Sales Manager
Resume:
TIMOTHY MORGAN
Cleveland, Ohio 44128
ablama@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY: Entrepreneur involved in multiple start-up companies as owner
and founding partner, with specialized experience in sourcing
digital products and sporting goods.
Skills include:
. Product commercialization
. Strategy and planning
. Working with 3rd party vendors domestically and
internationally
. Sourcing high quality best cost products
. Extensive knowledge of working internationally having lived
and worked in Europe and Asia
EXPERIENCE:
2001-present INTERNATIONAL SOURCING GROUP (ISG)
Founder and Owner
Apply marketing and business strategy skills to products ranging
in maturity from early concept to launch ready
. Created and sourced a line of optical accessories that we
sell to the largest optical retailer in the world. There are
over 12 patented products in the line.
. Partnered with an inventor to take a product called Good
Vibrations from concept to reality to help kids with
attention issues in the classroom.
. Consult to Kimberly-Clark and Energizer Holdings.
. Long-term sourcing agreement with Wall Street Journal Wine of
the Month Club.
. Created and sourced a line of inexpensive linens, hand bags
and bath towels from India for a national discount chain.
. Founder and part owner of High Gear, an outdoor equipment
company focused on price point digital equipment. The
company had the license for all New Balance digital products.
High Gear was sold to Implus in 2009.
. Currently work with a number of start-up companies helping to
commercialize new product ideas.
1999-2000 Croakies - Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Product manager for Daggers Sunglasses
. Created a line of mid-priced sunglasses to leverage and grow
Croakies existing sales channels. Sourced all components
and finished products for the glasses from four countries.
. Managed 20 independent sales representatives and ten
international distributors.
. Managed all promotions, advertising and ten trade shows a
year.
1997-1999 NIKE Inc. - Portland, Oregon
Director of Production Equipment Division
. Sourced best in class components and finished goods for the
Optical group and Timing/ Sports Instruments division.
. Worked with the designers to take their concepts through the
production phases to make a finished product.
. Through job sharing and shadowing had exposure to many
equipment lines including: hockey skates and pads, in-line
skates, golf balls, golf bags and gloves, general sports
bags, backpacks and water bottles.
. Managed logistics and communication between NIKE corporate,
the factories and the NIKE affiliates around the globe.
1991-1995 LA GEAR - Hong Kong
Special projects and costing
. Worked with 3rd party factories to ensure that they were
properly producing products that lived up to the brands
image.
. Traveled extensively throughout Asia working with partners in
China, Taiwan, South Korea and The Philippines. Lived in
Jakarta, Indonesia to execute an extended project.
. Managed a standardized leather program which required all
vendors to purchase their leather from one source to improve
quality and reduce costs.
1990-1991 International Education Services - Osaka, Japan
English as a second language instructor
. Taught English and Business etiquette to Japanese business
people who were dealing in International trade. Customers
included Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Daimaru Department
stores, and Sakura Bank.
. Traveled extensively throughout the Kansai region of Japan
teaching at different client locations.
EDUCATION: Case Western Reserve - Weatherhead School of Business
Master of Business Administration, 1997
Erasmus University - Rotterdam, The Netherlands Fall 1996
Internship at NIKE in Footwear planning Summer 1996
Beaverton, OR
Internship at NIKE Europe Footwear planning Fall 1996
Hilversum, The Netherlands
Lake Forest College
BA, Political Science, 1990
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