Carrie Shambarger

Carrie Shambarger is an experienced professional in category management and marketing, currently serving as Senior Category Manager at Central Restaurant Products since 2000. In this role, Carrie develops and presents semi-annual strategies to achieve sales and margins goals, oversees product sourcing, and has held various positions including chief promotions coordinator and project coordinator. Carrie transitioned from Marketing Specialist Lead, where responsibilities included organizing team workloads and conducting meetings, and was one of the first members of the Category Management team when it was established in 2006. Previous experience includes serving as an Executive Assistant at the American Red Cross (Greater Arkansas Chapter), where duties involved preparing reports and managing donor interactions. Carrie holds a Master of Library & Information Science from Indiana University Indianapolis and a Bachelor of Science in Emergency Management and Spanish from Arkansas Tech University.