Jason Schultz Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Chief of Staff to Chief Customer Officer- Pets

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lakeville, Minnesota

Lakeville, Minnesota

-Acts as primary contact between Sales and HQ teams to develop relevant programs & strategies to fuel growth.-Manages the development and execution of both long range and annual customer plans to achieve company LRP objectives.-Leads cross-functional efforts with Channel and Brand Marketing, BLG, Trade Finance, CAtegory Insights and Pricing to build channel-specific strategies that align with corporate objectives.-Develops customer-centric pricing/program recommendations to optimize trade funds and secure new distribution.-Leads the Data Manager to design and develop robust trade reporting tools that will enable visibility to trade spends, historical performance, assess promotional ROI and strategically plan for future programs. -Manages, approves and communicates account trade expectations while managing within budgetary guidelines.-Leads integration of Weetabix and Attune business units trade promotional planning into Post Consumer Brands division.

-Develop and execute customer specific trade programs. -Manage the development and execution of long range and annual customer plans driving profitable corporate growth.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed all aspects of weekly promotional and brand marketing for $2B start-up Target Canada, including financial budgeting, marketing strategy, brand management, senior leadership approvals and creative direction. Provided strategic recommendations for shopper marketing, flyer themes, promotions, and omni-channel approach to senior leadership. Created high-quality strategy documents including marketing briefs.• Developed and launched promotional and branding strategy for first foreign market entry. • Managed promotional marketing budget of $40M, cross-functional relationships with merchants, finance and other marketing teams, while optimizing overall marketing ROI.• Defined and tracked marketing effectiveness as well as guest insights adjusting strategies driving improved results• Created end-to-end workflow, supporting Canada weekly promotions, company messaging and branding, leveraging teams in multiple cities, languages and countries.• Established operations model and resource needs by hiring, training and developing brand new team of account executives.• Segmented marketing vehicles, leveraging market research and analysis.• Partnered with marketing and merchandising senior leadership, aligning business strategies across company with brand guidelines and creative executions that increased traffic and revenue.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Collaborated cross-functionally enterprise-wide on new and ongoing development of brand, traffic and sales-building shopper marketing strategies. Oversaw all aspects of promotional strategy, signing and execution for circular, sales plans and department transitions.• Drove $2M in expense savings by reducing waste and improving shipping costs.• Reinvented promotional signing for TV category, instantly driving 20% increase in revenue. • Reduced level-of-service (LOS) from multiple days to a few hours, greatly improving LOS for in-store promotion issues by training and empowering store research center to resolve issues real-time.• Improved in-store execution of promotional signs, partnered with store operations and technology partners, simplifying process that leveraged store level product data, saving $5M in payroll hours annually.• Managed and developed highly talented team of 8 focused on account management, promoting 3 team members to new roles.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Led assortment planning, shopper marketing, product selection, product merchandising, in-store fixture and display selection, vendor negotiations and P&L management for various CPG categories across hardlines.• Led all aspects of major private label chocolate brand launch with 100+ items and 7 manufacturers. Developed, coordinated and managed process for packaging, signing, fixtures, quality assurance and shopper marketing.• Developed and implemented rollout of professional hair care categories, driving $25M in year 1, partnering with legal and quality assurance, ensuring smooth rollout.• Led strategic launch of exclusive line of Tupperware food storage, collaborating with teams across company. Leveraged weekly ad front cover, disruptive in-store signing and innovative new fixturing to announce new line. Product launch drove $14M in revenue during first 6 months.• Managed all facets of $150m photo finishing and Portrait Studio businesses, including rolling out 600+ photo labs in stores. Partnered cross-functionally, securing fixtures, lab space and design, and all marketing of products and services to guests.• Drove 40% market share increase by negotiating $4M in marketing funds and focusing marketing efforts on top 20 markets. Marketing activities included magazine, radio, billboard, direct mail, email blasts, and online banners and widgets. • Drove multiple years of 25%+ online sales growth by launching new partnerships with largest industry players including Shutterfly, Kodak Gallery and Photo Bucket. • Improved EBITDA performance by $10M negotiating capital equipment upgrades of $20M. • Served multiple years as Communications Captain for Electronics Division. Including planning and managing all vital details of 2007 Electronics Vendor Day, influencing and motivating cross-functional groups while effectively delivering key messages to top 50 vendor partners.

Bachelor’S Degree, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Baseball American Marketing Association

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