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ANDREA BUKEN

Loveland,OH

Summary

Over 25 years of experience in the CPG industry ranging from store level, customer contracts and retail knowledge in a grocery brokerage, and years of corporate level vendor and store research to reduce shrink and assist in inventory research. Possess strong skills in handling multiple tasks concurrently and accomplishing by target dates. I am very enthusiastic about maintaining an elevated level of accuracy and professionalism all while fulfilling assigned responsibilities.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Sales Analyst

Presence Marketing
03.2020 - 11.2024
  • Created Weekly, Bi-Weekly and Period Reporting (Dashboards and Scorecards) for all Brands.
  • Create weekly OOS reporting for DSD Brands to ensure product was reaching all mapped stores. Analyze and compare OOS’s to sales and promotion periods!
  • Analyze weekly EDI 895 reports for backdoor setup issues, as well as pricing issues.
  • Reporting and Tracking of all Kroger Kompass Period New Items to ensure the items are set up at Kroger and product has been received by all mapped stores. Work directly with merchandising teams to receive new item set photos, signage and coupons.
  • Creates performance reviews on Kompass New Items. Tracking store orders, shipments and out of stocks to ensure all mapped stores are ordering and receiving shipments.
  • Create monthly/yearly business reviews for executive meetings with Kroger Corp and Division Management for all areas of the business.
  • Create new item sales presentations for new item reviews with Kroger Corp Category Management. Providing sales trends and rank within a given commodity, detail product information, and product placement. Working directly with Vendor’s for item setup within the Kroger portal.

Sales Analyst

UNFI
01.2018 - 03.2020
  • Create weekly OOS reporting for Kroger West Banners to provide details on both Brand and Item level OOS’s. Analyze and compare UNFI over all service level and UNFI Controllable service level.
  • Created a forecasting tool for all Vendor promotions to ensure Planned Demand dollars are placed to support the stores incoming orders.
  • Analyze weekly and monthly EDI 832 reports to ensure products are set up correctly in both Kroger Database and UNFI. Reporting and Tracking of all Kroger Kompass Period New Items to ensure the items are set up at UNFI and product is in house two weeks prior to the Kroger Kompass Reset Date.
  • Creates performance reviews on Kompass New Items. Tracking store orders, shipments and out of stocks to ensure all mapped stores are ordering and receiving shipments.
  • Create monthly/yearly business reviews for executive meetings with Kroger Corp and Division Management for all areas of the business.
  • Create new item sales presentations for new item reviews with Kroger Corp Category Management. Providing sales trends and rank within a given commodity, detail product information, product placement. Working directly with Vendor’s for item setup within the Kroger portal.

Corp Commodity Rep

Tyson Foods
01.2016 - 12.2017
  • Review and competitively price Commodity School Bids to be awarded the rights to process the schools allotted USDA Commodity Food pounds into products that follow the USDA School lunch program.
  • Work directly with school administrative to provide products that are both healthy and wanted by school age children.
  • Maintain and track over one hundred million pounds of USDA Beef, Chicken, Fruit, Peanut Butter, and Pork allocated to the schools in the Mid-West. Also, maintained daily transfers of pounds to and from the State Accounts to the Schools Accounts.
  • Build strong relationships with USDA coordinators in each State to ensure that all allotted pounds are used correctly and processed into safe products for school aged children.
  • Directly report and provide monthly required USDA reports on Pound Usage and Grading Certificates

Corp Retail Ops DSD/SBT Analyst

Kroger Go
05.2012 - 11.2016
  • Developed and maintained reports to research Direct Store Delivery (DSD) Vendors for duplicate payments or missed credits, resulting in recovering over $2.5 Million in Shrink Dollars.
  • Created weekly executive reports highlighting vendor shipping accuracy for all DSD ASN vendors. Also managed store level testing to ensure both the store and vendor were performing at or above 99.80% accuracy on all deliveries. Perform weekly vendor management calls with Coca Cola, Pepsi, Frito Lay, Kellogg’s Snacks and Crescent Crown.
  • Created and maintained the Zero Credit Report, which provides stores with the ability to see how often DSD vendors are running store credits.
  • Assist in developing receiving Best Practices.
  • Coach and Train store staff on best practices for 5S standards, backroom safety and security standards, receiving and processing all daily invoices for product received and weekly processing of store paperwork.

Retail Analysts

Acosta Sales and Marketing
08.2001 - 05.2012
  • Track and analyzed data to ensure validity of results for Kompass Resets, New Item Cut In’s, Weekly AD Promotions and Store Events for all departments.
  • Created score cards and presentations for various internal and external clients and customers for business reviews and new client interviews.
  • Communicate results to Business Managers and Field Management teams for AD promotions, pricing, and shelving/space management.
  • Processed and validated deductions for the Top 5 Key Client Account’s, as well as collections for invalid deduction invoices.
  • Reviewed customer contracts with Kroger Co to ensure accuracy to the vendor’s date base for Kats Allowances, Billbacks, Off Invoices and Slotting Fees
  • Responsible for managing and maintaining vendor prepaid accounts with Kroger Co along with reconciling vendor’s closed promotional plans.

Education

Marketing and Business Management

University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

Skills

  • Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, and Outlook
  • DSD Host, Venus, Pog Dog, MRS, 8451 OnDemand, Stratum, Power BI
  • ProcessorLink, Interflex, Vendor Book, Business Objective’s, Extra, DSD Host
  • Chaintrack and DAR, Natural Insights, DMS, Apollo, Account Review, Trade Point and Claimdex

Timeline

Sales Analyst

Presence Marketing
03.2020 - 11.2024

Sales Analyst

UNFI
01.2018 - 03.2020

Corp Commodity Rep

Tyson Foods
01.2016 - 12.2017

Corp Retail Ops DSD/SBT Analyst

Kroger Go
05.2012 - 11.2016

Retail Analysts

Acosta Sales and Marketing
08.2001 - 05.2012

Marketing and Business Management

University of Cincinnati

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