kohler Co. Show less



University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Manager

  • Oct 2004 - May 2006

  • Assisted in the hiring, scheduling, and training of all UC Recreation Center Desk Attendants with emphasis on customer service and motivating Attendants; • Assisted the Recreation Center Advisor in training new employees; • Maintained adequate sales merchandise inventory; • Verified income deposits and expenditures on financial ledger sheets; • Calculated bi-weekly student employee payroll; • Developed and promoted all UC Recreation Center activities; including the creation of leagues, tournaments, specials, flyers, posters, entry forms, press releases, Cable 19 announcements and Royal Purple ads; and • Determined special program fees, pricing of equipment, supplies, and awards. *Worked as a UC Recreation Center Associate for previous 2 years (2002-2004) Show less



Northwestern Mutual

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Representative Intern

  • Apr 2004 - Aug 2005

  Networked, analyzed, and helped develop my client’s long-term goals towards financial security through extensive fact finding Networked, analyzed, and helped develop my client’s long-term goals towards financial security through extensive fact finding