David Hinkle Email & Phone Number

Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Operate franchise painting business throughout Fairfield County with focus on quality and service• Hired and managed painting subcontractors, manage business P&L and budget• Grew business to $360K in revenue (2022); achieved numerous 5-star Google reviews

Westport, Connecticut, United States

Served as sales team lead for all customer marketing, pricing, master data management and ecommerce. Worked closely with internal teams (Operations, Supply Chain, Sales) and external broker partner and agencies/vendors.• Worked with Operations team to manage discontinuation of 50+ items in 2020 and communicate to internal stakeholders• Successfully led consolidation of 200 items to one data pool provider in June, 2020, resulting in greatly streamlined product data feeds to customers• Achieved dramatic improvement of brand’s ecommerce presence across multiple customer websites (Kroger, Amazon, Target). Improved Target scorecard ratings by 15%.• Managed and developed digital marketing creative for multiple retailer media campaigns (Kroger, Walmart)

Westport, Connecticut, United States

Hired by VP Marketing after managing Newman’s Own business on agency side. Managed and executed all consumer marketing and public relations activities, supporting 12 product categories. Served as liaison to sales team for all customer marketing programs and promotions, advising team on opportunities and effective tactics. Managed external marketing partners including media, agencies, photographers, and promotional vendors.• Consistently managed $6 - $10MM marketing budgets to within 2% of planned spend year after year• Developed brand’s first ever SmartLabel® packaging initiative, delivering enhanced product information to consumers. Program has since expanded to additional product categories.• Led FoodBuzz foodie blogger video recipe program resulting in 150+ new blogger-generated recipes and enhanced website content.• Managed annual USA Weekend Make A Difference Day sponsorship for 6 years. Program recognized and rewarded 10 volunteer organizations each year for exceptional community service initiatives.• Chief writer for all marketing copy including ecommerce, sales materials, POS and FSI’s

Darien, Ct

Led all marketing activities for Barber Foods and Bird’s Eye clients, and digital support for Newman’s Own at top marketing agency. Advised clients on all promotion and advertising initiatives including Barber Foods’ radio and outdoor advertising campaign, Fall 2005. Led first ever email campaign for Newman’s Own.

Rye, New York, United States

Supported Sales Planning and Brand Marketing teams as specialist in retail promotions for Post® Cereal and Desserts divisions. Managed numerous in store programs, customer special packs and promotional partnerships (ex: Major League Baseball, NASCAR).

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Developed and managed promotional marketing programs for Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse and Castrol

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Managed large scale shopper marketing programs for Kraft Foods, agency’s largest client. Worked closely with Kraft’s Customer Business Teams nationwide.