Jacquelyn Schneider

Jacquelyn Schneider has worked in the food industry since 2002. Jacquelyn began their career as a Category Analyst at ALBERTSONS JEWEL-OSCO, where they were responsible for research, analysis and interpretation of local price, space, promotional, consumer and competitive data. In 2004, they moved to Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc. as a Category Manager, where they led the Grocery team's assortment buying and advertising of Natural & Organic and managed the 3rd largest conventional desk for 165+ retail grocery locations. In 2012, they became the National Supplier Merchandising Manager at UNFI, where they had full portfolio management of 285+ natural food suppliers across 13 distributor warehouses. In 2014, they were hired as a Sr. Specialty and Gourmet Food Buyer at Bed Bath & Beyond, where they sourced branded foods, researched and analyzed emerging category trends and built specialty food assortments. In 2015, they were hired as a Sales Manager at Heavenly Organics, where they oversaw all aspects of natural, conventional and foodservice channels for the East/Central US. Finally, in 2017, they were hired as the Vice President of Sales and Analytics at Wedderspoon, where they were instrumental in the company achieving growth from a small base to the largest Manuka Honey company in North America with over a 58% share. Jacquelyn also oversaw national, regional and independent accounts with corporate accountability for distributors UNFI and KeHE, and delivered all sales insights by channel and key retailer via the analysis of data from Nielsen, Spins, IRI, and 84.

Jacquelyn Schneider has a diverse educational background. In 2010-2011, they obtained a Six Sigma Green Belt from SIGMA BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. in the field of Lean Six Sigma. In 2015, they completed a course from Natural Products Consulting Institute titled "Becoming a More Effective Sales Manager in the Natural and Specialty Channel" in the field of Sales Management. Jacquelyn has also attended Milwaukee Area Technical College for Marketing Management and NEW HORIZONS COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER for the Excel Masters Program. Additionally, they have a certification in Lean Six Sigma Green Belt from SBTI.