Jacob Divish

Experience

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  Southdale YMCA

  Dec 2002 - Aug 2012

  Program Leader, Inclusion Specialist

  • Provide care for approximately 30 children, 5-12 years of age• Planned, developed, organized, and scheduled creative and active events for the children• Developed interpersonal skills while working in teams • Develop patience working with children who have special needs/developmental disabilities

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  KLH

  Oct 2013 - Mar 2014

  Account Executive

  • Build and maintain relationships with prospects and customers• Business development: Cold calling, warm calling and setting appointments• Prospect and generate leads• Time management maintain and update CRM

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  SUPERVALU

  Jul 2014 - Jul 2019

  • Build and maintain project work plans/schedules for Supervalu Private Brand projects (300+ new items/year and maintenance projects for Supervalu’s 7,000+ item portfolio)• Manage weekly meetings with cross-functional team to monitor and report on project progress to ensure timelines are kept and all required process steps are followed for implementation.• Work with Supervalu’s 400+ vendors to communicate project requirements and expectations.• Gather pertinent information on Private Brand projects. Escalate project issues and/or risks to leadership.• Manage vendor interface with Traceone Product Lifecycle Maintenance (PLM) system. Manage Supervalu’s portion in PLM for portfolio of 7,000+ item portfolio.• Manage and negotiate with vendors for Supervalu Private Branded marketing items.• Completed other assignments as assigned (expo, new item pipeline tracker, product launch). Show less • Seasonal lead- Responsible for setting 1,500-4,000 seasonal items in Supervalu online ordering system for retail clients. • Expert in Supervalu buying and retail ordering system.• Sort, file and maintain invoices, reports and other departmental documents.• Compiled information and data from multiple Supervalu sources to import into department reports for management.• Completed other assignments as assigned.• Help train temporary and new hire employees on the Supervalu systems. Show less

  • Brands Project Manager

    Mar 2016 - Jul 2019

  • Department Specialist

    Jul 2014 - Mar 2016
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  UNFI

  Jul 2019 - Nov 2020

  Import Sales Analyst
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  SunOpta

  Jan 2021 - now

  Commercialization Manager