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Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

- In this role, I spearhead and lead all aspects of project management functions from inception to completion, including discovery, bids, kickoff, in-process, and closeout. - I support company-defined project goals and objectives and closely collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure project synergy.- I demonstrate authoritative leadership over a cross-functional staff consisting of project managers, project coordinators, field coordinators, and assistants. - I motivate the team to work synergistically while achieving all project requirements and milestones for complex projects across multiple sites.- I was selected by leadership at Rogers Electric in 2019 as part of the Rising Leaders Initiative to be mentored by Dick Schultz, who served as the Executive Director of the NCAA and led the United States Olympic Committee.- I was also successful in building and cultivating a partnership with Human Resources to recruit, hire, and train qualified staff.

- I advanced to a position of increased authority and scope to serve as an industry, channel, and category subject matter expert to position Coca-Cola as a strategic partner and Most Valued Supplier. - I supported company-defined goals and objectives by achieving customer service excellence while exceeding project and operational goals. - I directed high-level strategic planning necessary to manage a $100M+ profit center for the Coca-Cola system with touchpoints across ten business units and a franchise group.- I served as a trusted source of strategy, guidance, and forward-thinking solutions to guide business growth while working with cross-functional partners in sales, PRGM (Planning & Revenue Growth Management), channel team, and leadership to grow Coca-Cola’s beverage business.- I created, built, and led a task force to develop a strategy against a competing brand that was making a push in one of the large markets. - I improved the customer experience by serving as an impartial voice of the customer to develop customer-centric retail strategies designed to grow the categories. - I leveraged technical savvy to prepare and deliver presentations, including market and industry trends, SWOT, competitive analysis, and assortments.- I provided strategic and tactical support to the JBP (Joint Business Planning) and yearly internal planning process for several National Retail Sales Customers.- I managed all the moving components involved in leading several large internal projects to solve gaps for the Coca-Cola system and customers by assembling 10-30 subject matter experts to identify joint solutions to diverse opportunities.

- I drove complex strategies while analyzing customer volume to determine proper marketing contributions while increasing company operating income. - I skillfully utilized Economic Analysis models to identify new opportunities and partner with outside organizations to create mutually beneficial relationships. I leveraged subject matter expertise to recommend, design, and deploy plans for resolving problems.- I established and managed strategies and roadmaps to increase Dead Net Gross Profit by 14.6% in 2012- Conceptualized, devised, and developed a sales tool that aided customers in understanding that specific adjustments to the channel standard planograms increased their profits. - I exhibited excellence in growing the existing volume and net new outlets through the expansion of the beverage footprint.

Lead weekly meetings with customers to determine appropriate staffing needsLead point of contact for valet customersAssist upper management in customer services process improvements Prepare weekly shift schedules for 12 employeesPrepare weekly payroll submissions for accounting department

Prepared new account acquisition target list via cold calling, referrals, site visits, online researchLead customer meetings to establish business goalsPrepared and presented sales proposals and negotiations to customersStrategic account management for new and existing customersPrepared weekly revenue projection reports

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration And Management, General

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Business Administration And Management, General