Experiences at Pharmavite

* Supported top grocery accounts Albertsons, Safeway, Kroger, HEB and Ahold by providing recommendations and post-event analyses on trade promotions, resulting in ROI improvement of +44% vs. year ago and increase of 177% in profit.
* Managed $10 MM trade funds and collaborated with Sales Directors to forecast trade spending and incremental revenue on a quarterly basis, improving trade efficiency by +9%.
* Initiated joint venture with Kroger's Private Label, which was unique to the customer and well received by the retailer's upper management. Project involved leading a cross-functional team to set up a third party co-packer and alignment on legal, credit, financial and logistical terms among the three entities. Event is part of the largest promotional month in the history of Pharmavite, LLC at Kroger and is currently forecasted to bring in $1.2 MM incremental business, with probable annual repeats....

Work closely with R&D to develop new products for the Taiwan, Korean and Mainland Chinese markets. Interfaced with Finance, Demand Planning, Art & Design, Package Engineering and other departments in order to develop and launch new product lines and skus into the previously mentioned markets. Worked closely with customers in Taiwan and Korea to ensure the product met customer needs and specifications; worked with logility and frieght forwarders to ensure timely delivery of finished goods....

Project Leader: Prepared Vital Data Analysis, Charts and Spreadsheets, to support Management Objectives and to avoid Company Liability Issues. The Director of IT sent my Data Analysis to IBM for them to pre-configure a New Production I Series.
Technical Writing: Documented Procedures - Manager Said "This was the best documentation he had ever seen." Programming: Wrote CL Programs that worked with Helpsystems/Robot
Support Technician: Serviced and Troubleshot LXE Radio Frequency devices...