burt boudreaux

Managed dual headquarter and retail role for a combination of Kraft refrigerated and grocery categories for J.B. Gottestien in Anchorage Alaska. Managed Sales, business plans, wrote trade deals, and coordinated activities with corporate brand managers in the lower 48.

Indispensable partner for Kraft Target Team providing analytics and retail insights for senior management. Responsibilities included shipment, inventory and consumption analysis to identify opportunities and improve forecast. Leveraged shopper insights, syndicated, and customer data to create and provide standardized reporting for Target and other corporate partners. Analytical thinker with demonstrated talent for identifying, scrutinizing, improving, and streamlining complex work processes while leveraging technology to ensure it’s sustainability. Managed integration of 3rd party vendor tools for Kraft and provided direct support for Target as external validator of new applications and capabilities

Led development and integration of consumer, shopper and retail insights for the Cheese, Breakfast, and Refrigerated Desserts categories for Target. Grew sales and profitability by aligning customer strategy and corporate goals on +$100MM business through collaboration with customer senior managers, account buyers, and Kraft sales. Additional responsibility included support for Coffee and Cookie/Cracker categories and management/support of Customer 3rd party data analytical tool.

Provided computer technical support to Kraft Minneapolis Regional Sales Office which included 6 states and 200 remote sales personnel. Responsible for sales training, issues resolution, computer/network troubleshooting and assets accountability. Responsibilities also included cross functional headquarter team assignments and training of new field sales technicians.