Trent Nehls

Director - Walgreens at Mars Wrigley Confectionery

Role
Director - Walgreens at Mars
Location
Powell, OH, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Trent Nehls

Proven sales leader with over 25 years of experience and the ability to develop strategies and provide solutions. Track record of developing customer executive relationships to deliver mutually beneficial results. Proficient in managing national accounts and leveraging category analytics and revenue management to create strategic plans that drive profitable growth. Ability to develop strong teams and a culture of entrepreneurial thinking to achieve results.

Experience

  1. Director - Walgreens

    Mars

    Nov 2018 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

    Manage team of 4 field-based account managers representing $300M annual sales. Responsible developing associates as well as transformation of the business including delivering P&L shape improvement targets, effective management of $35M trade budget as well as developing and influencing strategic initiatives across all aspects of the business.• P&L Shape: Reduced trade rate -540bps, trade spend -44% and non-working trade -$9M• Profitability: Improved profitability +1,300bps (from 87 index to Total US in 2019 to 109 index in 2022)• Assortment Efficiency: Reduced SKUs -22.8% while increasing velocity / productivity +20.2%• Trade Spend Efficiency: Trade Leverage Index 135.3 the highest of any customer in the company• 2021 Horizon Award for Financial Shape Excellence

Education

  • Miami University

    BS, Marketing

    1988 — 1992

  • DePaul Driehaus College of Business

    MBA, Marketing

    1999 — 2001

Skills

  • Fmcg
  • Brand Management
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Marketing Research
  • Shopper Marketing
  • Ac Nielsen
  • Customer Marketing
  • Categorization
  • Trade Marketing
  • Consumer Products
  • Grocery
  • Customer Insight
  • Iri
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Nielsen

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