Directing all food channels including Retail, Foodservice, Industrial, and broad line food distributors both Domestic and International. Managing corporate account call to major national grocery chains, CPG and co-manufacturing both direct and utilizing high volume food broker networks.

National Account Manager for Sugar Creek Packing Co. representing all major National Retailers, Club Stores, Restaurant Chains, Food Distributors and CPG Industrial Ingredients both in Private Brands and Branded formats. I’ve both procured and sold fresh pork, chicken and beef, smoked meats, seafood, frozen foods, grocery and even dairy.I invest a lot of time networking and cultivating relationships. I approach daily problems as opportunities to deepen these relationships and build trust as their “idea problem solver”. I enjoy learning all aspects of my company so I can engage in intelligent, constructive conversations with QA, Product Development, Culinary, Category Managers, Operations, Directors, VP’s and all other levels internally and with customers.COVID-19 introduced several new challenges to our traditional way of personal interactions. I feel the drive to uncover even more interaction avenues than even our new found Teams, Zoom and Skype. I strive to build cohesive, energetic, fun teams where employees anticipate and plan for tomorrow.A husband to my gorgeous, incredibly smart wife of 32 years, a proud father of 3 phenomenal children and their fantastic spouses and “Pops” to my God plus gift of 3 grandkids. I’m blessed beyond what I deserve. I’m energized for what the next decades will hold for me personally and am ready to dive in to creatively coach our next generation. This is about to get really fun !!

Retail Sales Manager. Responsibility for sales growth, marketing programs, purchasing and inventory of value added categories.Increased sales of my categories from 850k lbs. to 13M lbs. over the course of my tenure. Manage and coach our 8 Sales people, both in office and remote.Procured and managed inventory for meat department and deli smoked meats, seafood, cheeses, dairy and frozen foods.Developed creative promotions for both customers and sales people focused around March Madness, professional football season and vendor specific events.Coordinated the first ever food show for Sherwood Cincinnati division. Added bar coded electronic order guides to simplify and expedite order entry in year two (2).

Managed private label bacon sales into Kroger, Aldi, Winn Dixie, Spartan Stores, Gordon Food Service, Meijer, Topco and other food channel customers including CPG co-manufacturing.

Owner of niche brokerage with 5 employees. Introduced John Morrell fresh pork program to Kroger General Office central procurement.Managed supplier relations to Kroger for their private brand sales of bacon and lunch meats including bologna, hot dogs, smoked sausage and other categories.Sold private label programs into other national retailers and regional customers, distributors and restaurants. Worked with national brands to set up and supply co-manufactured bacon and smoked meats.Oversee and participate in store sets to grow Regional brand sales.