Pamela Price is a product manager and key account sales professional with over 15 years of experience in related fields. She has a proven track record of successfully managing key accounts, developing products, overseeing production, and coordinating trade shows. Her background includes experience in marketing, sales, project management, and education.

1. PAMELA J. PRICE
3371 W at erside Dr. , Portage L akes OH 44319 (C)216-280-4743 pamela_price@ymail. com
PRODUC T MANAGEMENT, KEY AC COUN T SALES, MARKETING
Motivated and determined to achieve organizational goals with focused management, direct communication
and creative sales skills that achieve results. A broad range of experience complimented by a proactive style
will contribute to your organization’s bottom line and success.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Ability to identify new product opportunities, develop products/services and implement successful marketing
and promotional programs.
• Experienced in tactical purchasing, pricing and nurturing vendor relationships.
• Excellent communication skills and proven ability to build and sustain relationships with suppliers, factories,
and people at all levels of functional responsibility within a company.
• Excellent problem solving ability can use client/customer need to identify options and implement cost
effective and creative solutions.
• Experienced in strategic planning, product development and production, project management, budget
development and team facilitation.
• Proven ability to work with forecasting and inventory requirements, analyze needs, and develop/implement
programs to ensure product availability at minimal cost.
• Ability to assume responsibility while gaining respect and/or confidence of others, ability to exercise and/or
delegate authority in a manner that inspires others to achieve their potential. Successful as a manager,
teacher, and trainer.
• Computer literate – well versed with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, MS Word, Excel, Outlook and
PowerPoint – knowledgeable in Pagemaker, Southware.
BA CKROUND AND EXPERIENCE
PEARLESSENCE LTD. January 2005- March 2009
Senior Product Manager, Senior Sales Team, Trade Show Coordinator
• Instrumental in landing and managing key accounts custom and private label products; QVC, HSN,
Wal-Mart, Walgreen’s, CVS, Kohls, BBB, LNT, JCPenny’s. COSTCO, Steinmart, Bonton and LTD.
• Established and grew professional working relationships with key account buyers. Single go to person for
ongoing everyday programs and development of Seasonal products. Sustained successful product offering
programs for ecommerce, retail and wholesale distribution.
• Orchestrated all aspects of product development with suppliers including costing negotiations, production
and delivery of goods.
• Directed in house design team, suppliers and factories in all aspects of products design including packaging,
components and graphics,
• Established stronger relationships with components suppliers resulting in a production of higher quality
product.
• Implemented and managed necessary product compliance changes, documentation and safety data.
• Administered vendor set ups, vendor web portals, shipping and routing/logistics/
requirements/procedures, product specifications/documentations and delivery/pickup of goods.
• Successfully managed all aspects of five trade shows per year.
• Overseas sourcing: Hong Kong/Canton consumer goods trade show attendance, supplier contact meetings
and factory visits -twice per year

2. BA CKROUND AND EXPERIENCE CONTI NUED…
SYLVIA ULLMAN AMERICAN CRAFTS GALLERY and BLISWEAR August 2003- January 2005
Gallery Director/Buyer and Manager/Buyer of Blis clothing boutique.
• Redesigned of exhibition space into retail/gallery to accommodate dual business under one roof.
• Developed, launched and managed company website.
• Analyzed customer base of 20 years and successfully orchestrated marketing campaign that grew new
customer base by 8%.
• Organized and designed monthly exhibits and special exhibits in conjunction with national conferences that
increased our market exposure and total quarterly sales.
• Planned and orchestrated Fashion Show benefit for Akron Area Arts Alliance increasing clientele and total
boutique sales by 10%.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE I N ACADEMIC A ND CULTU RAL ARENAS
OHIO UNIVERSITY 2001-2003
Professor-Ceramics, Design and Drawing
EL PASO MUSEUM OF ART 2000-2001
School Services Coordinator- Out-reach program manager
UNIVERISTY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE 1998-2000
Professor, Head of Ceramics Area
ALMA COLLEGE 1998
Professor, Ceramics and Design
*Exhibition and public lecture experience available upon request
EDUCATION
My Masters in Fine Arts was earned at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge in 1997 and my Bachelors in Fine Arts
from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1991. In addition to these degrees I studied abroad under the Charles Mosgo
scholarship at Lacoste School of the Arts in Lacoste, France in 1988.
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