In my own words
— ThomasWith real world experience in retail, supply chain, and the product creation process, I possess a well rounded skillset for the Sports Product industry.
This experience provided me opportunity to work across multiple teams, build incredible relationships within those teams, and execute at the highest level to drive results for the brand.
Trajectory
May 2021 — Now
Product Line Coordinator · SAXX
Analyzed fashion and industry trends within product line to further understand consumer appetite and make
recommendations for future designs
• Performed competitive analysis to understand product needs for key accounts and direct to consumer strategy
• Led and created processes to better communicate merchandise updates and product features for cross-functional
teams across the company
• Owned data inputs and lineplan creation for the entire assortment as well as exports for SKU creation and pricepoints
across the organization
Sep 2018 — Sep 2020
Account Services Representative · Columbia Sportswear Company
Maintained the order book of up to 14 sales reps, managing over $45 million in orders and monitoring on time
performance and order accuracy from receipt through distribution
• Act as a liaison between Columbia's warehouse and wholesale accounts to track inventory levels, product tracking,
and sales performance
• Spearheaded project with collegiate product, collaborating with buyers, sales, and other teams in account
operations to understand root cause of higher cancellation rates and create better practices to secure more product
• Performed regular analysis of account performance using Power BI, BWI, Excel Analysis and native SAP reporting
Sep 2018 — Sep 2020
Account Services Representative · Columbia Sportswear
Maintained the order book of up to 14 sales reps, managing over $45 million in orders and monitoring on time performance and order accuracy from receipt through distribution
Act as a liaison between Columbia’s supply chain, the customer’s individual logistics requirements, and sales reps
Spearheaded project with collegiate product, collaborating with buyers, sales, and other teams in account operations to understand root cause of higher cancellation rates and create better practices to secure more product
Performed regular analysis of account performance using Power BI, BWI, Excel Analysis and native SAP reporting
Partnered with the distribution center to improve shipping lead times to accounts located in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Jun 2017 — Sep 2017
Product Line Manager Intern · OluKai
• Performed trend and retail research to educate product team of upcoming market shifts
• Analyzed wholesale buy data to assist with color analysis and to optimize future pricing
Jun 2017 — Sep 2017
Product Line Manager Intern · OluKai
Worked with Design Intern to brief, research, and prototype a new hiking boot to fall inline within the Men’s product line
Performed trend and retail research to educate product team of upcoming market shifts
Analyzed wholesale buy data to assist with color analysis and to optimize future pricing
Maintained Men’s Line List with up to date color and pricing information
Feb 2016 — Sep 2016
Co Manager · Eddie Bauer
Created process improvements to increase efficiency throughout store for receiving new merchandise and to transfer product back to the distribution center while maintaining daily sales goals
• Led team of 10 to one of the highest increases in Average Dollar Sale within the company for multiple months
throughout the year
May 2011 — Feb 2016
Department Manager · H&M
Performed as Management Coach for multiple districts, teaching routines and management skills to new managers
while teaching best practices for department management and trend watching
• Performed as Store Manager for six months and increased overall store performance
Activity
Education history
University of Oregon
Masters of Science | 2016 - 2018
University of Oregon
MSc
Berry College
bachelors
