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Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Customer Director • Lead sales team of 18 to manage $700MM portfolio of brands at Kroger• Manage director level relationship with Kroger across 15 General Mills meals, baking, and natural organic brands• Develop and oversee trade strategies to drive RNS growth within trade budget• Partner with Kroger and General Mills to influence strategies and innovation pipeline• Driving dollar and distribution share in highly dynamic supply and demand environment

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

• Liaison for meals and baking operating unit; worked cross functionally across sales, marketing, finance, and supply chain• Delivered +29% RNS growth on club channel customers• Established rotational quarterly planning process resulting in +136% delivery growth on seasonal businesses• Coordinated new product development and product renovation that drove 39% distribution growth• Created new eCommerce strategy for meals & baking operating unit for total U.S. sales

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

• Led trade team supporting go to market strategies and customer joint business planning across total General Mills portfolio at 5 regional grocery accounts• Effectively transitioned sales team to an updated trade funding model that unlocked streamlined portfolio management opportunities

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

• Natural & Organic Account lead for nation's largest grocer delivering category leading growth • Developed best in class cross functional strategies to ensure profitable growth for General Mills & its customers • Managed direct selling relationship with Kroger to grow Cascadian Farm and Annie’s Organic cereal business by 14%• Leveraged supply chain background to implement a new end-to-end selling process that drove improved in-store execution and overall sales

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Responsible for overseeing supply chain operations for Household, Paper, Pet, and Over-the-counter pharmacy departments. Acted as an internal consultant to 20+ supply chain analysts to drive efficiencies throughout the omni-channel supply chain network minimizing costs, and ensuring product availability to guests. Collaborated externally with key vendor partners enhancing end-to-end forecasting and long range business planning

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Grocery - Packaged Meat-Purchase and manage perishable and temperature controlled inventory for all Target locations-Optimize national supply chain operations to provide a consistently fresh and abundant assortment to Target guests-Collaborate with 50+ vendors to execute daily inventory process and develop sustainable business strategies-Deliver consistant guest relability metrics while optimizing inventory allocaiton to deliver more profitalbe inventory results-Established a new process to significantly improve inventory control and the profitability of fresh meat sold by the pound by working cross functionally across the organization-Developed a new grocery seasonal inventory strategy resulting in a 200 bp improvement to instocks for total grocery during key food holidays-Negotiated and updated supply chain and transportation options to reduce order barriers and improve reliability by over 20%

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

-Consistently drove above goal inventory results for 250+ sausage, bacon, and hot dog items helping to support a reliable guest experience for the categories. -Developed a new forecast validation and vendor communication process to improve BA seasonal forecast accuracy, reduced forecast preparation time, and increased vendor collaboration during key food holidays-Collaborated with own brand vendors to better align base and seasonal forecasts thus improving inbound product dating and total fill-rates to ensure high-margin items were always available for guests. -On-boarded and mentored new team members at multiple levels resulting in consistent BU performance during times of ambiguity. -Strategized with over 50+ vendors and internal partners to improve supply chain efficiencies and reliability resulting in a 15% improvement to instocks for key ads and seasonal timeframes -Optimized inventory flow and allocation to deliver below goal forecast variances leading to a 10% reduction in B-Markdowns and reduced Average Inventory dollars reduction of 15%

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

- Executed bank support desk day-to-day operations- Performed quantitative economic analysis for comparison against key competitors- Improved customer service skills by speaking with lenders daily- Problem solved with team members and lenders for unique funding situations- Implemented / improved processes to mitigate errors and improve efficiency- Gained knowledge of loan structures and how loans are funded by financial institutions- Led and presented a bank valuation team project to a committee of senior management

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

-Created and presented a 5-year forecast plan to senior management-Utilize Dealogic software to perform market analysis and update employees on market conditions-Experience the sales process of the various financial products-Participate in new and on-going customer relationship management-Assist in the facilitation of global securities -Gain an understanding of international business and foreign business cultures

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

-Collaborate with full-time employees on various projects-Participate in training seminars-Manage OREO insurance program-Enhance understanding of the financial services industry-Analyze claims data and forecast costs for department's yearly budget-Improve business communication skills

-Organize cleaning and control of construction site to allow for an efficient work environment and mitigate onsite risks-Problem-solve to find solutions for the unique problems that arise when building a custom home-Collaborate as a team to perform various site improvement tasks-Adapt to changing conditions and co-workers

Bachelor'S, Economics, Business Administration Management

International Business, Study Abroad

Diploma