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Michael Dion is a seasoned retail executive with 40 years of experience in merchandising, sales, and management. As the founder of Jacent Strategic Merchandising, he built the largest full-service impulse merchandising organization in North America, serving over 15,000 grocery stores across the US and Canada. His expertise spans overseas manufacturing, automated pick and pack, DSD, store-level merchandising, team building, and M&A.

Experience

  • Self-employed
    • Jupiter, FL.
    • Strategic Advisor / Consultant
      • Jun 2021 - Present
      • Jupiter, FL.

      Help companies navigate the retail landscape, harnessing 40 years of experience from building Jacent Strategic Merchandising, the largest, full service impulse merchandising organization in North America. Knowledgeable in overseas manufacturing, automated pick & pack, DSD, store level merchandising, team building, organizational scaling and M&A.

    • United States
    • Retail
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Chairman of the Board
      • Jun 2020 - Jan 2022

      Advised and onboarded Jacent's new management team following 40 years of building the company.

    • Chief Executive Officer
      • Mar 1982 - Jun 2021

      Jacent Strategic Merchandising services over 15,000 Grocery stores in all 50 states and Canada with general merchandise programs that generate high margin sales in all departments of the store. Our turnkey program includes a vast product assortment, display fixturing, custom planograms, DSD fulfillment, complete with professional merchandisers to assure service execution. Starting out as LaMi Products, a partnership with Lariat Partners LLC of Denver CO was formed in an effort to build LaMi’s infrastructure for our customers benefit. Lariat's financial backing enabled LaMi to build a state of the art automated warehouse, enhance supply chain sourcing, and modernize systems to better service our customers. In 2016, LaMi bought and merged with ATA to form our "best in class" merchandising organization, creating Jacent Strategic Merchandising.

  • LaMi Products, LLC
    • Greater Philadelphia Area
    • CEO
      • Sep 2015 - Mar 2016
      • Greater Philadelphia Area

    • Owner
      • Jan 1978 - Sep 2015

      Sales & Managment

Education

  • 1978 - 1982
    University of Maryland College Park
    Bachelor of Science (BS), Economics

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