Patti Meek

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Product Manager at LEER Group

  • Education

    • Indiana university

      1983 - 1985
      B.s home economics

      Supplementary Training: I-Mentor, Project Management, Project Initiation, Experimentation Training, Leaders of Whirlpool Enterprise, Engaging Manager

    • St. joseph high school

      1976 - 1980
      H.s. diploma college prep
    • Aquinas college - grand rapids

      1980 - 1980
      Na liberal arts
    • Lake michigan college

      1981 - 1983
      A.a. liberal arts

      Activities and Societies: Band, Show Choir (Band)

  • Experience

    • Susie's casuals

      May 1985 - Oct 1988
      Store manager
    • Greeman brothers

      Oct 1988 - Sept 1991
      Area representative
    • Lakeland regional health center

      Nov 1991 - Oct 1995
      Payroll administrator
    • Southwest michigan regional airport

      Oct 1995 - Mar 2000
      Marketing manager

      Developed and implemented a comprehensive marketing program to increase community awareness and ticket sales by collaborating with Northwest Airlines and obtaining state grants of $25,000 through the Michigan Bureau of Aeronautics.

    • Sears sales & marketing

      Mar 2000 - Jan 2002
      Sales coordinator

      - Managed price discrepancy report from Sears- Prepared weekly sell through report- Coordinated meetings and travel with Sears buying team

    • Kenmore food preparation

      Jan 2002 - Dec 2005

      - Managed cost and quality projects into new product line resulting in over $10 savings per unit- Developed 5 year product plans for Kenmore Food Preparation that aligned with the corporate brand portfolio- Launched multiple product lines simultaneously within budget - Managed process to drive quality improvements reducing SIR from 42% to 16%- Managed in-home research for innovative Food Preparation concepts

      • Category Manager

        Aug 2003 - Dec 2005
      • Marketing Communications Manager

        Jan 2002 - Aug 2003
    • Whirlpool corporation

      Dec 2005 - Oct 2011

      - Increased laundry market share by 6% through developing and implementing new launch training program- Initiated distribution of training materials directly to over 25,000 retail sales associates- Developed innovative video training for Retail Sales reaching 80% of channel - Achieved #1 course rating during National Sales Conference in 2009 and 2010- Managed Sears Cluster Training program to train over 7,000 sales associates and included multiple categories, 110 facilitators, and 600 training sessions across 116 locations, in one calendar week Show less

      • Category Manager

        Apr 2011 - Oct 2011
      • Sales Training Manager

        Dec 2005 - Apr 2011
    • Pathfinders advertising & marketing group

      Aug 2018 - now
      • Account Executive

        Mar 2012 - now
      • Account Supervisor

        Aug 2018 - Mar 2021
    • Leer group

      Mar 2021 - now
      Product manager
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Pricing strategy: value-based pricing

      Linkedin
      Dec 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Change management certification

      Acuity institute
      May 2017
    • Inbound certification

      Hubspot
      Aug 2015
      View certificate certificate