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Orange County, California Area

Southern California

Created key sales tools for new merchandising programs with hardware stores broker.

Responsible for selling and marketing Mars Chocolate brands to Convenience store retail headquarters and C store Wholesalers / Distributors. Area includes No California, So California, Arizona and New Mexico

Account Manager - California, Wholesale and Retail Customers Convenience Store Industry

Sell-Thru Services is a successful consumer products broker and successful boutique broker of national & regional brands. Broker Manager: Responsible for strategic and tactical marketing, merchandising and sales programs for clients: Mars Chocolate, Mars Petcare, Johnson & Johnson, Lucas Brands Sold 100% new distribution of all NEW brand launches Increased sales by 109 % for all clients

, a diversified multi-national company creating world brand quality products including snack foods, food, beverages, pet care, and pet research.National Sales Manager: Responsible for management, development and marketing of Mars brands: Snickers, M&M's, Twix, Pedigree, Whiskas, Uncle Bens, Dove Ice Cream to wholesale and retail customer headquarters. Generated $60 million in annual sales; accounting for over 20% of National Divisional Sales.Oversaw multi-million dollar budgets of Marketing and Promotional Funds to develop and implement incentive marketing programs spanning distribution to retail operations, nurturing 112% average growth of accounts for the last three years.Succeeded in gaining incremental sales of tweny-one truckloads of product, generating over $1.4 million in incremental revenue.

, a diversified multi-national company creating world brand quality products including snack foods, food, beverages, pet care, and pet research.National Sales Manager: Responsible for developing local, regional and select national account-specific programs to create and develop the Ethel M Chocolates Brand in the USA.Established successful, promotional tie-ins with Disney, Bloomingdales, Bank of America, Costco, and Hughes Corp. Strengthened corporate relationships and new distribution in hundreds of markets. Doubled the business in two years. Created a pallet program within 30 days for EMCI brand distribution to displays with Costco & Sam's Wholesale

The premier consumer product sales division of Johnson& Johnson selling, marketing and merchandising J&J brands to retail and wholesale headquarter customers; Responsible for territory sales management and training new associatesKey Account Manager: Responsible for sales, merchandising, and marketing of J&J brands to key account retail and wholesale headquarter customers # 1 sales manager in 1975, 200% sales increaseLaunched a sales program with hardware distributors, resulting in a new J&J sales division being created

Post Graduate Mba, Studies

Sociology

MARS, Inc: Sales, Marketing, Sales Management, Ethics, Diversity, Computer, Finance, & Logistics training TY Boyd: Effective Speaking SIX.

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