dan gemeiner

president

About

An innovative and passionate executive who consistently achieves exceptional revenue and profit results in tough financial environments. Demonstrated ability to develop and execute strategies that foster collaboration with employees, vendors and customers leading to the growth or establishment of consumer brands and private label in the consumer products arena both in the traditional and natural segments . Intuitively successful at assessing team dynamics, establishing credibility, addressing core issues and facilitating solutions embraced by team members

Country

united states

City

fort myers

Industry

consumer goods

Skill

product development, national accounts, grocery, private label, category management, business building, consumer products, business, management, product innovation, cross functional team leadership, fmcg, marketing strategy, categorization, pricing, retail, sales operations, sales, business planning, merchandising, key account development, customer insight, forecasting, profit, p&l management, competitive analysis, shopper marketing, income statement, strategy, iri, budgets, sales management, product marketing, marketing management, new business development, strategic planning, key account management, market planning, account management, inventory management, negotiation, brand management, marketing, pricing strategy

Experience

president

jmj consulting

2016-5 - Present · 10 yrs 5 mos

national account manager of sales and marketing

russos retail

2013-12 - 2016-4 · 2 yrs 5 mos

* National Account Manager of Sales and Marketing * Recruited to prepare branded and private label products for national distribution. Responsible for creating budgetary processes, analyzing and reducing production costs, developing and implementing pricing policy and promotional programs, increasing U.S. grocery and Natural Channel distribution, as well as developing sales and promotion analytical tools. * Attained new distribution at HEB, Costco, Wegmans, Topco, Shoprite, Harris Teeter, Raleys, Smart & Final, Delhaize, and Whole Foods * Increased branded product revenues in excess of 20% * Created Excel spreadsheet model to efficiently and accurately generate product quotes * Increased weekly SKU unit shelf velocity by 25% * Eliminated out of stocks and late customer deliveries * Responsible for managing, attending, and budgeting for national trade shows * Interviewed and set up broker network

director of sales and marketing

american premier products

2011-1 - 2013-11 · 2 yrs 11 mos

* Responsible for business building of a multi national wet wipe producing company with over twenty five different wipe products which cross over * many different categories in all classes of trade * Put in place national broker network * Developed Sell sheets and new sales presentation * Gained new distribution at Walgreens * Gained new distribution at Topco * Gained new distribution at Shoppers Drug Mart * Gained new distribution at Kinray Drug * Gained new distribution at Chain Drug Consortium

regional vice president of sales

u.s. cotton, llc

2006-5 - 2010-9 · 4 yrs 5 mos

* Responsible for the sales of cosmetic grade cotton products to all classes of trade within the United States and Canada with the majority being Private label. (cotton swabs, cotton rounds, squares & cotton balls). * Major customers include CVS, Safeway, Rite Aid, BJ’s, Publix, Dollar Tree, Dollar General and HEB * Grew CVS business 25% in two years through innovative promotion and gaining new items * Responsible for maintaining existing customers as well as bringing on new customers. Total personal dollar responsibility 38 million. * Received CVS private label vendor of the year in 2009 * Successful at maintaining and growing bottom line profitability while increasing top line sales, * Grew HEB business by 30% in the last year by strong promotional activity and new distribution * Totally involved in the entire Private Label process from start to finish. * Managed the entire Canadian market for three years. Grew business from 9.5 million to 11 million * Hired and trained administrative assistant * Maintained and grew relationships to insure US Cotton remained the supplier of choice.