Ben Hyde Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

• Managed 8 product categories within Sarnova’s Private Label brand – Curaplex.• Increased year over year category sales by 16%. • Created strategy and prepared to launch an innovative product to gain market share for Curaplex.• Analyzed market data to create business cases for prospective product development projects.• Improved portfolio efficiencies by consolidating SKU count from over 200 items to 21 while maintaining revenue and improving quality and lead time. • Worked closely with cross functional teams to deliver on daily tasks necessary to manage product categories. • Built marketing support materials and training tools to support and drive category sales.• Negotiated and executed 3 separate vendor supply agreements.• Established and fostered relationships with vendor partners to ensure constant improvement on product lead times.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Improved Cardinal Health’s cross reference database accuracy from 40% to 80%.• Cross referenced over 1,000 competitor products to ensure Cardinal Health had an equivalent wound care product.• Utilized market data to conduct a competitive analysis on 3 separate wound care suppliers.• Acted as a member of the Career & Development intern committee and created a presentation skills workshop for fellow interns.• Created a presentation designed to assist in training new hires on the procedures to improve cross reference database.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Completed a 12-week internship with a Fortune 500 company as a member of the Akron-East sales team.• Developed a marketing and sales strategy to boost Belvita sales in 3 grocery stores.• Crafted a mock plan to increase social media exposure among teenagers for Belvita cookies.• Provided weekly updates to the District Manager of the Akron-East branch and to the Regional Director of Sales for the Great Lakes East area concerning progress made on sales calls with prospective grocery customers.• Shadowed Account Manager of Giant Eagle to understand how an account with a large retailer is handled, including how to gain shelf space and how to sell in items for weekly discounts.• Analyzed product placement within grocery store aisles to better understand Mondelēz’s restocking procedures.• Participated in a call with the Regional logistics manager in attempt to ensure truck deliveries arrived with no interruption.• Made outbound sales calls to grocery store managers to raise awareness for Mondelēz products.

Canton, Ohio Area

Canton, Ohio Area

Bachelor Of Science In Business Administration, Marketing, 3Rd

Activities and Societies: American Marketing Association

Business, 1St Year

High School

Activities and Societies: Freshman mentor, Cross Country/Track varsity team captain, 4 year cross country and track letterman, National.