Libby Bridges

Background

About Libby Bridges

Results-driven Vice President with 20 years of cross-functional success specializing in Food and Beverage spanning sales, marketing, customer development/trade marketing, revenue growth management, category management, large enterprise trade planning and forecasting software and SAP implementations, and business analytics. Experience working in both warehouse and DSD distribution models across multiple categories in center store grocery, snacking, frozen, commercial and in-store fresh bakery, deli, and baby. Success growing mature household brands, developing private label items from ideation through sales cycle management, and launching large branded innovation platforms. Company experience ranges from privately-held cooperatives to multiple Fortune 500 companies. Tenacity to continually over-deliver objectives on challenged categories, with a proven track record in accurate annual planning, P&L management, mining insights and turning them into actionable growth plans, customer negotiation, innovation and new item development, team leadership, relationship building, and people growth, change management, and innovative strategy. Creative problem solver who draws inspiration from finding new solutions to challenges in a fast-paced environment.