John Engle

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Sales & Category Management Professional with Extensive and Diversified CPG Experience @ MGA Entertainment
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Bentonville, Arkansas, United States, United States
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An experienced CPG sales, category management, analytics, and insights professional with deep customer knowledge, a compelling strategic lens, and a track record of consistently delivering profitable growth for customers, categories, and brands managed. Extensive and diverse background that includes account management, trade-finance, customer development, and category management roles on Walmart supplier teams, as well as in category development roles as a Walmart associate. Experienced at leveraging a broad range of data and insights resources to identify trends, insights, and opportunities, create compelling selling stories, and influence customers to get actionable strategic and tactical recommendations executed at retail. Proven leader with demonstrated skills in coaching and developing individual talent and teams. History of innovation toward the development of analytical processes, capabilities and reporting systems. Skilled in all areas of account management including day to day customer service, strategic business planning, and cultivating collaborative relationships with internal functions and customer teams.EXPERIENCE SUMMARYCategory Management 12yrs | Account P&L Managment 10yrsPeople Management 14yrs | Business Planning/Development 17yrs | Trade Marketing 7yrs

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MGA Entertainment

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Sales & Category Management Professional with Extensive and Diversified CPG Experience
John Engle Work Experience Details
  • Mga Entertainment
    Sales Planning And Analytics Manager
    Mga Entertainment Jan 2021 - Present
    Chatsworth, Ca, Us
    Manage sales analysis for the Walmart team to provide actionable data and recommendations across all functions of the merchandising and buying teams at Walmart, as well as for all internal cross functions in marketing, demand planning, and sales team. Built data models for turn key reporting and data visualization blending information from multiple resources to create best in class Omni reporting capabilities. Collaborate with all internal functions and external customer teams to gain feedback and insight to provide the most crisp and actionable information possible for each constituent.
  • The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Fleet Sales Manager
    The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Jul 2020 - Dec 2020
    Akron, Oh, Us
    Built a sales territory of over $5 million in sales annually from a base of less than $100K through cold calling, building relationships, and customer service excellence. Developed extensive product knowledge, studied the industry, and researching both active and prospective accounts to ensure call preparation offered the right products, features, and benefits. Active listening and targeted questions further built relationships and targeted approach to develop new customers, as well as retain and grow current customers.
  • Self Employed
    Sales Business Development Consultant
    Self Employed Jan 2019 - Jun 2020
    Satellite Beach, Florida, Us
    Providing clients with turn-key presentation decks with compelling fact-based insights-driven selling stories for line reviews, category reviews, new item launches, customer business planning and sales presentation, as well as developing analytical and reporting capabilities. Leveraging a broad range of data and insights resources to identify opportunities and develop actionable solutions to achieve client goals in alignment with customer methodologies. Outcomes have included distribution gains, expanded store coverage, improved shelf placement, and increased facings that have consistently delivered profitable growth.
  • Treehouse Foods
    Category Leadership Manager
    Treehouse Foods Aug 2016 - Oct 2018
    Oak Brook, Illinois, Us
    Conducted category management and customer business planning for the company’s $100MM private label and dry pasta business with Walmart including all category advisor responsibilities to implement customer’s distribution, shelving, and merchandising goals, as well as all aspects of collaborating with the Walmart buying team and internal functions. Leveraged a broad range of data and information sources to identify insights, trends, and opportunities to drive growth, provide regular reporting for the buyer and drive insightful content into line reviews and customer business plans. Implemented “Atlas” data management and delivered a 2yr CAGR of +4.2%, outpacing the category’s national average. (TreeHouse is a $6B producer of a wide range of private label food products)
  • Walmart
    Senior Manager, Category Development
    Walmart Jan 2015 - Apr 2016
    Bentonville, Arkansas, Us
    Corporate Assortment Discipline Program - Selected to pilot team tasked to develop, and integrate into the modular review process, breakthrough insights capabilities leveraging “traceable-tender” data to create loyalty and substitutability metrics, as well as consumer decision trees for optimizing assortments, shelf management, and store clustering. Pilot categories grew +3.5pts vs. department average.
  • Walmart
    Category Development Manager
    Walmart Jun 2008 - Dec 2015
    Bentonville, Arkansas, Us
    Frozen, Snacks, Beverages, and Dry Grocery Depts. - Managed category and modular review process across entire departments and developed analytical, insights, and category management capabilities in collaboration with buyers, cross-functions, external advisors, syndicated data and research firms. Implemented best practices to improve the overall modular review process. Leveraged a broad range of data and insights resources to identify and implement assortment, pricing, promotion, and shelf management initiatives to drive category growth. Increased on-time modular execution +34%, drove adoption of the “ECS” tool for demand-based store clustering tool, grew ice cream share +4pts, soft drinks comps +4pts, alternate beverages comps +12pts, and frozen snacks comps +6.4pts. Recognized by award ten times including the Merchandising Excellence, Associate of the Year award in 2014. (Walmart’s highest award)
  • General Mills
    Category Team Leader - Walmart
    General Mills Jan 2006 - May 2008
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us
    Managed a Walmart category advisor team (captains) responsible for seven categories with $800MM in sales and conducted all category advisor responsibilities for baking categories to implement customer’s distribution shelving, and merchandising goals. Developed analytical, insights, and category management capabilities in collaboration with buyers and internal resources. Leveraged a broad range of data and information sources to identify insights, trends, and opportunities to drive growth, provide regular reporting for buyers, and drive insightful content into line reviews and customer business plans. Managed 4 category advisors and 4 category analysts. Gained 3 category captaincies and the team exceeded sales targets every year.
  • General Mills
    Sales Development Manager - Walmart
    General Mills Jan 2003 - Jan 2006
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us
    Managed business planning, training, and talent development for the $2B Walmart sales team focused on leveraging Retail Link along with traditional resources, to identify growth opportunities and create compelling selling stories with actionable recommendations for sales presentations, line reviews, customer planning, and modular reviews. Managed four analysts, recruited on campus, and conducted training for new to Walmart associates. Implemented “Vision Chain” data system and gained customer insight serving on Walmart’s Retail Link Steering Committee driving development of the ECS demand-based store clustering tool, processes to implement localized assortment strategies, “Item Velocity” measures and various other capabilities used broadly across the industry today. Played key role in taking a company with virtually no experience selling to Walmart to becoming a best in class supplier team.
  • General Mills
    National Account Manager - Walmart
    General Mills Jan 2000 - Jan 2003
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us
    Direct sales of $200MM baking portfolio to Walmart including responsibility for business planning, sales, volume, distribution, profit, forecasting, customer service, and managing trade promotion budgets, as well as aspects of collaborating with the Walmart buying team and internal functions. Managed retail broker activities, one sales management associate, and one analyst. Developed innovative merchandising programs including bake center, rainbow pallet programs, and various pricing efficiencies to drive sales and profitable revenue growth. Exceeded sales targets every year, asked to be on Walmart’s retail link steering committee.
  • General Mills
    Trade Planning Manager
    General Mills Jan 1998 - Jan 2000
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us
    HQ Marketing role for the Big G Cereal Division, coordinated merchandising programs, launched new items, developed sales materials, and negotiated trade funding with national sales regions. Developed company’s first EDLP program for Walmart.
  • General Mills
    Senior Planning Manager
    General Mills 1994 - 1998
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us
    Managed trade and business planning for the Mid-America sales region including Walmart, Schnuck’s, Hy-Vee & various other retailers.
  • General Mills
    Business Planning Manager
    General Mills 1993 - 1994
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us
    Negotiated trade and managed business planning for the Great Lakes sales region including A&P, Spartan, Meijer, Foodland, and various retailers.
  • General Mills
    Key Account Manager
    General Mills 1992 - 1993
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us
    Managed A&P, Farmer Jack, non-foods accounts, and team of five retail sales representatives.
  • General Mills
    Region Sales Assistant
    General Mills 1991 - 1992
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us
    Managed sales planning and trade negotiation for Midwest sales region.
  • General Mills
    Account Sales Team Lead
    General Mills 1990 - 1991
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us
    Managed Roundy’s and Winkler wholesale accounts and three sales representatives.
  • General Mills
    Territory Manager
    General Mills 1989 - 1990
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us
    Managed Food 4 Less chain and various ad groups.
  • General Mills
    Sales Representative
    General Mills 1988 - 1989
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us
    Managed various ad-groups and independent accounts.
  • Walmart Innovation Community
    Retail Link Steering Committee - Supplier Representative
    Walmart Innovation Community 1995 - 2005
    Mississauga, Ontario, Ca
    Collaborated in this group of Walmart IS, leaders, and merchants, as one of 6 supplier representatives to develop Retail Link capabilities. Led the category management sub-group, developed and introduced various tools used broadly in the industry today including the “ECS” Demand Clustering Tool and Item Velocity measures to Retail Link’s DSS system.
  • Us Army
    Infantryman
    Us Army 1983 - 1985
    Arlington, Virginia, Us
    Awarded expert infantryman's badge, 5 unit citations for dedication, service, safety, and other.

John Engle Skills

Leadership P&l Collaborative Problem Solving Team Building Consumer Insight Grocery Client Relations Key Account Development Growing Businesses Key Account Management Retail Account Management Sales Thought Leadership Forecasting Business Development Market Research Data Analytics Competitive Analysis Team Leadership Merchandising Strategic Planning Strategy Sales Management Direct Sales Business Planning Microsoft Office Budgeting Data Modeling Customer Insight Trade Marketing P&l Management Marketing Microsoft Excel Pricing Strategy Cross Functional Team Leadership Business Analytics Product Management Customer Service Business Intelligence Category Management Achieving Measurable Results Shopper Marketing Management Product Development Fast Moving Consumer Goods Inventory Management Marketing Strategy Consumer Products Creative Problem Solving

John Engle Education Details

  • Southeast Missouri State University
    Southeast Missouri State University
    Sales Management Focus

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