Chris Yoshii

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Vice President [Purchasing and Food Safety and IT] @ International Marine Products
Hacienda Heights, CA, US
Chris Yoshii's Location
Anaheim, California, United States, United States
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About Chris Yoshii

14+ years in the food industry, multi-tasking all-round player, handling many roles in each company, extending from:- General Manager [2yrs 11mos]: Managing most to all aspects of US division from Sales, Marketing, Operations, Staff Management, Profit Management, Facility Management, QC Management, Office Infrastructure Management, etc.- Purchasing/SCM/Product Manager [4yrs 4mos]: handling purchasing decisions, negotiations, product development, package design, Quality Control, profit/pricing management, inventory management.- Sales Manager [5yrs 7mos]: responsible in managing and developing nation-wide distributors, retailers in Produce, Dairy, Deli, Seafood, Dry Asian Category, Confectionery, analyzing and simplifying Nielsen/SPINs data for Sales Pitch to category managers, working with retailers in schematics, annual promotion plans, providing ideas of in-store ads, IRC’s, demo programs, power-wing/pop-up display proposals, etc. Additionally working with Food Service distributors and multi-chain restaurants, providing menu ideations, LTO ideas, going on sales-ride-along with distributor-sales-rep for product pitch at restaurant level.- Marketing Manager [2yrs 4mos]: facilitating Web/Social Media, Marketing Tools (POS sheets / Trade Show layout design and paraphernalia), creating marketing language/catch-copies/story for products to unify brand engagement for sales message to customers, conducting SWOT analysis, 4 P’s, PDCA, while setting SMART goals.- Office/IT Management: being in charge of Disaster Recovery Plan, working with IT firms to design best fitting Remote Desktop / VPN environment for staff, setting up local and cloud back-up data system.

Chris Yoshii's Current Company Details
International Marine Products

International Marine Products

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Vice President [Purchasing and Food Safety and IT]
Hacienda Heights, CA, US
Employees:
15
Chris Yoshii Work Experience Details
  • International Marine Products
    Vice President [Purchasing And Food Safety And It]
    International Marine Products
    Hacienda Heights, Ca, Us
  • Poseidon Group International Inc.
    General Manager Of Sales And Marketing
    Poseidon Group International Inc.
    Anaheim, Ca, Us
  • Lee Fish Usa
    Sales & Purchasing
    Lee Fish Usa Feb 2024 - Present
    El Segundo , California, Us
  • Poseidon Group International Inc.
    General Manager Of Sales & Marketing
    Poseidon Group International Inc. Jan 2023 - Feb 2024
    Paramount, California, Us
  • Poseidon Group International Inc.
    General Manager Of Seafood Department
    Poseidon Group International Inc. Feb 2021 - Dec 2022
    Paramount, California, Us
    • In charge of all aspects pertaining to the Seafood Department, from Sales, Purchasing, Profit Management, Inventory Management, Operations• Maximized prior experiences in introducing a Marketing Story behind Supply Chain Management to provide Sales Team with more ammunition to work with in Sales Efforts• Managed to hit Sales Targets every quarter from joining in February 2021 to December 2022• Cleaned up Accounts Receivable with Seafood Accounts in 6 months with simple efforts of weekly A/R review with Sales Team• Succeeded in building rapport with key accounts in adding low-supply products to product offerings• Was in charge of Quality Control for imports to manage and improve HACCP programs for the facility. And by providing proper paperwork and executing accurate corrective actions, was able to be released from 15 years of being on the FDA red list.• Responsible for overall staff and facility management in hiring, setting KPI and SMART goals for evaluations
  • Dni Group, Llc
    Marketing Manager
    Dni Group, Llc Jan 2020 - Nov 2020
    Novato, California, Us
    - Initiation and formulation of New Product Development ~ through analysis of Marketability (Market Demand); Production Capacity (Volume/Accuracy in Mass Production); Profitability; Uniqueness- Providing Sales on-going support as Product Engineer for projects with major clients- Providing internal product education to Sales Team for communication to customer to be centralized, consistent, refined and accurate- Creation and organization of Marketing Materials/Tools/Campaigns/Website for efficient and effective communication to customers- In charge of HubSpot CRM, creating and managing Sequences/Work Flows that is most suitable for communication with valued customers. Provided any assistance to any staff members with the platform as the company "HubSpot Guru", maximizing skills/know-how honed from experience with Salesforce + GoldMine.
  • Dni Group, Llc
    Product/Purchasing Manager
    Dni Group, Llc Oct 2015 - Jan 2020
    Novato, California, Us
    - Responsible for Purchasing (SCM, inventory management, profit management, QC to exceed food safety standards) working closely with overseas production partners in providing great quality at a reasonable price, always having RELIABLE INVENTORY and to have ON-TIME DELIVERY of QUALITY BRANDS made possible- In charge of Marketing: packaging to follow FDA/USDA guidelines while aesthetics being appealing to end-users, promotions (flyers, sales strategy, product focus, web) ensuring that ACCURATE SERVICE can be provided to our loyal customers - Previous experience in Food Sales and Public Relations is being maximized in above responsibilities in having good end-user knowledge and understanding the importance of marketability of products/services
  • Dni Group, Llc
    Account Executive
    Dni Group, Llc Dec 2014 - Sep 2015
    Novato, California, Us
    - In charge of new business development with national broadline foodservice distributors by working with end-users in expanding their sushi program, providing ideations to Asian concept deli and/or implementation of Japanese products in mainstream setting- Responsible for Sysco OpCo and PFG OpCo account management also working with end-users and acquiring more and more opportunities in gaining placement in more OpCo's throughout the U.S.- Work with Retail Service Deli category in proposing customized dish preparation ideations and/or optimum package presentation based on customers' deli theme
  • Glico
    Sales Manager
    Glico Aug 2012 - Nov 2014
    Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Jp
    - Handled corporate calls for nation-wide grocery, mass-market, online retail and drugstore channels via distributors and/or direct accounts in Asian Dry Grocery and/or Confectionery category.- Provide sales forecasts for over-seas purchasing decisions for accurate inventory management- Pricing/profit management in accordance with involvement of logistics + marketing programs + brokers + etc.- Key Account Sales for Costco nation-wide- In charge of marketing planning and implementation (events, POS material, social media, web creation, etc.)
  • House Foods America
    Sales Representative
    House Foods America Mar 2010 - Jul 2012
    Garden Grove, California, Us
    - In charge of nation-wide distributors and mainstream grocery accounts focused on corporate calls for Produce, Refrigerated Dairy and Asian Dry Grocery categories and food service- Handles sales planning, promotion planning, new account strategy, etc. and highly involved with new product planning- Liaison for International Business Development team at parent company (JPN) and American Sales Division- Key player in working on Corporate Website and other social media.
  • Az.Worldcom Japan Co.,Ltd.
    Pr Account Coordinator
    Az.Worldcom Japan Co.,Ltd. Aug 2008 - Dec 2009
    Conducted media monitoring for clients, created media lists for Press/Product Releases, translated Press/Product Releases (Japanese * English), supported event coordination, mediated clients and Web designers, etc.
  • Gaba One To One English School
    English Teacher (Belt C1 Instructor / Fm Instructor)
    Gaba One To One English School Apr 2006 - Feb 2009
    Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, Jp
    Taught English conversation lessons to business men and women.Handled trial lessons (FM lessons), conducting sample lessons and explaining lesson plan in order to reach client's goals.

Chris Yoshii Skills

Retail Sales Grocery Key Account Development Product Development B2b Food Pricing Food Industry Public Relations Forecasting Consumer Products Sales Operations Merchandising Event Planning Distributors Key Account Management Fmcg P&l Management Trade Shows Social Media Strategy Microsoft Office National Accounts Supply Chain Management Inventory Management Outside Sales Food Service Food And Beverage Income Statement Business To Business Account Management International Business Html Brand Management Price Setting Market Analysis Cost Management B2b2c Market Opportunity Analysis International Sales Website Development Website Management Javascript Catering Fast Moving Consumer Goods

Chris Yoshii Education Details

  • Waseda University
    Waseda University
    English - Sla & Phonetics
  • Orange Coast College
    Orange Coast College
    General Education
  • Ikuei Seminar
    Ikuei Seminar
    History And Geography
  • Canyon High School
    Canyon High School
    High School Diploma

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Chris Yoshii works for International Marine Products

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Chris Yoshii's current role is Vice President [Purchasing and Food Safety and IT].

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Chris Yoshii attended Waseda University, Orange Coast College, Ikuei Seminar, Canyon High School.

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Chris Yoshii has skills like Retail, Sales, Grocery, Key Account Development, Product Development, B2b, Food, Pricing, Food Industry, Public Relations, Forecasting, Consumer Products.

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