Vincent Castagna Email & Phone Number

Cave Springs, Ar, Us

Private Label Consulting and accounts management

Stamford, Connecticut, Us

Roswell, Georgia, Us

National Account Manager -Walmart, Walmart.com. Lead sales and development of customer private brand business for brick & mortar and e-commerce in personal care, beauty, health care, OTC, baby care, other consumable categories. I present a diverse and innovative portfolio of shelf-ready formulations as well as custom formulation capabilities to deliver first to market proprietary products - from ideation through flawless commercialization to retail. Coordinate and analyze the white space opportunities with the customer to develop best in class programs.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

Implement new items/programs, and provide program execution support, manage replenishment, performance analytics, strategic planning and coordinate E-commerce execution and digital update of Walmart.com and Sam’s.com portfolio.• In first 60 days, Increased sales over $1M by creating a modular execution evaluation tool to identify and correct distribution voids.• Redefined the supplier / broker relationship work stream and execution of objectives for corporate and retail. Defined reporting metrics, scoped retail actions, and improved broker performance. Sales increased + 20%.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Lead Private Brands product quality and testing protocols for +1,500 items, $8B in sales. Lead quality audits through data deep dives driving root cause analysis and internal team and external vendor elevation.• Reduced consumer complaints in private brands by over 20%.• Spearheaded revisions to product quality protocol/standards with external audit agency and internal teams to improve customer experience• Created the WALMART Private Brands Webinar, a scripted production with Walmart TV. Improved participation of this webinar made it the most successful communication driver for private brands increasing participation rate by more than +30%, adding more than 180 vendors. • Authored a webinar development manual.

Franklin, Ohio, Us

Supervise twenty associates in plant operations, office, sales team, production, purchasing, quality, and logistics. Responsible for P&L, the plant and sales budgets & objectives. Lead new product development, the quality program, Kosher, Organic and SQF certifications, as well as materials acquisition, equipment, supplies, and commodities - domestic and internationally.• First to market industry innovation with two (2) new product delivery systems for foodservice and retail private label.• Created enterprise marketing trade presentations, website development, and trade show participation to strengthen industry presence.• Reduced expenses more than 10% by negotiating contract materials and commodities.

Responsible for the strategic planning and development of the U.S. market for the Simply Kids family of products. Develop and market new products and category entries with the Simply Kids team. Director of the U.S. business development with manufacturers and retailers. • Developed Simply Kids brand execution tactics, website development, supplier & product sourcing, and establishing broker relationships.• Established international and domestic product distribution partnership.• Managed RFP participation for export program and in new customer prospects for retail program development.

Lewisville, Texas, Us

Senior Executive lead, managing a $400 million dollar private brand program in excess of 1,500 products, directing eight (8) associates (business managers, analysts, and modular developers). Wrote and executed strategic plans with the team to achieve annual budget objectives. • Drove the account sales from a $200M program to over $400M in sales.• Lead project management. Launched two (2) new 'tiered' programs, including a total private label program redesign and relaunch.• Created and mentored cross-functional staff development program to develop employee skills and category experience, eliminating department coverage gaps.• Developed the corporate Private Label product quality evaluation program and RFP corporate management procedures.

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National Account Manager. US Region. Accounts included AHOLD (all divisions), Rite Aid Corporation, Wakefern Food Corporation, Pathmark Stores Inc, A&P, Shaw’s Markets, DeMoulas, Millbrook, Price Chopper, and Duane Reade, Winn-Dixie, BJ's Wholesale Club• Drove regional sales +18% (over budget). • Broker Management - Direct and manage work stream for broker reps. in each marketing area. Assist in local retailer managemt the product mix and ensure retail presence through the store and plan-o-gram support. • Created advertising /marketing events with customers.• Coordinated corporate RFP program

Stamford, Ct, Us

Senior Business Manager. Position functions included the sales, marketing, and development of corporate brand items and program development at multiple U.S. locations. • Managed assigned customer accounts in Northeastern PA, Buffalo NY, East Lansing, MI, Syracuse, NY, West Des Moines, IA, and Carteret, NJ.

Bachelor Of Science, Business, Management & Leadership

Aas, Computer And Information Systems