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Mason, OH, US

Rogers, AR, US

Rogers, AR, US

Purchase, New York, US

Purchase, New York, US

o Category Lead for Mainstream Bag Snacks, Natural, Deli, and Single Serve businesses at Kroger ($1.3B Annual Sales)o Own New Item Process, Presentation, and Sell-In: Secured +90% acceptance of New Innovation o Drove additional 20% in shelf gains through the placement of market voids and core expansiono Unlocked +25% growth of FL most incremental display.

Chicago, IL, US

o Lead Pacific Region Category Management Strategy for MillerCoorso Manage a team of 9 remote based Category Managerso Responsible for Category Management Captainships/Advisorships across the Pacific Regiono Secured +2 Captainships and a 50% captainship at Smart and Final

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

o Lead National Category Management Strategy on Big G Cerealo Led creation of annual Cereal Growth Strategy. Resulting in National Distribution up +7 items in Fiscal Yearo Authored submission to Progressive Grocer leading to GMI being named Cereal Category Captainso Manage 2-person team of Category Managers + 2 additional dotted line reports

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

o Owned Total Temp State Trade Marketing Budget for Walmart ($300M)o Influenced decision makers at GMI headquarters for financial support of Walmart Region needso Recognized with annual Cross Functional Excellence award by WM Customer Teamo 1 of 2 within Trade Marketing Division awarded annual “Top Performer” by VP of Trade Marketing

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

o Owned Yoplait Strategy, Volume, Distribution, and Trade Spending at Kroger o $250 Million Annual Saleso Outpaced TTL US Yoplait $ Growth by +4pts, Units +7ptso Grew Merchandising at Kroger +2.5% vs. TTL US -3.0%o Grew Distribution at every shelf reset (+3 vs. TTL US)o Managed 2 person team + Summer Intern

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

o Optimized Walmart Frozen Department Categroy sizes and adjacencies that generated increase of $130MM in saleso Part of the team that secured Sam’s Club TTL Frozen Department Advisorshipo Provided insights and recomendations that led to department space/adjacency overhaul of Dry, Refrigerated, and Frozen grocery departments at Sam'so Advisorship results.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

o Manage semi-annual planning and distribution meetings across 7 Frozen categorieso Coordinate execution of corporate sales plan by working with various division reps across the country

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

o Generate on target data analysis and insights contributing to accomplishment of DSMP goalso Manage inventory and forecast through product recall and subsequent 6 month allocation

Columbus, OH, US