Anne Pittman
Product & Merchandising Leader | Private Label Strategy | Brand Storytelling & Experiential Retail | Scaling Product for Growing Lifestyle Brands | Sur La Table & Williams-Sonoma
- Role
- Senior Manager of Product Development at Sur La Table
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Anne Pittman
Senior retail leader with 20+ years of experience scaling product development, brandstorytelling, and in-store experience for a national home retailer. Proven leader intranslating trend insights and creative strategy into commercially successful private label assortments and in-store experience across a 100+ store fleet. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams, building operational systems, and guiding brands through periods of sustained growth. Strategic thinker with deep hands-on experience in product, merchandising, and visual direction.
Experience
Senior Manager of Product Development
Aug 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Lead seasonal product strategy and creative direction for private label assortments,translating brand vision into quarterly storytelling across categories.• Own development of seasonal and key core product lines, from concept and colorstrategy through production and sample approval.• Own artwork procurement, design execution, and cross-functional alignment toensure cohesive brand expression across product, packaging, marketing, and in-store presentation.• Manage development budgets and production timelines to deliver on-timelaunches aligned with financial and merchandising goals.• Partner with executive leadership, merchandising, culinary, sourcing, packaging,photography, and marketing teams to align strategic initiatives.• Drive innovation initiatives balancing trend research, customer insight, brandintegrity, and growth targets.
Education
University of Oregon
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature/Letters
1989 — 1995
Skills
- Marketing
- Visual Merchandising
- Store Management
- Customer Service
- New Store Development
- Merchandising
- Inventory Management
- People Skills
- Retail Design
- Trend
- Sales
- Retail
- Team Management
- Project Planning
- Staffing Coordination
- Creative Merchandising
- Merchandise Planning
- Project Management
- Trend Analysis
- Retail Sales
- Staff Development
- Leadership
- Logistics
- New Store Openings
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