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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Manage the Florida's Natural Growers sales, distribution, marketing and merchandising functions for Target, UNFI and Albertsons Companies nationally. Develop and manage multiple broker partners including Crossmark, Impact Group and Alliance Sales/Marketing.

Bloomington, Mn

Execute the sales, brand and marketing strategy for Schwan's Consumer Brands Bakery and Strategic Growth divisions (over $250M) with multiple cross-functional leadership roles. Created strategic sales and trade plans with a $50M+ trade budget and a focus on the key national retailers including Walmart, Target, Kroger and Safeway.

Eden Prairie, Mn

Responsible for $52M in direct confection and grocery volume at Supervalu. Developed and executed actionable business plans based on consumer and category insights to drive brand share in confection and baking categories. Worked with team members to develop, negotiate and implement strategic company initiatives with key decision makers at Supervalu Corporate, their banners and and the 3 wholesale divisions. Built and delivered strategic sales plans that created new and profitable opportunities for both the customer and Hershey. Team Lead at Cub Foods HQ responsible for planning, developing and executing sales, distribution and promotional plans for all stores both corporate and franchise. Strategic plans were then communicated, executed and analyzed for maximum ROI utilizing both internal and external data analysis tools.

Managed all sales, promotions and category analysis functions at various Vending, Concession and Fundraising key accounts in the Midwest. Worked with business owners to develop best in class promotions and created opportunities that drove profitable sales. Developed quarterly and annual business plans, short and long term strategies and led training sessions to ensure employees were using all necessary category insights and product knowledge.

Hired, trained and managed 8 RSR's in the metro Chicago areaResponsible for share and volume growth at Supervalu Midwest Region and Cub Foods West division as well as several large convenience store chains

Managed 75 retail grocery accounts as well as several key independent drug and convenience store chains.Executed business plans and managed all promotional plans, new item execution and post promotion analysis at Supervalu, Nash Finch and Fairway Foods divisions in Fargo, ND

Sales Manager responsible for all promotional and base activity for multiple brands including Planters Snacks, A1, Milk Bone and other leading brands. Main concentration was Mass/Drug class of trade with HQ emphasis

Duties included all sales, ordering, product placement, pricing and promotional activity in key retail and regional Grocery Chains in the Dallas/Fort Worth area