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Charleston, Sc, Us

Charleston, Sc, Us

Ridgeway, Virginia, Us

Developing competitive and technical end uses for all Polypropylene products.

Camden, Nj, Us

Camden, Nj, Us

• Ranked 6th company-wide, earning the Campbell’s Own It Like a Founder award by liaising with all territorial sales representative functions• $1M annual operating growth achieved within plan through effective communication of strategies and tactics,• Manage 104 independent distributors in a territory spanning from Charleston, SC to Savannah, GA.• Improved service metrics by +15% versus prior year, through negotiating customer needs and consumer trends• Outpaced Market share targets by 70bps on bakery, 130bps on Snacks.• Execution champion with 213 permanent displays with +$114K inventory. 80+ Holiday displays won and maintained.• Continually improving speed to market by inspiring trust with the distributor community, driving continuous zone improvements across retailer priorities: Publix's objective achievement, Kroger's new item speed to shelf, Walmart's void closures, Walmart's pouches (12-count), and Bun and Bulkamania.

• Spearheaded projects throughout the entire life cycle, including scoping, requirements gathering, RFP development, client relations, leadership, conflict resolution, budgeting and updates to ensure on-time, within-budget completion.• Supervised 15 employees, delegated tasks, scheduled manpower, and monitored performance, ensuring productivity.• Reduced financial discrepancies by meticulously managing project financials and budgets to focus on zero profit erosion.• Aided leadership and project stakeholders for numerous concurrent projects by producing reports, communicating project status, deviations, or insights, and reporting KPIs, completions, and hours to help facilitate executive decision-making.• Saved 30% in company expenses via effective project management, and interfaced with project stakeholders to communicate project status, escalate risk and issues, and track progress against milestones.

Charleston, South Carolina, Us

• Developed successful brand, image, positioning and service/product launch initiatives for all corporate events.• 40+ company-wide events per month managed with an $8M budget, appointed onto the planning board for the annual company conference, BBCON, and utilized tools to measure marketing strategy impact and brand performance.• Gained audience interest by designing and executing mass media advertising or social media engagement campaigns.• Defined target markets, industries and audiences for marketing, PR, communications or messaging resource allocation.• Strengthened brand awareness by developing marketing strategies to optimize visibility and exposure.• Ensured client satisfaction and retention by cultivating relations and timely offering proactive resolution ideas while driving actionable responses to questions, concerns, or challenges.• Accomplished sales targets by executing complete sales cycle process from prospecting, lead generation, pipeline development, networking and cold-calling through profitable contract negotiations and close.• Created professional pre-sales presentations to creatively communicate product quality/market comparisons

Bachelor'S Degree, Event And Recreation Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Kinesiology And Exercise Science