David Prout Email and Phone Number

• Service retail accounts within an assigned territory along with the responsibility for the day to day interface with the bakery department at store level and area office.• Through consultative selling understands customer needs, business goals and objectives in order to optimize business results.• Provide Gold Standard service to all customers; maintain a full in-stock position 7 days a week; conduct regular business reviews with territory accounts.• Knowledge of category/ inventory management due to the importance of freshness in the commercial bakery industry.• Strong analytical skills (For example: volume forecasting for long weekends and holidays as well as planning daily needs of accounts).• Delivery of consistent sales execution plans in territory.• In-Store Merchandising: ensure appropriate space to sales of products; adhered to company plan-o-grams; successfully launched new skus in territory.• Created a productive work environment through effective communication, listening, motivation, organization and follow-up through effective “work withs” with account leaderships.• Provide consistent optimal customer service and to identify and execute account development opportunities (For example: incremental space, displays, distribution and new product launches).• Establish, monitor and maintain service frequency patterns for all assigned stores in a given territory.