6736 175^th Street West, Farmington, MN  55024·651-428-0079·joseph.barsness@gmail.com

Joseph Barsness

Profile

Driven retail professional.  Detail orientated critical thinker with excellent time management skills.  Versatile skillset including overseas communication, process improvement, product development facilitation, video/audio editing and consumer research.  Award winning team player, and patent holder.

Experience

May 2013-Present

Target Corporation

Minneapolis, MN

Senior Product Development Coordinator

§ Captured all relevant product information from Housewares Product Development Research Project.  Facilitated the creation of 12 new product categories under compressed timing (1 week vs. 8 weeks.)  Documented changes, tracked development samples, and facilitated brainstorms.

§ Received Target Vice President Business Impact award for Holiday 2015 program.  Delivered 100% of samples on time from overseas vendors when timing was compressed from 12 weeks to 2. 

§ Developed new process for enterprise sample tracking.  Rolled out streamlined software system to equip Product Coordinators with tools to improve data accuracy and efficiency.  System is utilized across all of Target Product Development.

§ Received a patent for designing a product for Target.  The item was a 4pk prep bowl.  This product was used in multiple marketing campaigns for Target and was used in a presentation given by a Vice President for Target to highlight innovation and creativity.

May 11 - May 13

Target Corporation

Minneapolis, MN

Product Development Coordinator

§ ­Supporting a cross-functional team including Designer/Engineer/Buyer/Overseas Sourcing/Marketing

§ Managing vendor relationships with Target teams primarily in China, India and 30+ other offices worldwide. 

§ Advanced knowledge of using Microsoft Suite of programs as well as various other data entry/ data library web applications. 

July 07 - May 11

Target Corporation

Minneapolis, MN 

Sample Logistics Specialist

§ Inbounded freight from the loading dock, scanned freight using palm pilots/tracking software, deliver freight to multiple sites including off-site locations. 

§ Assisted teams with assembly of furniture development samples, building gondolas for product display, managing inventory of 1800+ samples from 29 internal departments, assisted co-workers with moving samples between buildings in Minneapolis. 

§ Support Target Owned Brand development by supplying Product Development with samples sent from vendors.

§ Coordinate with other areas within Target to ensure correct product is being presented for executive review.