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Denver, CO, US

Greeley, Colorado, United States

• Lead R&D team for Value-Added business unit, including direct reports, with oversight of the product lifecycle, from business case development through R&D, product launch and lifecycle management at retail.
• Partner with leading mass, conventional and club grocery retailers to identify solutions within relevant categories and commercialize products to meet market opportunities, leading to over 2 million new lbs. sold to.
• Develop and strengthen category management culture, continuously monitoring market needs and opportunities, advancing strategic adjustments to product mix or manufacturing capabilities that drive revenue growth.

Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

• Developed and managed a new product development process, leading to the launch of 20+ products across multiple retailers and channels, helping grow the company by $20m+ per year.
• Established a category management culture that monitored consumer and competitive trends and drove long-term organizational strategy and near-term item or assortment changes to increase sales.
• Drove a core portfolio "Restage" process, leading the effort to create a new price-pack-architecture, which adjusted pack sizes and national list pricing to improve margins and increase competitive positioning.
• Created numerous new tools and functions that directly led to a fully cross-functional product development process such as 3rd party R&D management, item-level P&L models, standardized Sr. Leadership update.

Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

• Managed development of a new value-added product line consisting of 5 new products, taking early prototypes through to final formulations, manufacturing specifications, P&L's, and packaging approvals in time for spring.
• Established the foundation of a new product development process through the creation of an early product development checklist built around stage-gate methodology.

Denver, Colorado

• Led senior leadership, sales, operations, marketing, and finance teams through the product development process, beginning with concept development and market research through to R&D with manufacturing partners and.
• Launched 9 new products with grocery retailers such as Safeway, Hannaford and Costco, generating $2.5+m per year.
• Partnered with external stakeholders to form, foster, and continuously strengthen relationships in R&D, procurement, manufacturing, and USDA compliance to meet business needs.

Salisbury, North Carolina

• Led market research activities, creating, and presenting analyses to category management recommending areas of opportunity and growth designed to inform the development of new private label items.
• Managed GMO-labeling initiative for 6,000+ private label products, including authoring and presenting a strategic recommendation for senior leadership, and leading a survey of 300 private brand suppliers and their use.
• Spearheaded private brands’ sales objectives for healthy and nutritious products, helping deliver an increase of $33 million within the first year through innovative sales, marketing, and data management initiatives.
• Partnered with sustainability departments in the United States, Serbia, Romania, Greece, and Belgium to explore innovations relevant to overall sustainability initiatives that could be applied to local brands.

Salisbury, North Carolina

• Using innovation and collaboration, developed technological tools that gave Delhaize America management accurate visibility into supplier supply chains and logistics networks, PO records, and supply chain P&L for the.
• Managed of over 20 supply chain optimization projects in partnership with CPGs partners large and small.

Salisbury, North Carolina

• Managed pricing and promotion strategy execution to achieve budget, velocity and other KPI targets.
• Optimize pricing and promotion effectiveness, delivering an incremental $3.8 million of revenue and $2 million of gross profit over three quarters.
• Implemented innovative pricing tools and methodologies, increasing accuracy and profitability.

Topsham, Maine

• Team supervisor of environmental relief efforts for BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster that occurred in April, 2010.
• Emergency responder in animal rescue and wildlife center management during oil spill relief efforts based in Michigan.
• Performed environmental assessments for renewable energy projects, including site analysis and ecological data collection.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology