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Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Coordinate strategy and preparation for monthly Joint Business Plan meetings with internal and external teamsInfluence Buyer at weekly meetings to enhance or alter promotional plans that would render higher topline sales and improved returns on trade spendCreate customized sales deck for annual Assortment Line review and effectively gain commitments on new.

Greater Chicago Area

Executed Category Captain responsibilities for all subcategories by completing non-biased assortment analysis and category reviews to make recommendations that would improve the overall categoryDeveloped a strong promotional plan based on the results of trade analysis that would render the highest returns to reach year-end goalsProvide Promotional and.

Greater Chicago Area

Established and developed strong relationships with customer Inventory team by working in-house and being a successful liaison between Supply Chain, Order Revenue Management, and Sales TeamManaged and completed all special pack and promotional orders in the allocation ordering system Achieved +36 incremental new items and $6.6MM in sales by negotiating.

Retail territory comprised of 53 accounts with a budget of $12M and delivered sales growth of 15%Established positive business relationships with 9 District Managers and Franchise owners resulting in presentations at 6 District Meetings and annual events createdCreated a Quarterly Business Review which was implemented across the Nation as a Best Practice.

Performed retail responsibilities on the Wal-Mart team with coverage of nine storesReceived Innovation and Renovation Internship Award based on the work completed for summer project