Market Performance Group adds Merck vet to leadership team

PRINCETON, N.J. — Independent strategy consulting and sales management company Market Performance Group has tapped a former Merck executive to be part of its leadership team. Rhonda Johnson, who was Merck Customer Care’s U.S. chief customer officer, will be joining the company as its EVP and client lead.

“MPG has gained a great resource and leader in Rhonda,” MPG Managing Partner Marc Greenberger said. “At MPG, Rhonda is applying best practice learnings from her years of experience to help clients successfully tackle internal and external challenges and set themselves apart from the competition.”

In her role at Merck, which she had held since 2011, Johnson oversaw the company’s engagement efforts and worked to shape global selling strategies while focusing on talent management initiatives across sales and marketing organizations. Before Merck, Johnson was VP sales at Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil Nutritionals. She has worked directly for Johnson & Johnson and works with the Healthcare Businesswoman’s Association, where she is a board member and first vice president. Johnson has served on the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ Executive Retail Advisory Board.

“Joining the MPG team provides the opportunity to work with amazing people and brands across a broad spectrum of categories, channels, and manufacturers,” she said. “Utilizing my experiences to help a wide range of companies solve their business challenges is quite rewarding.”