Manager Project

PRODUCT MANAGER

Experienced project/product manager in product development, from product concept initiation to end of life. Creative innovative solutions provider delivering high quality products on time and on budget. Proficiently builds and manages vendor relationships for service and products. AREA OF EXPERTISE

Product Development

Project Management

Electronics

Engineering

Testing

Process Improvement

Quality Assurance

Creative Solutions

Trouble Shooting

Resource Management

Budget Planing

Marketing Analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Product Manager, Prime Wire & Cables, Mooresville, NC Feb, 2016 - Present

• Lead all marketing aspects associated with the product definition, product development, pricing, market introduction, sales tools, and promotion plans;

• Manage product specification, cost, quality, delivery and develop the positioning strategy of all products and services considering price, volume, share and profitability. Project Manager, Wirepath Home Systems LLC, dba SnapAV, Charlotte, NC Jun, 2012 - Jan, 2016

• Managed projects ensuring on-time, on-budget and on-spec delivery, for multiple product lines, including audio amplifiers, audio mixers, IR products, conference cameras, and microphones;

• Product development from marketing analysis and product conception, to production and release;

• Wrote RFP/RFQ for multiple products, with detailed technical spec and requirement;

• Foresaw obstacles of each project and made forward-thinking decisions mitigating risks while balancing quality, cost and on-time performance;

• Communicated and collaborated with multiple teams outlining and achieving key milestones;

• Performed hands-on testing to identify technical issues to improve product reliability and user experience;

• Managed multiple vendors in Asia, providing guidance product use cases, supporting technical issues;

• Met vendors, audit production lines, inspect/evaluate factories, and negotiate business terms

• Led internal service and external sales teams’ product information/education training sessions. Key Project Success

• Lead project manager for CEDIA Best New Product Award Finalist 2013;

• Launched 3~4 projects with annual revenue of $1M+ and 10+ projects with annual revenue of $0.5M+;

• IR product line ranked # 1 in revenue by CE Pro 100 Brands with market share grew from 27%(2014) to 58%(2015). Launched new IR products and improved legacy product spec with a lower-cost solution;

• Worked with engineering team to identify root causes of product defects to improve product quality. Reduced certain product defeat rate by 10%+, and saved $10K ~ $200K cost annually for each product;

• Reduced product return rate of 4~5% by creating trouble-shooting guides for different products and trained tech support team with service calls.

Graduate Research Assistant, UNC at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC Oct, 2010 - May, 2012 North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) logistics project researcher and writer providing evaluation of logistics system for Greater Charlotte area. Designed and developed a new analysis system reducing project funding risk for NCDOT. EDUCATION

Master of Engineering (MEng) - Engineering/Industrial Management, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) - Electrical Engineering, University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Adobe Photoshop, Access, SAP, AutoCAD, C++, Assembly Language Other languages: Chinese, Japanese

YIPING LU

Charlotte, NC 28210 704-***-****

http://www.linkedin.com/in/yipinglu ************@*****.***

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