Joyce Griffith Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Had double digit growth all 8 years. Responsible for gaining distribution in Food, Drug, and Mass accounts. Responsible for Kroger, Safeway-Albertsons, Super Value, Wakefern, all Military, Associated Foods SLC, Hannaford, Price Chopper, Ahold, Wegmans, Kinney Drug, C&S, Giant Eagle, Harris Teeter, Kerr Drug, McKesson, Cardinal Drug, Hawaiian distributor and many other smaller accounts. Responsible for working with brokers and all aspects of marketing.

Indexing up 14% - company down 20% and category down 15%Added 129 new sku's in top 29 accounts in last 9 monthsResponsible for 99 accounts, 27 brokers, Military and Hawaiian DistributorCurrent account responsibility includes; Safeway, Super Valu, C&S, Hannaford, Foodlion, Wakefern, Wegman's Harris Teeter, Ralph's, Giant Eagle, Hy-Vee, Roundy's, Albertson's LLC. Duane Reade, Valu Merchandisers, Weis Markets, Associated Foods, Kinney Drug, Kerr Drug, Navarro, Shopko, AAFES, Nexcom, DeCA and many smaller accounts.Responsible for all aspects of the business, promotions, sales, brokers, and business development.

Indexing 22% above company thru June 20092008 top 6 accounts 88% of business 10.6% gain 07 vs. 08, company had 9.6% lossTop 4 accounts account for 27% of total company's volumeAdded 13 new accounts in less than 8 monthsResponsible for over 30 accounts, 9 traditional brokers and 3 all natural brokersCurrent account responsibility includes, Kroger and all divisions

2007 top 20 accounts - 96% of business 3.8% gain 07 vs. 06 - many shipping problems20% gain 2006 vs. 2005 Added $700,000 sales volume to the west coast territory64% of total company's gain for 2006.Responsible for 88 accounts, including Hawaii and 10 brokersCurrent account responsibility includes Kroger Corp., Albertsons, Safeway, Longs,

2004 with a 15.7% sales gain Productively worked with 7 different category managers at Albertsons, setting up all promotions, item selection, planogram placement, and special programs Reduced suncare returns by 50% for the 2004 seasonWorked with Acosta Sales & Marketing to build a strong team to accomplish the above goals Traveled to all divisions for retail meetings with Acosta and to ensure all Albertsons planswere being executed at the division levelMaintained a strong working relationship with each Acosta house within the Albertsons divisions

Returned to Playtex by request of Division ManagerResponsible for 22 accounts and 6 Acosta houses on the West CoastAchieved a 2.9% sales gain even with the S. California food strikePhoenix market had a 290% gain and Salt Lake City a 53% gain, successful Acosta houses in 2003

Raleigh North Carolina

Responsible for managing 3 states and 11 direct reportsThis was part of the DSD division selling only Banana Boat SuncareDeveloped many special marketing programs to sell suncare 2000 sales gain of 43% and 2001 sales gain of 35% 2001 Suncare Manager of the Year

Responsible for Drug and Mass headquarter accounts in Ohio and MichiganWorked with Acosta and Crossmark Broker houses

Worked with all accounts in Northern and Central Ohio and Southern MichiganDirect sales force did all promotions, resets, planograms, everything needed to sell all productsDistrict Sales Representative of the YearNortheast Division Sales Representative of the YearFeatured as one of Selling Magazines All-StarsPromoted to Central Division Key Account Manager

Responsible for 293 retail accounts in 16 counties in Ohio

Called on Food, Drug, and MassDirect and Indirect selling

B.A. Business Administration, Business Education

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