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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Cincinnati, Ohio

Team Leader for Kroger, Target, Meijer and all Midwestern grocery and drug channel customers, managing a broker team to achieve KPI targets. Develop and present custom-tailored category insight driven presentations using IRI and Market 6 data sources. Doubled our business at Kroger in 2 years by growing core voids and innovation leveraging shopper insights to create an assortment that drove shopper trade-up, capturing new HH through expandable consumption strategy.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Responsible for creating and building promotional plans for three customers across multiple categories. Presented category stories driven by insights to strengthen customer partnerships and mutually grow the business. Manage third party broker, collaborating with and ensuring plans are delivered and executed at the customer. Collaborate with cross functional teams to understand all aspects of promotional volumes are driving efficient trade spend while generating positive ROI.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Work on the Kroger business team where I compile Nielsen and Market 6 data to create presentations for the customer. Present category driven retailer slides to inform, and promote brands in order to meet sales objectives. Responsible for forecast accuracy across multiple platforms and four different retailers. Collaborate with sales, category management, and supply chain to ensure all base and promotions are accurately reflected within two separate forecasting systems. Monitor weekly sales conformance to target, providing insights to our team on shipments, gross sales, and upcoming promotional activities. Problem solve and provide analysis on trade spending versus earned. Investigate pricing issues across the twenty-two customer specific divisions, ensuring retailer compliance to suggested everyday and promotional details. Create, submit, and manage contracts in the IBM tradepoint system.

Neenah, Wisconsin

Informally led a planning team to support a single sourced mill. Created an overall production schedule to give to the planner for scheduling. Analyzed data and looked strategically at overall promotions, customer ordering habits, and upcoming events to develop a tactical strategy for our production. Collaborated with sales, marketing, product supply, and the mill to ensure all projects and customer wants were met. Developed plans on upcoming marketing promotions for best execution at the mill level. Implemented lean thinking to drive costs out of transportation and deployment of product. Lead four step problems solves to streamline the supply chain to meet customer needs.

Beech Island, South Carolina

Managed three teams of twenty people each of machine operators. Collaborated with engineers, maintenance, and safety personnel on various projects to support the assets. Led four step problem solves to increase output and reduce waste. Implemented multiple lean tactics including visual management across all three machines.

Neenah, Wisconsin

Created and managed a detailed production schedule to support a mill within a specific region. Collaborated between staff and mill teams throughout the U.S. to ensure regional production met regional demand while reducing additional transportation costs across the U.S.

Neenah, Wisconsin

Created and managed a detailed production schedule to support a mill. Collaborated between staff and mill teams. Implemented a lean repetitive flexible schedule to increase productivity and decrease waste.