Drew M. Watson Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

I manage a team of technical, innovation-focused sales professionals on the IMCD US Food team. Our sales reps work closely with their customers to deliver ingredient solutions and finished product concepts that are both technically innovative, and on the leading edge of food trends: clean label, non-GMO, natural. Ask me how IMCD is leading the industry in specialty ingredient distribution!

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Field sales role with responsibilities for 100+ customers and $5MM+ annual budget. Grew territory 12% year-over-year and developed strategic relationships with customers.

Chicago, Il

My role is jointly territory development and customer management, with an emphasis on increasingly the sustainability of my customer's food hygiene program. Examples include: reducing impact to effluent streams; water utilization improvement; reduction in EPA-reported discharges to storm drains.

Atlanta, Ga

Acted as territory Account Manager, focused on saving existing business in jeopardy of loss, and on creating new business opportunities in Atlanta. Built relationships with new customers and strengthened existing customer relationships to re-establish Diversey as the leader in Food & Beverage hygiene solutions.Acted as liaison between Diversey and GE Power & Water, a global water treatment portfolio partner, to create new business opportunities with in the water treatment sector.

Greensboro, Nc

Supported existing Diversey hygiene business from a technical perspective, and developed new business in concert with area Business Development Managers.Responsible for periodic training of key customer personnel and for Diversey program validation and performance audits, with an emphasis on fluid dairy and beverage customers.

Research specialized in GC/MS recovery, description, and quantitation of selected cheese (dairy) flavor compounds; emphasis on aged and young full-fat and reduced-fat Cheddar cheese.>500 hours SPECTRUM(TM) dairy flavor/off-flavor tasting experience; Work in consumer hedonic testing.Organized and supervised pilot-scale cheese making and whey further processing for research; experience with pilot-scale spray drying, membrane processing, cheese making, and fluid handling/thermal processing.

M.S., Food Science--Flavor Chemistry, Sensory

Student of Food Science with focus in food microbiology and food engineering and thermal processing applications.

Bs Food Science, Food Science And Technology