Ryan Morris Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, US

Foodservice Pies, Muffins, Pastries, Cakes, Cheesecakes, & Co-Man Products

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, US

Foodservice Pies, Muffins, & Pastries

American Pie Council works to grow and improve the pie industry

Cincinnati, Ohio, US

Woxi's PredictionOS™ platform helps innovators use powerful consumer insights to make better innovation decisions faster and more confidently by translating all of your insights into sales predictions in real-time.

San Francisco, California, US

• [Short tenure due to mass layoffs, including deprioritization of self-service offering]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/business/bolt-layoffs.htmlhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-25/bolt-layoffs-hit-fin.
• Lead product marketing activities, including value proposition definition, go-to-market strategy, voice-of-customer to product strategy, & sales enablement for Bolt's self-service offering.
• Initiated European launch plans and coordinated partner strategy with Prestashop.

Chicago, IL, US

• Brand Management Lead for 4 person team overseeing 14 categories, 20 brands, and $1.2B in sales within Foodservice
• Developed and led promotion, price, product, & portfolio strategy across the portfolio
• Identified new product launch opportunities, evaluate, and manage commercialization & capital expenditure
• Coordinated cross-functional partners across R&D, manufacturing, sales, & others to bring new products to market
• Defined and maintained optimal price & and product portfolio (including 100+ SKU discontinuations)
• Determined & executed promotional spend, prioritizing across a broad portfolio

Chicago, IL, US

• Brand Management | Innovation Management | Cross-functional LeaderFoodservice Condiments & Sauces
• Marketing lead for $500MM business line
• Manage top-line drivers with responsibility for bottom-line impact (portfolio, price, positioning, & product strategy)
• Lead cross-functional team on multiple new product launches from creative ideation through proof of concept & commercialization/innovation management
• Responsible for portfolio management, including new product ideas and discontinuation of low performing or low differentiation product

Evanston, Illinois, US

Internship - Tilia Private Equity - Winter 2018- Supported investment in and management of food supply chain companiesInternship - United Airlines - Summer 2018- Analyzed targeted marketing efforts and developed a strategy for cost efficient growth through email marketing and partnership marketing.

New York, NY, US

• Consumer Insights | New Product Development | Business DevelopmentProduct Management:
• Supported feasibility exploration for the development of an advanced data & analytics service
• Lead customer feedback collection for beta design of above analytical systemInnovation Manager:
• Evaluated hundreds of new food product ideas and advised on improvements to concept, positioning, price, sales channel, and product specification
• Led teams of up to 5 analysts and coordinated multiple cross-functional teams to complete analysis and consulting for Nestle's marketing and sales initiatives

New York, NY, US

• Retail & Category Management | Advertising MessagingSelected as one of 5 associates among nearly 100 analysts to enter the PS Emerging Leaders Program, completing work across various teams within Nielsen's.
• Analyzed and presented a vision for the "future of retail impulse sales" which has since evolved into the basis of recommended best practice for retailers globally (see Yahoo Finance link below)
• Supported category management and assortment optimization Nielsen Advertising Effectiveness Practice:
• Analyzed and advised on strategies to optimize reach & resonance for TV & Digital advertisingNielsen M&A Integration:
• Led work-stream to develop new services and revenue opportunities for a recent Nielsen acquisition resulting in several million dollars in incremental sales

New York, NY, US

• New Product Development | Marketing Analytics
• Completed diagnostics and advising supporting proposed new product launches for Procter & Gamble, Pepsi Co., and Kroger
• Forecasted product sales under a variety of complex conditions

Oxford, OH, US

Directed recruitment and gameplay strategy that lead to winning the USA Broomball Collegiate National Championship.

New York, NY, US

Marketing Mix Modeling & Analysis through multivariate regression

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Finance And Entrepreneurship

Education record

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