Corp category manager for ALL refrigerated products, bakery, coffee, and food service items. $4B portfolio. • Key program rebate / Cooler tracking• Vendor meeting prep including vendor performance and analysis• Proactively develop and present compelling strategies and tactics that drive category sales and grow share by utilizing fact-based insights• Consults with manufacturers/vendor partners on insights, emerging trends, and competitive environment to share with Merchandising and Marketing.• Provide data for Category Management decisions• Manage specialty display coolers including: Costing, quantity, ordering, analysis of inventory levels• Negotiate best prices and alternate sources for equipment within Food Service Programs• Develop, review and update of corporate schematic programs for all assigned categories working with Retail Services team• Responsible for developing food service programs through cohesive collaboration and communication with cross-functional business partners• Update planograms as item changes occur• Communicate quarterly recap of item updates

Assist in the development of annual national, customer or channel specific trade plans by brand/category, focusing on Bayer brand business goalsand Customer Requirements;• Mine local POS data sources and the position focuses on the Four Sales Controllables:◦ Promotional◦ Pricing◦ Distribution◦ Shelving• Conduct competitive analysis and category reviews to identify distribution, pricing, and promotional gaps and provides account recommendationsbased on findings. Helps to identify opportunities to increase volumes and decrease cost to improve ROI of all activities;• Collaborate with Field Sales and the Internal Bayer Organization to assist the Customer Selling Team in the following areas:◦ Trade activation needs◦ Customer response◦ Competitive Intelligence• Assist in the development of new item presentation materials for Selling Teams:◦ Distribution goals◦ Promotional strategies and tactics◦ Shelving objectives◦ Shopper strategies and tactics◦ Pricing objectives• Assist in reviewing sales performance, insights data, key initiatives, and new item launches with the customer to ensure robust plans are in placeand being executed;• Develops and maintain weekly POS/Shipment reports to inform and track business trends on achieving annual, quarterly, and monthly sales goals.Develop and maintain performance tracking reports for the brand/category, new items, key initiatives, and competition.

Manage, analyze, and monitor market changes in product mix and retail prices to remain competitiveCategory Captain within Snack Nuts and Salty Snacks and Category Advisor within Deli and Center Store Grocery all within C-StoreMake Recommendations to Create and maintain all Plan-o-Grams and changes to stores and vendors, by updating the effective dates of changes, additions and deletionsUse all available resources to analyze and interpret consumer and sales insights to identify consumer trends and identify potential marketing opportunities for our customers and storesConsult with internal business teams to provide analysis and insights designed to support key business decisions

Responsible for the Returns of 3 out of the Top 5 Pharmaceutical AccountsResponsible for all EDI Transactions and open tickets Created monthly billing for each account including pieces processed by Pharmaceutical category and price per piece Developed Scorecards on a monthly/quarterly basis to track productionPerformed on boarding for new accounts.

• Responsible for the accurate and timely billing of return credits to prevent revenue leakage. • Created new processes and procedures to simplify the return process for customer service improvement. • Worked closely with Reverse logistic group to restructure Return policy. • Performs validity checks on deductions taken by customers and works with customers to resolve deduction disputes• Ensures all accounting policies and procedures are observed.

• Reviewed and verified invoices and their accompanying payment requests to ensure compliance within policies and procedures for such elements as: proper authorization, applicable matching purchase order or contracts, accuracy and reasonableness of the charge code, and any special tax compliances• Accurately vouchered up to 1600 invoices a month. Review, analyze and process AP related transactions and documentation. • Reconcile vendor statements, research and make corrections of discrepancies