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Fayetteville, Ar, Us

Head of Sales for the US Retail Division. Lead team of 20 with P&L ownership for US/Puerto Rico Food, Drug, and Mass businesses.

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Bentonville

Cincinnati, Oh

Leads the Kroger Sales team of a $1B multi-category (multi-brand) food company, positioned as largest rice and second largest pasta company. Delivering multi-year brand plans including digital shelf readiness and SEO. Responsible for broker relationship/management, as well as cross-functional category management team.Roles: Sales Team Lead - Kroger Corporate.

Bentonville, Arkansas

Managed all branded and private label pasta business for Walmart and Sam’s Club. I am responsible for all KPI goals and targets, as well as new business ventures. I gained distribution at Sam’s in 2017, the first time Riviana has had any Sam’s business in over 15 years!

Northeast Region

I am responsible for developing and executing long and short-term customer, category and/or regional growth strategies and plans. I also work very closely with cross-functional counterparts in sales, marketing, customer service, supply chain, manufacturing and finance to ensure integration and execution.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

Leveraging consumer, shipment, and historical data, my role as the Customer Marketing Manager is to deliver the most efficient use of all trade funds at New World Pasta. Along with trade analytics and management, I also contribute to new item development and tracking, setting volume quotas, profitability, promotional planning/review, and numerous other job functions that align field sales, maketing, operations, customer service, and trade marketing.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Manage total sales portfolio for Kellogg. Establish promotional calendar that fuels growth while maintaining promotional budget and spend ratios. Ensure innovation adoption and growth by customers. Communicate promotions, objectives, innovation information, and status updates to sales teams. Most importantly, maintaining Kellogg's strong brand name and equity by providing quality services at both the corporate and retail levels ensuring that Kellogg's remains a market leader and driving force in the industry.

Managed sales territory that had annual sales over $1.5mm. Fought for incremental sales space in an effort to propel growth. Saw double digit growth in a majority of sales route with no flat or negative growth in any area. Managed merchandising personnel and scheduling.

Assisted Territory Managers in daily activities. Covered vacation time for TM's and assumed all duties/responsibilities during coverage. Fought for incremental sales space in an effort to aid TM's with sales and growth.

Bachelor Of Arts, Advertising

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Advertising