Nicholas Lowery
- Role
- Director of Category Management, Product Development, Sourcing & Merchandising at Arteza
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nicholas Lowery
Quality-conscious and detail-orientated leader with proven success in driving product…
Experience
Director of Category Management, Product Development, Sourcing & Merchandising
Aug 2021 — Present
Arteza provides high-quality arts & crafts supplies to dozens of countries around the world. Leader in category management, product development, sourcing, and merchandising for the crafts, office, and kids divisions. Oversee category management, merchandising strategy, and sourcing partners to lead strategic go-to-market strategies and execution across omnichannel opportunities in crafts, office, and kid’s products. Create and deliver annual product roadmaps, priorities, and KPIs to the executive team, reporting weekly metrics to CMO. Introduce cross-channel growth and merchandising programs to efficiently deliver highly targeted collections to new verticals, leading to an increase of 42% in retail channel growth over 12 months. Right set the various divisions to focus on profitability versus market growth. Redefine the global product launch process, strategy, training, and execution across operations, product categories, sales, and sourcing to create more efficiencies through the development lifecycles. Manage the execution of line review assortment plans, product selection/sourcing, pricing, vendor negotiations, and promotional marketing. Merchandising focus on overall strategy and execution of product assortment, promotions, pricing, and placement in-store. Collaborate across departments in taking the project lead on initiatives for divisions managed with company mission and business initiatives.
Education
California State University-San Bernardino
Bachelor of Science in Business Management, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
University of Oxford
International Economics
Skills
- Sourcing
- Retail
- Sales
- B2b
- International Business
- Management
- Team Building
- Logistics
- Competitive Analysis
- Manufacturing
- Microsoft Office
- Inventory Management
- Pricing
- Business Development
- International Expansion
- Market Research
- Direct Sales
- International Sales
- Account Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Strategy
- Strategic Planning
- Cold Calling
- Global Sourcing
- Human Resources
- Supply Chain Management
- Customer Retention
- Product Development
- Project Management
- Team Leadership
- Marketing
- Key Account Management
- Sales Management
- Team Management
- Forecasting
- New Business Development
- Negotiation
- Marketing Strategy
- Operations Management
- P&L Management
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