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Anoka, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed the product development process for Target private label programs. Worked with Target merchandising team, within various vendor systems, on sample creation, changes and final production/packaging direction. Communicated with overseas and US manufacturing facilities regarding program timelines and requirements. Led weekly internal collaboration.

Golden Valley, MN

Responsible for inventory management of Walmart/GMI Cereal business activities. Supported GMI Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain functions to ensure flawless execution of everyday and promotional events at Walmart Distribution Centers and Stores. Supported Walmart Replenishment Manager by achieving aggressive in-stock and other inventory control goals.

Golden Valley, MN

Provided operational expertise and support to customer operations teams, supply chain and sales divisions in the area of order operations. Represented the customer operations function in business procedures, service issues, order management and various other capacities. Communicated high level procedural and order management changes from sales divisions.

Responsible for managing order to cash value stream for multiple customer groups, across multiple sales channels. Maintained high customer satisfaction for customers based on prompt and courteous service while meeting internal service goals and objectives.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed product sourcing process for major retail customers, from product purchase order issuance, tracking production schedules, logistics, quality control and payment verification including Letter of Credit process improvements.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsible for creating product specifications and standards for use in developing, testing and sourcing new retail products. Managed daily communication with overseas manufacturing facility on sample creation and production timelines. Developed and deployed an internal database used to manage over 1000 new products each year, creating training materials.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Provided resource management and sales support for 20+ North American Sales Reps. Project management responsibilities, including prototype development and presentation materials for sales meetings for all retail customers. Office management duties as well.