Maintaining master data with a team of 3 focusing on finished goods, ingredients and packaging materials, along with ownership of GS1 compliance practices.

Maintaining master data with area of focus in finished goods, ingredients and packaging materials, along with ownership of GS1 compliance practices.

• Worked directly with multiple VPs of National Accounts to develop and grow new business in Food, Drug and Mass channels including Walgreen's, CVS, Target, Kroger and major drug wholesalers. • Developed marketing plans based on profitability, consumer and sales trends for category review meetings. • Analyzed Nielsen, IRI and consumer data trends for retailer category review meetings.• Effectively managed and trained internal teams on product testing and factory inspection requirements for Walgreens and CVS and other national accounts • Responsible and managed activities including price changes, new item set up and factory information on Target, Walgreens, CVS and Kroger company portals.• Create items in 1worldsync for Kroger and SUPERVALU• Managed day to day business activities including item forecasting, shipment deliveries, product in-stock reporting, private label art refreshes, factory audit and product testing requirements• Planned and coordinated off-site logistics for trade shows• Administrated responses for customer’s RFP’s and RFI’s • Coordinate and ship customer samples

• Quote new systems for customers and gave demos of our POS system• Answer sales calls from potential customers and current customers• Customized and administered Customer Relations Management (CRM) software• Created a CRM training manual and power point• Prepared documents and management reports for executive team • Administrated responses for potential customer’s RFP’s and RFI’s • Created RFP’s and assisted scoring potential vendors responses • Processed new deals and hand off to other departments• Coordinated off-site logistics for trade shows, customer meetings, and golf events• Schedule and attain weekly travel arrangements for 20 sales reps and installers• Payroll for over 150 employees in four states and two countries• Filed payroll liability and other tax documents• Entered new employees into payroll system• Completed unemployment requests from the State of Minnesota• Received and reviewed job applications and written interviews• Set up and conduct job interviews• Developed New Employee Orientation • Created Human Resources department training manual• Train other employees in administration department• Reviewed weekly expenses and administered expense checks• Created department training manual for administration and accounting• Enter customer invoices and credit memos• Process payments from customers and applied credit memos to open invoices• Set up reoccurring billing of monthly services• Answer incoming calls on a busy multi-line phone system