Jon Watterson

Manager, Retail Customers @Bimbo Bakeries USA

Denver, CO, US

Manager, Retail Customers: Work with two (2) Buyers in Safeway Denver & Albertsons Intermountain divisions (now combined into one \"Mountain West\" Division) to grow their overall Commercial Bread/Sweet Baked Goods categories and to achieve BBU goals/profitability. Communicate & collaborate daily with all BBU departments, including Field Sales, Finance, Revenue Growth Management, & Sales Planning (Forecasting). Maintain and leverage relationships with Alb Swy field personnel.Key Contributions:• Implemented three Fixture programs in five months at 122-store Safeway Denver (mostly CO/WY) from Oct. 2024 thru Feb. 2025: o Dairy Cooler Shipper/Stack-Base of Thomas/Entenmann’s (41 stores; Oct. ’24)o Rustik Rack (77 stores; Jan. ’24)o Entenmann’s Cake Tables (92 stores; Feb. ’25)• Awarded Summer Bun Program (Supplier) at Swy Denver in 2025, resulting in three permanent Fixtures from May thru Labor Day: Grill Display Ball Park, Shipper Artesano (Buns), Shipper Ball Park • Increased BBU $$ Share at Safeway Denver L24W 2025 (thru Aug. 10):o +6.5 Sweet Baked Goods (+$280.1K)o +0.3 Commercial Bread• Increased Rustik Oven (Artisan) sales from $559K in 2020 (rollout of May ‘19) to $1.98 MM YTD 2025• Implemented best-in-class Sara Lee Artesano bread block in Spring 2022 in Safeway Denver, helping make Artesano (bread) a $1.5M brand in 2024, up from $977K in 2020.• Currently managing transition of Albertsons Safeway’s \"Safeway Denver\" & \"Albertsons Intermountain\" Divisions into one entity (“Rocky Mountain”)

Princeton University

Bachelor of Arts, History