• Manage research projects from initial business objective design through results presentations and activation• Create and communicate category insights presentations utilizing multiple sources for use with external customers• Design and implement a process for the organization and communication of category and brand insights through the Product Knowledge Guide• Champion the voice of the consumer point of view for consideration on business decisions• Lead formation of training documents and presentations of internal resources to drive effective use• Develop research plan recommendations for internal clients addressing Company and Business Unit objectives• Utilize time management skills to prioritize and work on multiple projects simultaneously • Work with a broad cross functional team on a daily basis to gain alignment and move research from information stage to activation

• Manage multimillion dollar consumer budgets for the Dry Dinners and Progresso business units.• Streamline business reporting for effectiveness and efficiency across business units.• Management of all team eClips packaging projects including packaging redesign project of entire Helpers line.• Development of an account-level distribution model to ensure placement of F09 new items• Lead Progresso Campaign Wall process including development of Master Brand Architecture and Visual Architecture.• Perform weekly consumption, delivery and share analysis using BEX, ACNielsen and Retail Link data.• Work effectively with a broad cross functional team on a daily basis.• Perform various ad hoc projects such as a Yahoo Consumer Direct/WM program deep dive and a Light Soup category analysis.

National Customer Manager Analyst – SuperValu Region April 2005-December 2006• Perform consumption and share analysis utilizing ACNielsen Data.• Analyze and track new item performance for Customer Business Team.• Accountable for gathering, formatting and analyzing sales data regarding promotional effectiveness to recommend efficiencies for obtaining key performance measures.• Provide insights to National Customer Managers, Customer Category Managers and Director of Sales to drive the business.• Assist National Customer Managers in gathering and analyzing data for the yearly planning process.• Manage additional responsibilities on team including special events tracking, weekly gross revenue tracking, ACV analysis and other projects as requested.Sales Representative – WalMart RegionJune 2000-April 2005• Run Minnesota territory with responsibility for bi-weekly retail sales calls to WalMart Supercenters and Expanded Food Stores in two states.• Create and present sell sheets to Store Managers, Food Merchandisers and District Managers and communicate them to team members in order to increase sales for a particular product or promotion.• Work with customers to ensure successful execution of corporate promotions at store level including Weinermobile visits, NASCAR show car appearances, T-Rex visits and various seasonal promotions.• Train and assist new sales representatives on processes and responsibilities for the WalMart Region team.• Perform additional team responsibilities including weekly retail issues report, team calendar and scanning recap.