Rick Greene

Experience

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  STOP & SHOP SUPERMARKET COMPANY

  Jan 1982 - Jan 1996

  Managed pricing strategies across all Stop & Shop stores; consolidated processes across three divisional offices; created common analyses methods and communications to Senior ManagementDeveloped strategic financial management reporting tools; collaborated with several areas within the organization to improve store profitability impacting all categories of the P&LManaged implementation of several marketing projects including EFT, in-store music and messaging, touch screen customer information kiosks and deli ordering terminals. Partnered with internal resources in Marketing, Finance, IT, Operations and Law in successful development of these applications Show less

  • MANAGER ANALYTICAL SUPPORT

    Jan 1989 - Jan 1996

  • SENIOR MANAGEMENT SCIENCE ANALYST

    Jan 1984 - Jan 1989

  • JUNIOR MANAGEMENT SCIENCE ANALYST

    Jan 1982 - Jan 1984
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  Stop & Shop

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1999

  Business Consultant

  Reported indirectly to the CEO at Stop & Shop, Executive sponsor for several merchandising projects Was appointed the Pricing expert throughout all the Ahold companies. Created business financial justifications and provided regular updates to Senior Management throughout the Ahold organization. Conducted an extensive pilot with several elasticity packages to determine an approach for Ahold USA. Organized the selection of stores and products for testing as well as the contractual interaction with the vendors. Show less

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  AHOLD USA

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2004

  STRATEGIC PRICING MANAGER

  International group of quality supermarkets based in the US and Europe with 700+ grocery stores in three six chains.; Developed and directed Business Process and Pricing Systems across 6 Operating companies from PA eastward; gained consensus and built applications to meet different ways to "go to market" (Hi-Lo vs. EDLP).Designed and guided development of several key pricing applications while developing common business process across six companiesServed as critical resource to all Operating Companies in development of strategies and assessment of competitive strengths and weaknesses by analyzing competitive environment in diverse marketsSelected by CEO to help fix business issues at Bi-Lo chain; improved competitive position by 4-5 points against low priced competitors without reducing overall marginsWorked with Senior Management in Corporate Organizational Planning and Integration involving both long-term strategic planning and short-term tactical efforts to manage business throughout transition Show less

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  BJ's Wholesale Club Inc.

  Aug 2004 - Aug 2008

  Ass't Vice President Price Management

  Demonstrated to Senior Management the critical need for a new centralized pricing department and spearheaded effort to create, hire, manage and train all personnel including procurement of all necessary resources. This endeavor resulted in improved margins and better processes regarding competitive analyses and strategic planning.

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  Pristine Infotech, Inc.

  Sept 2008 - Mar 2010

  VP Pricing Analytics

  Developed business process and requirements definition for creation of software applications used to improve financial results for customers Key resource for application design, development, testing and implementationCreated and presented business proposals, ROI analyses and client web-ex presentations.

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  DeMatteo Monness Research

  Nov 2008 - Nov 2009

  Independent Retail Consultant
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  Tops Markets

  Mar 2010 - Nov 2019

  Director of Price Management
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  CASCADES CONTAINERBOARD PACKAGING, A DIV. OF CASCADES HOLDING US INC

  Oct 2021 - Oct 2022

  US Estimation Manager
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  C&S Wholesale Grocers

  Oct 2022 - now

  Director - Retail Strategy