David Cook Email & Phone Number

Depere, Wi

* Director of Sales for Wisconsin and Upper Michigan* Responsible for managing sales team calling on over 1500 accounts representing national, regional, and local retailers.* Customer base includes grocery stores, c-stores, drug stores, schools, and distributors. * Primary contact at regional corporate offices representing over 150 grocery stores.* Leads weekly meetings, develops sales objectives, and creates presentations for the sales team.* Works closely with the production and logistics teams to optimize efficiencies for the business.

Green Bay, Wisconsin

* Main UNFI contact in Southern / Central Wisconsin * Responsible for increasing store-wide sales in both chain and independent retailers.* Works jointly with multiple UNFI consultants overseeing meat, bakery, deli, and GM departments. * Works with merchandising leadership and retailers to ensure a proper mix of products for optimum sales* Shares industry "Best Practices" with retailers to position themselves and compete effectively in the market

Wisconsin

* Key Supervalu Sales Consultant for Southern / Central Wisconsin * Focus on driving grocery, frozen, and dairy sales in over 120 chain and independent retailers* Worked with merchandising leadership and retailers to ensure the proper mix of products for optimum sales* Shares industry "Best Practices" with retailers to position themselves and compete effectively in the market* Worked with retailers to create or enhance existing programs that will stimulate sales

•Lead Dean Representative calling on six regional corporate accounts, representing over 375 retail grocery stores in Wisconsin, Illinois and Upper Michigan. •Responsible for leading the development, implementation and direction of Dean programs•Supports initiatives through analytics, consumer insights and industry trends •Develops, coordinates, and executes promotional calendars for area grocery stores•Presents new products demonstrating their attributes and benefits. •Recommends product positioning within the category plan-o-gram.•Effectively communicates all promotional and new item activity to the cross functional team.

•Lead Dean Representative that called on local corporate offices, representing over 125 retail grocery stores in Wisconsin and Illinois. •Scheduled and presented all Dean’s dairy and ice cream promotional calendars.•Presented new products demonstrating their attributes and benefits. •Recommended product positioning within the category plan-o-gram.•Communicated promotional information to sales, production, logistics, and customer service.•Maintained sales representative responsibilities

*Sold full line of Dean's dairy and ice cream products into grocery stores in SE Wisconsin*Introduced new items and promotional opportunities*Performed store resets