Alex Larabee Allport

About Alex Larabee Allport

As a Senior Product Manager on Amazon\'s North America Stores Strategic Planning team, I lead strategic vendor planning — a program that connects Amazon and its vendor partners through structured, data-driven business plans. I own both the program and the product, from setting the strategic vision and driving strong completion rates across a large portfolio of vendor plans, to securing resources and leading development of a worldwide planning tool.On the product side, I drive requirements for worldwide strategic planning tooling and quantify the opportunity and make the case for investment. Our roadmap is designed to significantly reduce the time teams spend on business planning and return meaningful capacity to the organization.On the program side, I scale and manage a team of subject matter experts across multiple product categories, drive planning into a more frequent review cadence, and lead cross-functional reviews across multiple levels of leadership. I engage with partner teams to consolidate and surface programs that drive strategic vendor engagement, and I own the infrastructure behind the business planning program including training frameworks, quality standards, and a centralized resource hub reaching a large and growing stakeholder community.Before Amazon, I spent 12+ years in retail merchandising and buying across eCommerce and brick-and-mortar environments, developing deep expertise in category strategy, inventory management, pricing, and omni-channel planning. That merchant foundation shapes how I think about vendor relationships and product decisions today. I\'m passionate about building systems that scale, simplifying complexity for the people who rely on them, and using AI to give time back to the humans doing the strategic work. Open to connecting with PMs, retail strategists, and anyone building at the intersection of AI and vendor partnerships. Contact me: A••••••••@gmail.com

Experience

1. Senior Product Manager, Strategic Planning for North America Stores

   Amazon

   Oct 2024 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

Education

• Mays Business School - Texas A&M University

  Bachelors in Business Administration

Skills

• Fashion
• Microsoft Word
• Retail
• Time Management
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Advertising
• Assortment Development
• Facebook
• Retail Buying
• Merchandising
• Management
• Visual Merchandising
• Forecasting
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Inventory Management
• Marketing
• Leadership
• Apparel
• Line Sheets
• Public Relations
• Retail Sales
• Line Building
• Private Brands
• Customer Service
• Social Media
• Trend Analysis
• Email Marketing
• Trend
• Catagory Management