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KEY SKILLSleadership of Sales Teams supplying the major food retailers Identification of customer needs and implementation of partnership relationshipsLeadership, motivation and mentoring of multi-discipline teamsDevelopment of sales strategies with multi site operations and group sales strategy service levels, new business development and product developmentDeveloped new retail accounts including Asda,, Morrisons , responsible for Head Office negotiations with Tesco, Sainsbury, M&S,Waitrose,Safeway,Iceland and Somerfield,CWS and CRS cost, margin, contributions and marketing supportLeadership of Product Development projects, providing market trends analysis, feedback from customers and consumers and category development Strategic thinker, problem solver and implementer of change with over 12 years experience of sales management to the major food retailersResponsible for the development and implementation of an overall sales and marketing strategy to maximise growth in line with the organisation's growth plan. energetic and entrepreneurial ,the ability to think creatively and 'out-of-the-box'. Furthermore, I was responsible for leading and managing the needs of the sales team in order to achieve the sales budgets and in line with the operations plan for the business as a whole.Specialties: budgeting, business development, business plans, business strategy, cash flow, customer service, development, erp, executive management, forecasting, , leadership, management, marketing, meeting facilitation,

Listed skills include Management, Strategy, Business Planning, Sales Operations, and 11 others.