Merit is a retirement planning firm that seeks to establish, educate, and satisfy the financial goals of individuals in and approaching retirement.We focus on providing reliable and objective financial advice by establishing a genuine and long-lasting relationship with our clients. We administer an array of financial services, which focuses on our client’s personal growth along with their financial goals.Investment advice offered through Merit Financial Group, LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser. For a list of states in which the financial consultants affiliated with Merit are registered to do business, please visit: https://www.meritfinancialadvisors.com

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Helped brands leverage their Mintel research resources to create opportunity/competitive landscapes, develop their innovation pipeline and refine communication strategies.

• Build and develop relationships at all levels within customer organizations• Ensure our service is delivering on all major KPI's• Facilitate onboarding of new clients and cementing the sales process

• Accountable for all aspects of sales, business development, and customer management within territory• Prospect new clients and follow up on lead conversion

• Responsible for merchandising 35 Shoprite stores and 17 Wal-Mart stores• Represent brands including Lysol, Airwick, Woolite, Mucinex, Delsym, Resolve, Finish, Veet, and Durex • Negotiate optimal in store location for branded features• Ensure shelf integrity by verifying that products are placed according to Plan-O-Gram and making corrections when necessary• Verify new product lines are being ordered by all stores and securing best possible shelf position

• Managed client base of 150 physicians• Promoted the adult and pediatric lines of Mucinex and Delsym• Leveraged promotional materials, samples, and product knowledge to grow physician’s trust of brand line• Grew territory sales 32%• Prospected and added 20 new physicians to the client base that accounted for 65% of territory’s growth

• Processed weekly volume reports using Sales Discovery System and Excel (V-Lookups, Pivot Tables)• Applied for National Allowance Pricing Program approval numbers for products being newly sold to the military and recorded the results in an up to date Excel worksheet • Produced monthly brokerage and stocking reports and obtained approval for check authorization • Performed audit on over 650 products sold to the military verifying that product descriptions were accurate• Tracked group sales on a monthly, quarterly, and year to date basis and provided these results to management• Created PowerPoint presentations for the sales team highlighting product features