Mike Sumner

Manage 20+ person, multi-national (US & China) team responsible for supply chain, logistics, purchasing, sourcing, engineering, and IT functions. Responsibilities include vendor selection, management of COGS, inventory, on-time customer delivery and logistics cost metrics as well as coordinating cross-functional operational forecasting and product development & commercialization processes.

Responsible for developing and establishing retail presence for Case-Mate portfolio of products across all direct US retail accounts, including several major national retail chains in mass and consumer electronics channels.

Digital Capture & Devices Profit & Loss responsibility for $500M+ in revenue across US, Canada, North and South America, managing and rotating over 100 concurrent SKUs in various product lifecycle stages. Grew Pocket Video US market share from below 5% in 2008 to over 20% in 2010, increasing revenue from $16M to $110M during the same period. Increased US Digital Camera Gross Profit by 1250 bps from 2010 to 2011 (over $35M incremental contribution), by improving overall operational efficiency in forecasting and reverse logistics, as well as improved price and promotional controls. Developed and maintained weekly POS forecasting and tracking tools for the US to provide dashboard level leading indicators of product performance in market.

Worldwide Future Product Marketing Director, Digital Capture Created and led a staff of 4-5 product managers charged with identifying, proposing, and validating new product concepts for digital camera and video products to be sold world-wide. Proposed and developed M-Series line of digital cameras in 2007, which has grown to represent 43% of digital camera revenue and 55% of digital camera gross profit in 2011. Defined consumer targets and product positioning to guide marketing communications briefs and asset development. Daily interaction with engineering team in Japan and manufacturing teams in China and Taiwan to ensure adequate development and delivery of marketing requirements throughout commercialization process. Approximately 2 months per year spent in Asia working locally with both Kodak and partner teams. Key company spokesperson with press for new product pre-disclosures and industry panel discussions. Business case stewardship throughout product development gating process to ensure continual commercial viability of products.

Worldwide Current Product Manager, Digital Cameras & Thermal Printers Developed product positioning, pricing, messaging plans, and forecasts with teams in Europe, North America, and Asia for newly commercialized products. Managed allocation of significantly constrained product supply across multiple countries and customers by understanding customer needs, marketing programs, and financial opportunities to maximize financial return while minimizing customer disruption and dissatisfaction. Improved forecasting and planning for portfolio of products sourced from Asia, increasing the proportion of supply being shipped via ocean lanes from below 20% to 66% and saving over $4M by avoiding air shipment charges. Participated in the development of the snapshot printing accessory line to our digital cameras, with significant contributions in establishing planning and development processes for a new manufacturing partner in Japan.

Digital Cameras Responsible for planning production and inventory levels for multiple health imaging film products by successfully negotiating for production time and resources on constrained manufacturing equipment. Coordinated and managed the successful implementation of a new IT planning system for a film planning team of 8-10 people by collecting, consolidating, and prioritizing requirements for technical development, and ensuring the delivered design met all critical requirements. Additionally, developed and delivered training to ensure capable utilization of the new solution.