Chris Finck Email & Phone Number

Kansas City , Ks, Us

Led the U.S. sales organization with $8B in annual sales and 5,000 people. Delivered $121MM in costs savings / margin improvement actions through a large organization restructure, 50% trade spending reduction, new small drop fee, stronger contract enforcement and several other cost savings initiatives. Implemented a new margin management capability that significantly improved our profitability by customer. Helped take the company into a structured bankruptcy which allowed a successful merger Dean Foods with the Dairy Farmers of America in December 2019 to create a complete vertical operation which removed unnecessary costs.

Oak Brook, Illinois, Us

Led the worldwide sales organization for TreeHouse Foods with $7B in revenue. Implemented several cost reduction initiatives that saved tens of millions under a broker optimization project and a streamlining of trade spending. Built a new strategic selling approach and implemented a new sales training curriculum.

Horsham, Pennsylvania, Us

Led their US Customer Organization with $7B in revenue. Complete P&L management with responsibility for Sales, Distribution and Customer relationships. Helped lead the integration of Sara Lee Bakery into Bimbo after the acquisition by designing a new sales and customer organization. Reduced trade spending by more than $100MM.

Chicago, Il, Us

Led Sara Lee's $2B Bakery Division US Sales with more than 5,000 employees.

Purchase, New York, Us

Led PepsiCo's Gatorade Division U.S. Sales with $5B in annual sales.

Purchase, New York, Us

Led the Kroger national customer team for Quaker-Tropicana-Gatorade with $600M in annual sales

Purchase, New York, Us

Special assignment responsible for the acquisition set up and integration for the PepsiCo / Quaker Oats merger.

Purchase, New York, Us

Developed the national sales strategies, customer marketing plans, and category management work for U.S Gatorade business with $1.9B in annual sales.

Purchase, New York, Us

Built a new foodservice sales division from the ground up for Gatorade in the eastern quarter of the U.S.

Purchase, New York, Us

Led the marketing and sales teams for Pepsi in Baltimore with $80M in annual sales.

Purchase, New York, Us

Purchase, New York, Us

Purchase, New York, Us

Vevey, Ch

Post Graduate, Leadership Development Program

Executive Leadership Program, Managing High Performance Teams

Post Graduate, International Strategic Negotiations Program - Oxford University, London England

Executive Leadership Program

Mba, Marketing

Bs, Marketing