Jace Reinke
Senior Product Manager - RZR Accessories · Polaris Industries, Inc.
Marina Del Rey, CA
In My Own Words
Senior product & procurement professional with strong leadership skills and 11 years of experience in product management and strategic procurement within a global business environment. Agile leader capable of quickly reacting and adapting to changes with efficiency and urgency.
Passionate about:
Brand & Product: Driving growth, exposure, and excitement.
Creating the best customer experience with products.
Developing meaningful & beneficial relationships with internal & external partners.
Conducting business on a Global level.
Areas of Expertise:
• Team Leadership: Organized, focused, active listener, and contributor. Motivate others to interact effectively, produce creative ideas and workable solutions. Supports staff development through training, feedback, and mentoring efforts.
• Product Development: Capacity to provide oversight, support, and business analytics to product design from creation to final design, and work in partnership with design, retail store, global sourcing, and sales teams.
• Communication Skills: Proven strengths in establishing strong relationships, public speaking, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve successful outcomes. Outstanding ability in negotiating vendor agreements.
• Additional Strengths: Microsoft Office Suite proficiency, yellow belt certified in Six Sigma method. Thrives on challenges, adept analytical skills, reliable, perceptive, and intuitive.
Work Experience
Senior Product Manager - RZR Accessories
Polaris Industries, Inc.2001 – Present
Related Skills: Team Leadership, Project Oversight, Presentation, Business Analytics, Budget, Product Timeline Development Execute full product development lifecycle and long range planning for $59M in accessory business. Provide oversight to cross-functional engineering, design, marketing, sales, and sourcing teams. Championed the RZR brand as lead spokesperson at industry and consumer trade shows. Performed as "face person" actor for on-camera productions for dealer and consumer insight. Key Contributions: • Collaborate with go-to market teams to develop comprehensive product releases and cultivate product awareness. • Exceed commodity growth targets through innovative development of new products and strategic partnerships. • Grew year-over-year revenue by 14%, realizing additional revenue of $7.2M, and an increase in gross profits of 2.5%. • Achieved a product gross margin increase of 1.5% translating to a year-over-year increase of $5.1M dollars.
Powertrain Purchasing Supervisor
Polaris Industries, Inc.2015 – 2016
Related Skills: Supervisory, Training, Human Resources, Negotiation, Leadership, Business Analytics Major contributor to development of the overall global powertrain purchasing strategy. Developed, executed, and directed the global sourcing strategy for crankshaft and connecting rod commodities with an annual spend of approximately $90M. Trained and mentored two direct reports; issued their performance feedback reviews and encouraged their development and personal growth objectives. Key Contributions: • Negotiated multiple long-term contracts guaranteeing cost, quality, and supply objectives saving $7M in costs. • Spearheaded and directed a supplier-resourcing project valued at $28M and completed in less than 18 months. • Applied total cost of ownership assessment, should costing analysis, and long-term agreements to identify product cost saving opportunities.
Senior Purchasing Agent - New Product Development
Polaris Industries, Inc.2013 – 2015
Related Skills: Sourcing, Leadership, Business Strategy, Project Management, Negotiation, Process Improvement Accountable for sourcing activities for all bills of material (BOM) for new engine programs from conception through production. Facilitated cranktrain and powertrain commodity strategies. Key Contributions: • Negotiated long-term agreements and volume increases realizing a cost savings of 4% of total spend ($7M dollars). • Implemented standard quality practices effectively reducing core rejects by 95%. • Achieved 100% on-time completion on pre-production projects.
Purchasing Agent
Polaris Industries, Inc.2011 – 2013
Controlled an international supply chain consisting of 70 suppliers for various components and an annual spend of $90M. Selected suppliers based on most favorable cost, quality, and availability alignment with our strategies. Key Contributions: • Led a project team that recovered approximately $9M that was lost in 2011 due to unfavorable commodities. • Introduced competition to the current supply base from a newly acquired component supplier and successfully lowered overall costs. • Recovered 1% ($900K dollars) of total spend in CY12 by negotiating successful long-term agreements and applying competitive pressures.
