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Korena Tyrer

Korena Tyrer

Norwood,NC

Summary

Dynamic track record of managing job responsibilities and increasing sales while establishing and exceeding clients expectations. Over 25 years of experience with management, procurement, and negotiations of military commissaries sales while concurrently possessing strong persuasion skills, interpersonal skills and ability to influence others.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Manager

Acosta Sales & Marketing
Fayetteville, NC
01.2017 - 09.2023
  • Effectively managed CCNA & Fairlife Nutrition, Hostess Brands, Pompeian, Truvia, Domino Sugar, SUJA, Health Ade, Playtex- Diaper Genie, Nestle.
  • Managed client brands, pulling Nielson and IRI data for category reviews, pricing and impact of higher than category margin expectations.
  • Business planning to ensure sales and growth development.
  • Communicated with all four distributors shipping product to military. Ensuring suitable inventory, new items setup and PO meeting cross dock deliveries to both Europe and Pacific.
  • Met with Divisional, Regional and field personnel communication the expectations of the client, relaying growth, opportunities and upcoming expectations.
  • Worked closely with the DECA buyers for both category reviews, margin, new items, opportunities, Hot Deals, Power Buys, shippers, OTB opportunities.
  • Connected with advertisement support communicating clients needs for promotional activity with coupon support, and advertisement.
  • Pulled NARS data from field support to both show execution of client's expectations, but results from our field.
  • Worked effectively in Vendor Portal to setup promotions aligned with DECA's scheduling dates.

Supply Chain Manager

Acosta Sales & Marketing
Fayetteville, NC
05.2020 - 04.2021
  • Successfully communicated and set up distributor levels to meet sales targets and manage inventory for all ACOSTA clients.
  • Utilized distributor reporting data to generate accurate inventory reports for four warehouse locations catering to military commissaries. The generated Laser Dart and OTB Tracker reports offer detailed insights into the availability of new items, promotions, OTB setup, sales activity as well as current on-hand balances.

NESTLE Business Manager

Acosta Sales & Marketing
Fayetteville , NC
01.2019 - 05.2020
  • Managed Nestle Ice Cream, Pizza, Cocoa and Ambient brands.
  • Collaborated with DSD team to meet client expectations.
  • Managed budgeting, forecasting, salvage, and promotions using ISW and Osprey.
  • Presented and aligned appointments with DECA for Category Reviews, Brand Margins, and growth development of Category needs and expectations.
  • Utilized Nielson and IRI data to analyze category performance, sales trends, and identify new product opportunities.

Sr. Sales Representative

Acosta Sales & Marketing
Fayetteville, NC
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Strategically planned and executed multiple key promotions within the allocated 24 display periods.
  • Utilized NARS to achieve efficient CPG distribution and meet client expectations.
  • Managed team of merchandisers and vendor stockers to optimize product availability and support promotional brands and activities.
  • Effectively communicated new stocker setups with Primeteam services, ensuring prompt employee payment processing.
  • Implemented strategies to successfully achieve retail sales objectives for my assigned territory.

Education

Associate of Science - Business Management

CVCC
Phenix City, AL
06-2003

Skills

  • Business Planning
  • Policy Implementation
  • Operations Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Documentation And Reporting
  • Business Development
  • Budget Administration
  • Customer Service
  • Partnership Development
  • Client Relationship Management
  • Issue Resolution
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Team Building and Leadership
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Marketing Management
  • Decision-Making
  • Data Collection
  • Negotiation
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Documentation proficiency
  • Budget Creation
  • Business generation
  • Financial Management

Affiliations

  • I am a family person who loves her partner and children. God brought me into this world to love and nurture. I also enjoy quilting, sewing, reading,hiking and camping, but my therapy comes from having my hands in dirt. I love to see things grow, bloom and create sweet yummy smells and food to eat.

Timeline

Supply Chain Manager

Acosta Sales & Marketing
05.2020 - 04.2021

NESTLE Business Manager

Acosta Sales & Marketing
01.2019 - 05.2020

Business Manager

Acosta Sales & Marketing
01.2017 - 09.2023

Sr. Sales Representative

Acosta Sales & Marketing
01.2017 - 01.2019

Associate of Science - Business Management

CVCC
Korena Tyrer