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Baltimore, Md, Us

Satellite Beach, Florida, Us

Buffalo, Ny, Us

Rich's is a privately held, multinational food products corporation and leader in pizza, flatbreads, whipped toppings, breads and rolls, plant-based products, and more.As Key Account Manager, I managed the sales territory for Houston, College Station, Southeast Texas, and Louisiana, developing relationships with foodservice accounts including regional and national restaurant chains, family entertainment centers, healthcare, colleges and universities, family-owned restaurants, and various other foodservice establishments.During my eight years with Rich’s, I received Rich's Circle of Excellence Award for 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 for exceeding my annual operating plan, segment targets, and individual incentive goals, increasing my market sales YOY for 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2023.I developed strategic partnerships with four major distributors, select restaurant groups and various foodservice establishments, preparing and presenting customer trainings and product demonstrations to drive new sales, while introducing new product lines and creative menu ideas for ongoing business development and customer success. I was also responsible for the planning and execution of food shows, customer appreciation events, customer pricing negotiations, and annual distributor business reviews.Principal factors leading to my success were meticulous planning and preparation, understanding customer needs, CRM-based tracking and data insights through Salesforce, pricing negotiation, hands-on product knowledge, and the ability to train and work with others. Additionally, my adaptability was key to working with multiple industry stakeholders including owners, chefs, financial and operational managers, kitchen staff, business analysts, marketing teams, sales directors and planners, as well as distributor partners including their category managers, distributor sales reps, warehouse teams, procurement specialists, and divisional leaders.

College Station, Texas, Us

Counseled owners in ongoing decisions that impacted operational processes, brand reputation, team functionality and revenue generation, while collaborating on the planning and execution of ongoing projects.

College Station, Texas, Us

I led the sales team, 5 department managers and 100 employees, managing capital expenditure projects and utilizing P&L analysis to guide and propel sales growth.My responsibilities included complex problem-solving, process efficiency, vendor relationships, contract negotiations, customer service, team-building, employee coaching and development, guest relations, P&L, project management, product and service management, inventories, cost of goods, and solutions provider.Grand Station Entertainment is a family entertainment center with 73,000 square feet of excitement including 40 lanes of bowling, a quick service café, two full-service bars, arcade games, laser tag, mini-golf and an array of ever-changing attractions.

Frisco, Tx, Us

Managed team of 4 managers and 40 employees. Strikz Entertainment is an upscale family entertainment center with boutique bowling lanes, laser tag, arcade games, a full-service café, and bar.My responsibilities included overall operations with a focus on P&L's, annual budgeting, labor controls, and inventory management.

College Station, Texas, Us

I turned around struggling food and beverage departments, restructured staffing, implemented standard operating procedures, and recreated menus with a focus on pricing structures and higher standard of professionalism.My efforts led to a substantial increase in profit margins, developing a successful business model for our Food & Beverage Department, leading to use of the same enhanced model for the success of the rest of the business.

Coppell, Tx, Us

I managed both the quick service cafe and bar departments. My responsibilities included people management, inventory management, time management, cost of goods, budgeting, forecasting, P&L's, and general management of four industries under one roof.

West Hartford, Us

As a consultant on the ChevronTexaco eProcurement initiative, I was responsible for on-boarding and transitioning more than a hundred supplier accounts from a paper ordering and payment system to an electronic procurement system while eProcurement was still in its infancy.My work consisted of system implementation, training, data management, data warehousing, standardization and normalization of data content, commodity categorization, and finding solutions to integration challenges.

PetroCosm was a joint venture start-up company developed by several multinational energy corporations to create an online auction place for the oil and gas industry.I led a team of Content Data Technicians who specialized in the clean-up and preparation of data to be used in the online B2B marketplace.PetroCosm closed it's doors in May, 2001, and ChevronTexaco took it over as an in-house vendor project, leading to my next job as a consultant with Electronic Data Systems.