Episode Synopsis: In this episode, we speak withAggie Lema-Kowalczyk, an innovative product leader whose experience spans e-commerce, retail, and consumer packaged goods. From her time at DesignPac Gifts where she delivered $30M in annual revenue to her current role at Publix Super Markets driving significant e-commerce growth, Aggie shares insights on team collaboration, maintaining a growth mindset, and staying ahead of technological trends in product management. As a trilingual professional who brings organization, determination, and creativity to every challenge, Aggie offers valuable perspectives on building a successful career in product leadership.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

💡 The power of effective team collaboration and how it can amplify results beyond what individual contributors can achieve alone

✅ How organization, determination, and creativity form the foundation of successful product management across diverse industries

🎯 The importance of maintaining a growth mindset when facing challenges in both professional projects and personal endeavors

Key Quotes:

🎤 ”I'm an individual contributor, I am very independent, but when you work with a team and you partner with a team, you can do so much more and so much more effectively.”

🎤 ”I'm a creative person… not just from a design perspective, but also in terms of strategy or looking at certain instances or approaches from a different angle, just to see what our options are and how we can achieve a certain goal.”

🎤 ”Where we are now, we will definitely be further along the way a few years from now, if not a few months from now. And so just being ready to follow up on various topics of conversation, of being open to learning and growing, I think is incremental to not only product management, but where we stand as a whole, as a society.”

Meet The Interviewee:

Aggie Lema-Kowalczyk is a Digital Product Manager at PublixSuper Markets with over a decade of experience developing, launching, and optimizing physical and digital products that align customer needs with business objectives. Her career spans impressive achievements including leading strategic roadmap initiatives that contributed to over $2 million in seasonal e-commerce revenue at Publix, boosting e-commerce sales by 496% at Walmart through product expansion, and launching over 600 SKUs annually while managing seven major retail accounts. Aggie is trilingual (Polish, English, and Spanish) and brings strong organizational skills, determination, and creativity to her work across the grocery, furniture, gifting, and apparel sectors. She is seeking a Senior Product Manager position where she can lead innovative product initiatives, deliver exceptional digital experiences, and drive measurable growth across e-commerce, CPG, health & wellness, or retail environments.

References mentioned:

”Mindset” by Carol Dweck

How to Connect

🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aggieproductleader
📧 Email:[email protected]
🌐 Website: https://aggielkproductleader.com/

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