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WORK EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
Joshua Serra
Associate in Business Administration, Milwaukee Area Technical College
Bachelor in Business Management, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
The Bon-Ton Stores Aug 2012-CurrentAssociate Product Manager Dec 15-CurrentAssistant Product Manager Jun 14-Dec 15Merchandise Assistant-Product Development Nov 13-Jun 14Merchandise Assistant-Buying Aug 12-Nov 13
Sendik’s Fine Foods Aug 11-Aug 12Wine & Spirits Consultant
Kohl’s Corporate Office Apr 11-Jun 11Web Merchandise Coordinator Specialist
Driveline Retail Merchandising Mar 10-Nov 10Area Coordinator Target Aug 07-Aug 08Team Lead
OBJECTIVEAccomplished associate management professional with 4 years of fashion product development experience, strong analytical and budgeting skills seeking to transition into a product management positon with a growing company.
SOFTWARE SKILLSMicrosoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Outlook
Adobe Illistrator
Adobe Photoshop
VOLUNTEERBonton Give Back Committee team member/ Bonton Culture Committee
Advocate for the Hunger Task Force/GCC/United Way
Associate Product Development Manager-Kids
TECHNICAL SKILLSManagement
Sourcing
Product Development
Ecommerce
Technical Design
[email protected]/in/joshuaserra17
414-412-2079
5511 W National Ave Apt 224Milwaukee WI 53214
WORK EXPERIENCE
Joshua Serra
[email protected]/in/joshuaserra17
414-412-2079
5511 W National Ave Apt 224Milwaukee WI 53214
The Bon-Ton Stores Aug 2012-CurrentAssociate Product Manager Dec 15-Currento Successfully relaunched our private label baby line within a 6-month period and negotiated a guaranteed margin to support our companies gross margin goalo Execute the responsibility of sourcing, costing, production, packaging and delivery management.o Conducted extensive market research and cost analysis for new and existing prod-ucts.o Assist Product Management with the full life cycle of all 4 of our boy’s private label brands.o Build relationships with our domestic and international partners
Assistant Product Manager Jun 14-Dec 15o Assist Product Management with the full life cycle of multiple brands.o Develop and cost new product with the design team to create our product line.o Create planograms for stores to set up for our mix and match program.o Support the advertising needs of our merchants for digital and paper advertisements.o Market research our competition to analyze where we may have an opportunity for improving our line.o Analyze weekly sales to determine what styles are performing to their plan.
Merchandise Assistant-Product Development Nov 13-Jun 14o Enter buyer’s assortments into private brand assortment sheets and submit to global sourcing to be entered.o Monitor and respond to questions from our vendors, merchant, ecommerce and advertising teams.o Assist with collecting marketing samples for ecommerce, and ad turn in samples for buyers.o Train and develop new employees on company programs and computer programs.
Merchandise Assistant-Buying Aug 12-Nov 13
Sendik’s Fine Foods Aug 11-Aug 12Wine & Spirits Consultanto Consulted customers on their beverage choices.o Assisted the buyer with the purchasing of Wine & Spirits accessories.o Worked with the owners to advertise on social networking sites.o Provided top of the line customer service throughout the store.o Entered purchase order data into spreadsheets.
Kohl’s Corporate Office Apr 11-Jun 11Web Merchandise Coordinator Specialisto Helped create a new their new web page with the e-commerce team.o Worked with the team to make deadlines and make sure everything was com pleted accurately and efficiently.o Entered and pulled data from software.o Worked with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Driveline Retail Merchandising Mar 10-Nov 10
Target Aug 07-Aug 08
SOFTWARE SKILLSMicrosoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Outlook
Adobe Illistrator
Adobe Photoshop
Associate Product Development Manager-Kids
TECHNICAL SKILLSManagement
Sourcing
Product Development
Ecommerce
Technical Design
