What Type Of Person Thrives In The Product Development And Retail Industry, According To A Director Of Product Development And Retail Strategy At Dynacraft BSC Inc
To thrive in sales and product development, especially when servicing accounts spending millions, "you have to be very flexible" and adjust to clients' needs as projects can change at any moment. Unlike operations roles with static procedures, success in the product and retail side of the business requires adapting to new challenges as they arise.
Flexibility, Adaptability, Problem-Solving, Communication, Industry Realities
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DeCarli
Director, Product Development and Retail Strategy
DYNACRAFT BSC INC
Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey
Industrial, Supply Chain Management
Apparel, Beauty, Retail & Fashion
Business Strategy
Scholarship Recipient, Took Out Loans, Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. Flexibility is key, especially in sales and product development, as you need to adjust to clients' needs and changing project assumptions.
2. The industry involves servicing accounts that spend significant amounts of money, requiring adaptability to meet their specific requirements.
3. Unlike operations-based roles with strict procedures, product and retail roles demand the ability to adjust to new challenges as they arise.
Transcript
How would you describe people who typically thrive in this industry?
There are many roles within this industry. In the sales and product development space, you have to be very flexible.
You are servicing an account, and in many cases, they are spending many millions of dollars. There are much bigger and much smaller companies than ours, but in any case, somebody is spending money for your services. You have to adjust with their needs.
Many operations-based roles will have strict procedures, timelines, and things that are static and immovable. In the product and retail side of the business, you have to be able to adjust as new challenges come your way. At any given moment, the entire presumptions you had about your project could be changing.