Matt Pabst Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Lead marketing team for $3B+ portfolio on Walmart & Sam’s Club accounts.• Own strategy, execution, and measurement of marketing budget & programs.• Awarded Who’s Who in Shopper Marketing: 2017, 2018, 2019 .• Oversee all aspects of agency and vendor relationships and negotiations.• Developed strategic framework to guide investment decisions and consistent performance.• Envisioned and created an interactive prototype for Online Grocery Pickup and championed it up to the EVP level at Walmart and Walmart.com. • Led successful launch marketing programs at Walmart for double digit brand turn arounds, including Banquet Mega Bowls and Healthy Choice Power Bowls.• Partnered Slim Jim with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare launch. +1MM units & 3.5 ROI.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Directed multi-million dollar budget and conducted ROI and post-event analysis. • Managed two indirect reports and guided peers in special projects. • Led annual planning for $800MM portfolio, including Chef Boyardee, Hunt’s, Rotel, & PAM.• Acted as key point of contact for Walmart marketers and merchants.• Owned all aspects of relationships with 12+ partner companies.• Delivered 10% annual growth by creating Rotel & Avocados from Mexico partnership. Walmart category director called the program “unprecedented” and featured it at YBM.• Championed and led development and rollout of web-based marketing management tool.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Work published in two industry journals for progressive design.• Managed approximately 20 vendor relationships. • Streamlined fixture order process and reduced touch points by 60 percent. • Voted “Most Valuable Presenter” during Wal-Mart team training, January 2010.

Irving, Tx, Us

• Awarded Wal-Mart “Supplier of the Year 2007 – Infants Department”.• Recipient of President’s Award 2007 – Kimberly-Clark U.S. Consumer Sales.• Achieved back-to-back-to-back all-time quarterly sales records with K-C Wal-Mart team.• Developed product merchandising concept that is now deployed annually.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Lead advisor for half-billion dollar portfolio of categories: office, desk, filing, and shredders.• Influenced Wal-Mart buyer’s decisions, through data analysis. Drove 12% category growth.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Received formal recognition from Division President for outstanding performance, Jan. 2005.• Constructed category modulars yielding a 12% increase in sales.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Awarded formal recognition from Division President, July 2004.• Overhauled internal reporting, creating visibility to critical financial measures.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Led and trained sales team of seven in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.• Voted MVP by peers and leaders, July 2003 National Management Meeting.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Received national award and recognition for sales, March 2003 National Sales Meeting. • Selected by senior management as a member of National Advisory Council, November 2002.

Masters Of Business Administration

B.S. Business Management