Alex Brust Email & Phone Number

United States

Plymouth, Mn

•Provider of consultative in-store retail merchandising solutions at all major retailers.•Executed and analyzed more than 200 projects, 73,000 store visits at 29 retailers in 20 different categories.•Manage a portfolio of more than 30 clients with the ability to communicate effectively with C-level executives. •Developed and implemented tools to boost efficiency in a cross-functional team environment.

Eden Prairie, Mn

•Advised and executed $2 billion in annual sales and promotional activity through the management of advertising and shopper marketing vehicles in the beverage category.• Effectively communicated and coordinated in-store marketing efforts with the merchandising teams and store support staff.•Responsible for the coordination of display programs from assortment proposal through implementation and ordering process. •Eliminated redundancies resulting in lower operating costs by $250,000 annually. •Provided analysis on SKU assortment resulting in incremental sales of $125,000 per quarter.

Eden Prairie, Mn

•P&L analyst supporting the Fresh merchandising team, and developed advertised product assortment guided by performance based forecasting. •Accurately inputted commodity based costs, retails and promotional pricing, based on annual trade spend.•Implemented innovative promotional program and guided the initial platform stages from mapping of merchandising needs to store level roll-out, and trained teams how to effectively use the new program.

Bachelor Of Science, Marketing Communications

Activities and Societies: Men's Soccer Club Internship: Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh Scotland

H.S. Diploma, General

Activities and Societies: Soccer, Hockey