1. John A. Mikita
PO Box 65
Paoli PA 19301
610-246-9969
Jamikita@verizon.net
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-mikita/76/944/7b1
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Focused and driven Manager and Sales Professional with a proven history of success. Nationally recognized Sales
Manager, Experienced Team Leader, Business Manager, and Safety Manager determined to exceed performance
expectations. Dependable, Organized manager and team member and strong communicator working in the Retail and
Consumer Package Industry to create, inform, and implement marketing programs, goals, objectives and follow through
planning.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Impact Marketing, A Division Of Acosta Marketing, Representing Kehe 2016-Present
A Representative of a Retail Marketing Team, Serving Acme Markets with the fastest growing categories of Organic, Gluten Free,
and Gourmet products available in the market place today.
Retail Marketing Specialist
• Individually responsible for two stores with Total Store Sales Dollar Volumes over $750k per week total sales, and
merchandising 400 cases per stop two times a week, and a two others with $350K per week avg. sales and 200 cases
per stop average
• Secondary call on three additional stores with Total Store Sales Dollar Volume of $350K-$750k, with avg. case volume
ranging from 300 to 500 cases per week.
• Responsible for securing secondary placement of display shippers, rotation of all product
• Responsible for customer relations, fomenting strategies to develop retail relationships to drive sales, and increase
secondary merchandising opportunities, as well as ensuring a high level of trust and confidence in the needs of my
stores and the needs of store managements in achieving mutually supportive sales goals and service levels.
Extra Space Storage 2015-2016
The fastest growing self-storage company in the United States with growth indexing at 23% across US
Assistant Manger
• Responsible For Sales, Facilities Management, Maintenance, and Customer Service Manager
• Home property in Malvern secured monthly profits of $127,430 on average with 2.6% growth annually, up 7 basis
points since my arrival
• Google reviews increased from zero to average of four per month after creating program to increase recognition, 3 out
of every four mentioned my customer service in particular.
Acme Markets 2004-2012
The largest subsidiary of Supervalu and the second largest retail grocery chain in the Tri-State Area with 116 stores, 13,000
employees, and $1.74B in annual sales.
Assistant Store Director I – Fresh Market Director
• Managed day to day front office store operations in accordance with, and in place of, the Store Director in locations
with sales volumes of $21MM-$31MM and 45 to 165 employees
• Managed inventory resources and all back office operations across all departments to assure profitable performance
and maintain maximum 5% total excess inventory
• Planned, implemented, and executed all corporate and divisional programming including budget administration,
benchmarking, Safety Team Leader, implementing all policies and procedures, project planning, change
management, and regulatory reporting for Center Store and Perishable Departments.
• Oversaw the appropriation, utilization, and follow through of all Planning, Sales, and Ordering tools across all
departments
• Programmed and organized with six to eight team leaders for all display formats including free standing, end caps,
aisle displays, and display format outside to present appealing presence for our customers

2. John A. Mikita
PO Box 65
Paoli PA 19301
610-246-9969
Jamikita@verizon.net
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-mikita/76/944/7b1
MDP Program – Retail Specialist NAPTG, Bucks County 2004-2005
• Finished Fiscal 2006 5th
in the Northeast and 12th
in sales for total US
• Personal sales of $183K in Warrington Home Depot in December 2006, a class C store, led Hilti to initiate installing a
Sales Center in that location
• Managed policies and procedures, benchmarking, change management, data analysis, as well as ordering, point of
sales material, primary and multiple incremental secondary displays for seven Home Depots ranging from AA to C
stores, $1MM+-$300K weekly volume
Philadelphia School District 2003-2004
Inner city school district, taught at Woodrow Wilson Middle School, one of the most diverse schools in Philadelphia with
over 32 different nationalities of students.
Seventh Grade Literacy and Math Teacher, Sixth Grade Social Studies Teacher
• Constructivist Literacy, Reading, Math, and Social studies teacher
• Managed curriculum, developed all lesson plans, and assessment of reading and language skill levels
• Managed the on site development, facilitation, and enjoining of a totally new Social Studies Curriculum in 2003
• Managed intervention skill building programs
• Taught ESL Summer School for third through fifth graders and Voyager after school literacy program
C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. 2000-2000
Largest grocery wholesaler in the US, providing groceries, HBC, cigarettes, and frozen food service to six major grocery
chains across ten states.
Account Executive
• Managed all day-to-day aspects of client product management, for Grocery, HBC, Frozen Food and Tobacco, in
addition to front and back office operations, budget administration, production schedules, data analysis, and
benchmarking for Giant of Carlisle, a $780M account
• Created and managed all Ad forecasting, seasonal programming, logistics, pricing, reserves, authorization, SKU
rationalization, and seasonality indices
• Liaison between Giant Category Management and C&S procurement, and logistics teams as well as Consumer
Package Goods companies grocery, frozen food, tobacco, and limited HBC items
Creative Products Resources, Inc. 1998-2000
Creative Products was a product innovator and designer for the Consumer Package Goods industry.
Regional Sales Manager, Northeast-Mid Atlantic Regions
• Oversaw all aspects of $9M in sales for 12 Food, Military, and Drug Brokers while personally calling on CVS and Rite
Aid, the largest Drug Chains in Dollar sales in 2000
• Managed planning, forecasting, budgeting, fulfillment, category management, budget administration, change
management, project planning and data analysis of syndicated data to develop retail programming.
• Managed product growth indexing 350% against Category growth, with manufacturer sales up 19.4% during the
last twelve months of employment
• Lead team member successfully making Custom Cleaner® the number three item in the specialty laundry category,
with the Refill at number 14
EDUCATION
Master of Science Degrees in Elementary Education and Instructional Technology, Drexel University 2003
Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Economics and Political Science, Temple University 1991
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
Fluent in all aspects of Microsoft Office programs, Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, and Outlook, limited mastery of Apple
systems, I film, and Microsoft Office for Apple.