Melanie Wang Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Customized Training provides convenient and flexible training resources when and where you need them. All training curriculum is customized to fit your organization's needs and employees' learning requirements. Training is available at your site, online or at one of our campuses in Brooklyn Park or Eden Prairie.Working together, we will assess your organization's needs and develop specific solutions to help your employees and business.

Managed selling responsibilities and trade planning analytics for Target, the largest Annie’s US Grocery customer. Fostered partnerships with internal resources and external Target buying contacts to plan, organize, and execute against joint business planning and internal General Mills annual sales objectives. • Handled a $55MM portfolio and $10MM trade budget, defending distribution amid rapidly expanding competitive retail market.• Provided ongoing post-promotional merchandising analytics to identify trade efficiencies, driving 4% delivery growth despite a 15% reduction in trade funding.• Led best in class distribution forecasting process for Target region, ranking at the top in accuracy among US Grocery regions: Resulted in clear and accurate distribution forecasts being reported to leadership.• Captained creation of Target region internal onboarding site, centralizing and streamlining team processes to improve employee support and engagement during role transitions.• Voted by peers as recipient for ‘Building a Winning Team Culture’ award for ongoing commitment to mentorship, collaboration, and workplace effectiveness.

Served as national category expert and consultant for Old El Paso, Cascadian Farm, and Muir Glen product portfolios.• Served as internal main point of contact for all category insight sales needs and communications, utilizing all available partner organizations and databases to quickly and effectively address and provide solutions to client shelving, assortment, and merchandising challenges.• Partnered internally with marketing, consumer insights, and shopper insights, along with external research agencies to develop category-focused sales stories to drive distribution growth and optimize sales rates nationally.

Provided Nielsen analytical support to field sales teams, providing guidance on trade spending and merchandising decisions to drive sales growth.

Served as liaison between integrated customer solutions team, sales, and supply chain, drafting and distributing mass communications in a fast-paced, dynamic environment on customer crisis management topics, including: product service issues, customer load prioritization, recalls, conversions, new item launch challenges, transportation issues, and shipping facility scheduling changes.

Worked on transportation process improvement project startup team, partnering with General Mills transportation carrier partners and customer shipping facilities, to develop best in class processes and protocols on customer transportation scheduling and delivery needs.

Managed product forecasting and replenishment for Dry, Frozen, & Refrigerated customer warehouses, managing inventory levels within defined Weeks of Supply objectives. Customer Warehouses: Schnuck's, Unified Grocers Seattle, Associated Food Stores Salt Lake City, Grocers Supply Houston

Processed promotional billbacks for USF and zone Foodservice customers.

Served as liaison between customer buyers, sales, customer shipping facilities, and transportation to ensure timely processing and delivery of customer orders. Customers: National Restaurant Accounts, Sysco, USF