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Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

Lead sales efforts for several top brands in the Home, Hardlines, and consumables categories across multiple major retailers including Target, Best Buy, and Menards. - Strength in pioneering new business at Target, gaining placement with multiple brands each producing $MMs in annual volume. - Responsible for sales team execution, business plan creation ,CRM management/execution, delivering on vendor P&L goals, and creating new avenues of growth for our brands and customers- Maintain and enhance strong retail relationship network to identify unique opportunities and develop new brands in the marketplace.

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Manged $100M+ Lawn & Garden Business inclusive of Stores and Digital channels. - Grew major CPG business in Repellents and Lawn Chemicals, working with major suppliers like SC Johnson and Scotts Miracle Gro - Streamlined assortment and established anchor brand statements with Fiskars, Gilmour, and ASTV, all brands that resonated with the Target guests and provided over 10% in annual sales growth- Oversaw all product development for Planters and Garden Decor including helping relaunch the Smith & Hawken Brand

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Tripled the Outdoor Fire & Light business on Target.com in 3 years, growing it from a modest category to over $30 Million in annual sales by leveraging Target Owned Brands, optimizing/expanding assortments, and taking on exclusive brand partnerships. Redeveloped the Grill & Accessories Assortment & Experience creating exclusive brand partnerships with Traeger & STOK, while expanding the footprint of Weber & Char-Broil across channels. Additionally revamped the Rich Relevance platform by using guest insight data to lead Marketing Analytics, Site Navigation, and Search teams to create a new experience which resulted in Grilling Accessories growing by 150% over two years. Led the expansion of increased delivery services for all of Target.com by collaborating with Merchant & Shipping teams to test, recap, and implement to the door and full assembly services on Patio, Grill, Fitness, and Furniture. Led project to pilot pet food delivery, creating the foundation of pet food delivery at Target.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Led and developed a Beauty Segmentation Strategy that delivered $20 Million in annual sales upsideExecuted Target Pharmacies launch of the 2011 Flu Season and entrance into the Pet Meds Market Developed and implemented a Project Management Initiative within Merchandise Operations that improved project completion and implementation

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Led a Cross-Functional Team to develop and execute a Summer Toys merchandise strategy that delivered $4 million in incremental sales and ran a 30% comparable store sales increase Managed the Target Stationery/Holiday End-cap team delivering $10 million in sales over plan by implementing and cross-division flex strategyPartnered with Senior Managers to develop a food category within See Spot Save that generated $12 million of sales upside and increased traffic by 3%Identified key growth categories within the See Spot Save business and developed a high level action plan that captured $5 million of sales upside

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Managed 800 individual items and $150 million of inventory exceeding sales and margin goals by careful execution on sourcing, vendor management, and strategy implementationExecuted eight seamless merchandise transitions per year in a 95% import business through careful planning and vendor communication

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Improved advertising forecast accuracy by 10% through innovating the Ad planning processDeveloped Circular Advertising best methods by partner

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