WEST NYACK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Promotion Optimization Institute (POI), the leading resource for trade marketing and merchandising executives, announced today the addition of six business leaders to the POI Certified Collaborative Marketer (CCM)™ Education Advisory Board. The new board members are Tom Burkemper, senior director of Category Management/Trade Marketing for Anheuser-Busch InBev; Jim Hertel, managing partner, Willard Bishop; Scott McCulloch, senior director of Merchandising/Category Management, Duane Reade; Joseph Tallarico, global director, Unilever; Randy Mangum, senior director of Pricing, Winn-Dixie Stores; and Win Weber, chairman, chief executive officer, Winston Weber & Associates.
“I am very pleased to welcome all six of our new board members," said Michael Kantor, CEO of the POI. "All of the new board members are highly respected and established leaders across the retail and CPG industry. We are very fortunate that they are all willing to lend their talents and counsel to the POI.”
The POI Education Advisory Board (PEAB) has overall responsibility for evaluating and validating the Certified Collaborative Marketer CCM™ curriculum. The Board consists of between fifteen and twenty five members representing academia, retailers, manufacturers, and solutions experts who are appointed to serve two-year terms. Members of the Board are practitioners and educators in the field of sales, marketing and merchandising. The PEAB is created for the purpose of developing and promoting the POI CCM curriculum and certification.
About the Promotion Optimization Institute (POI)
POI brings together manufacturers, retailers, solution providers, analysts, academics and other industry leaders. Members of POI share cross-functional best practices in both structured and informal settings. Additionally, members benefit through our industry alliances, the Certified Collaborative Marketer (CCM) ™ curriculum and certification, industry leadership events, and the Promotional Collaboration Capability Matrix (PCCM). POI aims to instill a financial and metrics-based discipline not typically found with other trade groups. The goal of our innovative approach is collaborative promotion optimization. The focus is on the customer/shopper through sales, marketing, and merchandising strategies. POI is based in West Nyack, New York. To learn more about the POI including how to participate in research, how to register to attend events, and how to engage with leaders on the CCM, visit www.p-o-i.org, or email info@p-o-i.org.
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