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Greater Chicago Area

Partner with key account headquarters and field contacts to deliver exemplary growth and customer experience. Act as a catalyst for mutually beneficial solutions.• Quadrupled sales in less than 4 years by displacing competition and providing outstanding service.• Awarded Partner of the Year Award by The Home Depot in 2021.• Won Best Supply Chain & Operational Excellence Award for 2021 partnership. • Led training effort for 5,000+ trainees in 2022 with class sizes ranging… Show more Partner with key account headquarters and field contacts to deliver exemplary growth and customer experience. Act as a catalyst for mutually beneficial solutions.• Quadrupled sales in less than 4 years by displacing competition and providing outstanding service.• Awarded Partner of the Year Award by The Home Depot in 2021.• Won Best Supply Chain & Operational Excellence Award for 2021 partnership. • Led training effort for 5,000+ trainees in 2022 with class sizes ranging from 15-500 people.• Analyzed gaps in marketing collateral, training materials and advertising, tasked with developing new materials for over 20,000 customers nationwide. Show less

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Reported to the owner and President of this small family business, responsible for branding and launch of the flagship product with a focus on developing the short and long-term marketing strategies while fostering key relationships in the e-commerce and retail channels.• Established association with Fulfillment by Amazon program for e-commerce expansion.• Lowered total product cost by 57% through supplier realignment and synergies in production process.• Mentored replacement… Show more Reported to the owner and President of this small family business, responsible for branding and launch of the flagship product with a focus on developing the short and long-term marketing strategies while fostering key relationships in the e-commerce and retail channels.• Established association with Fulfillment by Amazon program for e-commerce expansion.• Lowered total product cost by 57% through supplier realignment and synergies in production process.• Mentored replacement before departure for a seamless transition. Show less

• Owned a P&L statement of $110+MM net sales while spearheading strategic marketing initiatives, financial decisions, product innovation and product launch across Foodservice categories. • Led dynamic cross-functional team of 20+ people from finance, research and development, supply chain, procurement and manufacturing plants to control various product categories.• Expanded Hebrew National hot dogs internationally with Five Guys quick serve restaurant chain, enabling total category… Show more • Owned a P&L statement of $110+MM net sales while spearheading strategic marketing initiatives, financial decisions, product innovation and product launch across Foodservice categories. • Led dynamic cross-functional team of 20+ people from finance, research and development, supply chain, procurement and manufacturing plants to control various product categories.• Expanded Hebrew National hot dogs internationally with Five Guys quick serve restaurant chain, enabling total category volume growth of 17% year-over-year.• Renegotiated Sysco and US Foods distributor contracts for 3-year extensions, gaining an average of 9% of gross margin per contract review back through trade reductions and new product launches. Show less

Chicago Market Unit

• Negotiated contracts with up to $250K annual sponsorship and supervised $250K budget of marketing promotions for new customers.• Proved role was vital for the Company from $20MM incremental sales over one year. Led seven additional positions created as dotted lines.

Chicago, Il

• Streamlined customer P&L growth with combined net sales of $15MM by analyzing existing customer base for product gaps, selling in marketing promotions and project management.• Developed customer profitability tool based on market research data and led to increased sales of $3MM per year in the Chicago north territory and $17MM per year for the Chicago Business Unit.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Re-designed branding development workshop used to develop new brands. Recognizable brands launched due to success of workshop were Coke Zero, Coke Life and Zico Coconut Water.• Organized Sprite’s biggest global sport activation in brand history, with a total reach of 27 countries culminating at the NBA All-Star weekend.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma Graduate with Honors

Bachelor Of Science In Business, Marketing, Chinese, Class Of 2012

Activities and Societies: National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Chinese American Business Organization, Inter Fraternity Council China.