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CORE COMPETENCIES
TECHNICAL SKILLS
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Maggie Russell

Kansas City,MO

Summary

Product Manager candidate and product data leader with 8+ years of experience translating complex business requirements into scalable systems and operational solutions. Proven success collaborating on cross-functional initiatives involving product data architecture, governance, AI-enabled automation, and pricing optimization. Experienced managing teams and partnering with Product, Engineering, Merchandising, and Operations to deliver measurable business impact.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Manager, Product Data

Minted
Remote
03.2025 - Current
  • Manage and mentor a Product Data Specialist, including onboarding, coaching, and performance reviews; participate in interview panels for hiring across the Merchandising Operations organization.
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives with Product Management, Engineering, Merchandising, and Operations to improve product data architecture and website functionality.
  • Serve as a core contributor to the enterprise migration from legacy product data systems to the Syndigo Product Information Management (PIM) platform.
  • Develop the Master Data Dictionary (MDD) defining a four-level product taxonomy, 16 entity types, and 300+ configurable attributes.
  • Direct large-scale data cleansing and standardization efforts to ensure successful migration and integration with legacy databases.
  • Collaborate with external consultants to translate business requirements into technical configuration specifications.
  • Participate in the Product Data Governance Council to establish standards, ownership, workflows, and quality controls for enterprise product data.
  • Co-developed an AI-enabled Excel model that reduced site-wide pricing update preparation time from 10+ hours to less than 1 hour while eliminating pricing defects.
  • Designed an automated Jira and Slack workflow that delivers personalized dashboards to cross-functional partners, improving project visibility and reducing manual status reporting.

Associate Product Data Specialist

Minted
Remote
09.2021 - 03.2025
  • Manage and maintain production MySQL databases via queries and internal tools.
  • Support Merchandising with product attribution, pricing, and product data updates that drive functionality across product detail pages.
  • Partner with Engineering and Product Management on new product launches and website functionality testing.

Marketing & Pricing Manager

Key Refrigeration Supply
Kansas City, MO
06.2017 - 09.2021
  • Developed and maintained multidimensional pricing structures across 1,300+ customers and 250+ vendor product lines.
  • Created and maintained 40+ business intelligence dashboards to support sales, operations, and executive decision-making.
  • Produced financial and operational analyses for ownership and leadership using Phocas and advanced Excel modeling.
  • Administered and trained users on business intelligence tools and supported budgeting, rebate, and inventory price support processes.
  • Built an inventory purchasing forecast model in Excel to improve purchasing timing and order quantity decisions.

Education

Certificate - Data Analytics

Springboard
Online
01-2021

B.S.B. - Business Administration, Concentration in Entrepreneurship

University of Kansas
Lawrence
01-2017

CORE COMPETENCIES

Product Management •  Technical Product Management • Requirements Gathering • Data Modeling • Product Information Management (PIM) • Data Governance • Cross-Functional Leadership • Process Automation • Pricing Strategy • Agile / Jira • SQL • Stakeholder Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS

MySQL • Microsoft Suite (Advanced in Excel) • Google Suite (Advanced in Google Sheets) • Jira • Claude Cowork • Python • Tableau • Power BI

Timeline

Associate Manager, Product Data

Minted
03.2025 - Current

Associate Product Data Specialist

Minted
09.2021 - 03.2025

Marketing & Pricing Manager

Key Refrigeration Supply
06.2017 - 09.2021

Certificate - Data Analytics

Springboard

B.S.B. - Business Administration, Concentration in Entrepreneurship

University of Kansas