MARC M. WASER
Oakland,California
Summary
Senior Product Manager with 10+ years of experience leading development and optimizing products across supply chain and e-commerce platforms. Self-motivated individual with a passion for building quality products and experiences. I am seeking a position to utilize my skills and experience to grow another company and expand my current knowledge and interests.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Product Manager
Walmart
10.2023 - Current
- Enabled Split and Merge Variant Group functionality for merchants and supplier reducing time spent by 90+%
- Leading simplified variant set up for merchants and suppliers to reduce GTM time by 80%
- Administered new process to bring all products onto latest specs and increase content quality for consumers
- Leading Spanish Language offering for consumers, merchants, and suppliers, which converts US site to Spanish and enables internal users to work in Spanish
Senior Product Manager
Gap Inc
01.2022 - 10.2023
- Led requirements gathering, development, and roll out of modernized PIM system for Gap, Banana Republic, Athleta, Banana Republic Factory Store, and Gap Factory Store which led to an immediate 20% weekly increase in productivity (completed April 2023)
- ·Led requirements gathering, development, and roll out of modernized PIM system for Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, Athleta, Banana Republic Factory Store, and Gap Factory Store which led to an immediate 20% weekly increase in productivity (completed April 2023)
- Led roll out of Franchise markets and GPS Apparel (B2B)
- Headed data automation for product attribution through new API integrations which increased e-com sell through by roughly 5-12 million per brand per annum
- Created a marketplace to expand on Gap’s product catalog by offering 3rd party vendors an opportunity to sell on our ecosystem which has increased brand revenue by 12% in 2022
- Delivering new promotional and product messaging experience to consumers through category and product pages (iconography, automation, inventory awareness, loyalty based)
- Led Artificial Intelligence initiative for product attribute and product fit which brought an initial 10% increase in sell through for implemented brands
- Co-led Lily AI roll out by implementing PIM attributing and up/down stream API integrations to aid product enrichment, which led to a 30% increase in traffic due to more meta tags, SEO names, and robust attribution
- Delivered Old Navy's Family Matching Product Display Page initiative that increased conversion by 15%
Product Manager II
Gap Inc
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Managed rollout of new PIM system for Old Navy to replace legacy homegrown PIM to enable application modernization
Global Supply Chain Planner/Category Planner/Sourcing and Supplier Management/Global Merchandise Planning Operations Senior Analyst
Levi Strauss & Co
01.2015 - 01.2019
- Led the development and facilitated the Global implementation of the corporate-wide Integrated Business Planning process
- Assisted senior leadership in implementing the End-to-End Merchandise Planning Transformation that drives simplification, optimization and quantifiable results
Regional Demand Planner
LEGO
01.2012 - 01.2015
- Managed and ran Regional Sales & Operations Planning process (S&OP) and oversaw local S&OP for CEEMEA region
- Developed demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function for standard, promotional and extended line forecasts
- Interacted cross-functionally with local, regional and global sales, marketing, and customer finance to understand forecast drivers and processes
Education
MBA -
Chapman University, Argyros School of Business and Economics
Bachelor of Science -
Le Moyne College
Syracuse, New YorkSkills
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Driving adoption
- Data utilization
- Personalized experiences
- Project roadmap development
- Product strategy
- Excellent communication
- Customer centered
- Business impact
- Product Launches
- Strategic Planning
Certification
Digital Product Management: Modern Fundamentals from University of Virginia
Timeline
Senior Product Manager
Walmart
10.2023 - Current
Senior Product Manager
Gap Inc
01.2022 - 10.2023
Product Manager II
Gap Inc
01.2019 - 01.2022
Global Supply Chain Planner/Category Planner/Sourcing and Supplier Management/Global Merchandise Planning Operations Senior Analyst
Levi Strauss & Co
01.2015 - 01.2019
Regional Demand Planner
LEGO
01.2012 - 01.2015
MBA -
Chapman University, Argyros School of Business and Economics
Bachelor of Science -
Le Moyne College