Matthew Grenter

Experience

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  SAFEWAY STORES

  Nov 1999 - Sept 2003

  Assistant Department Manager

  Assistant Controller- Fresh department, 06/2001 to 10/2003Safeway Stores PLC – Glastonbury, SomersetAssisted the department controller in managing team of 15 staff in the Fresh meat, Dairy andBread department.6 Month secondment on Stock Management department, Manged team of 7 staff. Tasked withimplementing shelf plans, and managing stock inventory for entire store.Supervised, trained and developed team members in accordance with company policies andprocedures.Conducted weekly sales meetings with team members to establish merchandising, sales andprofit objectives.Received, inspected and logged all products for accuracy of shipment, temperature and quality.Refilled and rotated items on shelves to maintain well-stocked inventory.Scanned shelves and product cases for expired stock and discarded outdated or spoiled items.Sales Assistant, 11/1999 to 06/2001Safeway Stores PLC – Glastonbury, SomersetPart time job while in College educationRefilled and rotated items on shelves to maintain well-stocked inventory.Scanned shelves and product cases for expired stock and discarded outdated or spoiled items.Cleaned grocery shelves, storage area and work areas and kept floors free of spills, water andhazardous debris.Verified all deliveries against invoices and completed shortage and overage reports. Show less

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  Brioche Pasquier UK

  Oct 2003 - now

  Retail Sales Manager, 01/2012 to CurrentManage a portfolio of 5 Multiple Retail accounts totaling £10 million in sales.Oversaw sales forecasting,and performance reporting for all accounts.Increased turnover on accounts through implementation of successful promotional plan andlisting of new and exclusive products.Since mid 2017, moved Focus away from retail multiple accounts, to the C store Sector.Set up and created new Project for C store sales team. Managed 3 sales interns, tasked withvisiting c stores and driving additional volumes through existing cash and carry business.Set up training plan and KPI to ensure Sales team achieving required targetsSales Manager- regional wholsalers, 01/2010 to 12/2012Junior account mangement role reporting to Commercial director. Managed a portfolio of 4 Regional retail wholesaler accounts totaling £500K in sales. Negotiated prices, terms of sale and service agreements.Oversaw sales forecasting, goal setting and performance reporting for all accounts.Researching and prospecting additional new customers in this area. Sales Assistant, 10/2003 to 12/2010Brioche Pasquier Uk – South West Region In store merchandiser as part of Retail sales TeamManaged a portfolio of 200+ Supermarkets, Visiting larger stores every 2 weeks, and smallerstores monthly. All major Uk multiples visited.Ensuring store compliance of agreed shelf plans.Resolving out of stock and order/forecast issues in store.Communicating and implementing agreed promotional plans in store.Negotiating with staff and implementing promotional off shelf and shipper displays.Building long standing relationships with staff in store to drive retail sales.Conducting in store product tastings monthly to attract new customers to the product.Conducting Consumer panels and focus groups to collect consumer data for analysis by themarketing team. Show less

  • Foodservice sales manager

    Sept 2019 - now

  • Retail Sales Manager

    Oct 2004 - now

  • Sales Manager

    Oct 2003 - now