
Kate X.
5.0
Break into Product | From Consulting to PM | Capital One Product Manager

Studied at Wisconsin School of Business

Works at Capital One
Available tomorrow at 5:00 PM UTC
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Kate’s Product Management Qualifications
Experience level: Product Manager
Kate has helped clients get into these companies:
After a few years of consulting at Accenture, I read a few books on product management and landed a PM position at Capital One. There are a lot of parallels between consulting and product management - stakeholder management, business analysis, and problem-solving. I'd love to help you break into product management and prepare you for the different types of interviews: product skills, product design, business analysis, and behavioral fit. If you're coming from a consulting background, I'd be happy to chat through how your experiences translates over to the PM space and what additional skills are needed.
Kate can help with:
Skill Building
Execution
Resume Review
Product Case Interview Prep
Behavioral Interview Prep
Why do I coach?
Landing a school acceptance, internship, or full-time role can be an absolute rollercoaster. When I was first applying to colleges, I didn't have an an immediate, go-to mentor since my parents hadn't navigated the university application space within the U.S. During my time at UW-Madison, I was lucky enough to find peers and alumni to help me navigate recruitment for internships and full-time, improve my case interview skills, succeed in consulting interviews, and transition out of consulting and into product management. I'd love to pay it forward - I feel energized when mentoring others, learning about their experience and perspective, and ultimately helping them achieve their goals.
Work Experience

Product Manager
Capital One
October 2022 - Present
Web Payment Experience & Messaging (Notifications) Jira, Confluence and +6 skills

Management Consultant
Accenture
2022 - 2022
*Merchandising Hierarchy Strategy for Fortune 500 Department Retailer - Owned $8B product data analysis and mapping to optimize hierarchy design and governance for business planning - Defined design and feature requirements for a hierarchy visualization tool, driving process efficiencies - Streamlined product assortment planning by conducting 15 stakeholder interviews and identifying current state processes, pain points, and future state implications Microsoft Excel, Smartsheet and +11 skills

Senior Consulting Analyst
Accenture
2021 - 2022
*Supply Chain Wholesale Order Strategy for Global Luxury Retailer - Developed 3 current state process maps to evaluate future process changes required to enable multi-Distribution Center network, resulting in continued Phase 2 client engagement - Led 9 stakeholder interviews and cross-functional validation sessions to synthesize pain points, milestones, and system nuances *Supply Chain Planning Strategy for Fortune 50 Global Food and Beverage Company - Led 100+ stakeholder interviews to define end-to-end supply chain strategy and annual roadmap - Mapped business processes to highlight inefficiencies and pain points, presenting insights to stakeholders *Women in Supply Chain (Internal Organization) Communications Lead

Consulting Analyst
Accenture
2020 - 2021
*Project Management for Fortune 150 Global Snack Company - Managed global workshops across Marketing and Supply Chain departments to establish Account Planning Strategy and long-term goals - Supported $2.5M Request for Proposal process in collaboration with cross-functional client leads and senior partners *Digital Transformation Strategy (Project Management Office) for Fortune 250 Apparel Retailer - Built project management tools (Smartsheet) to standardize governance across 7 workstreams and 15 teams; driving ongoing decisions for $500M+ in digital initiatives - Led client transition to new tool to enforce documentation standards, onboarding 15 leaders and gathering product feedback through weekly meetings - Developed status reports, risk and issue logs, and change logs, briefing senior leadership on key milestones across 20+ initiatives

Operations Analyst
Cann
2020 - 2020
Cannabis beverage startup - Series A - Vendor Sourcing for packaging and beverage ingredients - Inventory reconciliations with manufacturer to save control costs Microsoft Excel, Supply Chain Operations and +6 skills
Supply Chain Analyst
Target
2019 - 2019
Inventory Analysis, Forecasting and +3 skills
Kate was also given offers to work at
Target
PepsiCo
Medline Industries
Huron
Procter & Gamble
Education

Wisconsin School of Business
Bachelor of Business Administration , Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Marketing
Grade: 3.8/4.0 Activities and Societies: Wisconsin Consulting Club (WCC) - VP of Finance, Grainger Center for Supply Chain Management, Wisconsin International Scholars Program, Academic Excellence Scholar, Supporting Peers in Laidback Listening (SPILL) Mental Health Organization - VP of Marketing, Badger Volunteer, ULINE Case Competition
Bocconi University
Bachelor of Business Administration
Spring Semester Abroad Exchange Program
Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
Bachelor of Business Administration
Summer Study Abroad Program
Kate was also personally admitted to
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Berkeley
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