Hi, I'mMichael Rock Balog

During my time at Tervis, I managed the “Build Your Own Tumbler” project for the retail stores division. The project goal:

• Sell more lids, handles and straws by letting the customer choose their own accessories to go with any tumbler.

Project Milestones:

• Create new item numbers for all tumblers that currently come with a lid included.
• Remove all lids from tumblers currently at 45 stores.
• Re-label all tumblers currently at 45 stores.
• Update on-hand inventory at 45 stores to reflect the new “no lid” item numbers and to show the loose lid on-hand separately.
• Update the stores databases to reflect the new pricing.
• Design and purchase new point of purchase displays and planograms.
• New marketing materials

My responsibilities included:

• Stakeholder Management / Interviews
• Project Team Management
• Daily Standups
  • Internal Core Team
  • External Developer
  • Internal Dev Team
• Weekly Management Team Meetings with Exec’s
• Testing Oversight
• Project Artifacts:
  • Project Charter
  • Scope of Work
  • Project Plan – Microsoft Project
  • Risk Register- MS Power Point
  • Test Cases – MS Team Foundation Server
  • Lessons Learned

Project Team Members:

• VP’s @ Tervis
  • IT
  • Retail Stores
  • Marketing
• Dev Team Manager
  • .Net Developer
  • BizTalk Developer
  • External MS RMS Developer
• Retail Stores Manager
  • Retail Order Management
• Tumbler Design Team
• SME’s
  • Retail Stores
  • Inventory and BoM
  • Finance
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing