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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- The first person hired in the department. Hired to assist in the development and creation of Category Management within Post Consumer Brands. The team now exists of 10 managers- Managed several accounts including SuperValu, Aldi, AWG, Albertson’s, Target, and many other regional grocers ($1.0B). My accounts grew share from (19.7-21.8) (+$4.6Million).o Developed key customer relationships to attain 2 category captaincies with SuperValuo Asked by SuperValu to sit on their SV Insights shopper loyalty card business steering committee to help develop reporting and socialize the tool across vendor partnerso Lead the “Breakfast Playbook” refresh for SuperValu for PCB. One of 2 vendor partners asked by SuperValu to help steer the reinvention of breakfast for their company- Successfully leveraged syndicated data, Nielsen studies, and 8451 shopper data to develop an insights based selling story to reposition cereal brands differently within Nielsen’s segmentation structure.- Responsible for assisting the management of production capacity with sales capacity for PCB’s private label business- Created and managed the first Category Management Internship program for PCB.- Administered and lead several Nielsen tool implementations including Nielsen Assortman, and Nielsen Price Modeling.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsible for being an indespensible category consultant as the Category Captain on Target's Seasonal Candy Business. This involved overseeing and providing strategic recommendations for the 4 main seasons for Confection (Halloween, Holiday, Valentines Day, and Easter). Responsibilities included weekly reporting, monthly Nielsen share reporting, item evaluations, POG room responsibilities, test tracking, Planogramming utilizing ProSpace, and maintaining strategies for both the short and long term. Additionally I was responsible for weekly, monthly, and in season forecasting for Target and I had one direct intern report.

Minneapolis

Responsible for being an indespensible category consultant as the Category Captain on Target's Everyday Candy Business. This involved overseeing and providing strategic recommendations for both the Valley and Front End businesses. Responsibilities included weekly reporting, monthly Nielsen share reporting, item evaluations, POG room responsibilities, test tracking, AAA responsiblities, Planogramming utilizing ProSpace, and maintaining strategies for both the short and long term. Additionally I was responsible for weekly, monthly, and bi-annual forecasting for Target and I had one direct intern report.

Sat in house with Target and oversaw from a category development perspective the fresh beef and pork categories for Hormel Foods in terms of product assortment, pricing, and promotion strategies. Responsibilities included weekly scorecarding, top and bottom line sales/margin forecasting, POG building, competitive strategy recaps, and most importantly growing their business. Was awarded with the title of Certified Professional Category Analyst (CPCA) through the independent organization: Category Management Association.

I was responsible for working with several account managers to drive sales in various independent chain grocery stores as well as support the overall sales function at the retail level.

I was the sales, accounting, and information technology recruiter for Hormel Foods. In my role I was responsible for finding, attracting, and hiring talent for those positions. I was also responsible for maintaining school recruitment budgets and the Hormel Foods Employee Referral Program.

I was responsible for the oversight and management of various manufacturing and packaging lines throughout Hormel's flagship production facility. Experienced the majority of the meat products, grocery products, and dry sausage operations.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Management/Marketing

Activities and Societies: Studied Abroad: Hong Kong, Shenzen, and GuangzhouSuccessfully Completed in the Fall of 2013. Took 2.5 years.

Bachelors Of Science, Agriculture And Food Business Management