National Account Manager for family owned Food Importer responsible for retail, foodservice and industrial customers, across a range of products including tomatoes, pasta and olive oil. In first 12 months brought in excess of £3M new sales to the company.

National Account Manager for the wholly owned UK subsidiary of Conserve Italia, Europe’s leading fruit and vegetable processor with sales of over €1bn. Reporting directly to the MD in Italy with responsibility for managing the following accounts; Costco, Brakes, 3663, Country Range, NHS, Asda, Morrisons, Aldi, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose as well as Irish market. Total personal sales £12M+, approx. 75% of the total UK company turnover, both private label as well as branded products. Responsible… Show more National Account Manager for the wholly owned UK subsidiary of Conserve Italia, Europe’s leading fruit and vegetable processor with sales of over €1bn. Reporting directly to the MD in Italy with responsibility for managing the following accounts; Costco, Brakes, 3663, Country Range, NHS, Asda, Morrisons, Aldi, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose as well as Irish market. Total personal sales £12M+, approx. 75% of the total UK company turnover, both private label as well as branded products. Responsible for developing branded sales within major multiples, including over £4M of Cirio branded sales with Morrison's, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. Show less

Managing Director and Shareholder responsible for running UK and Australian commercial offices (as well as sales to Scandinavia - ICA Supermarket, Dansk Supermarked and United Nordic) for a leading Italian food manufacturer with an annual UK turnover of 12- 15 million. Reporting directly to the Company President based in Italy, duties included managing team of eight staff with responsibility for all commercial activities within the business, such as negotiating product costs with factory and… Show more Managing Director and Shareholder responsible for running UK and Australian commercial offices (as well as sales to Scandinavia - ICA Supermarket, Dansk Supermarked and United Nordic) for a leading Italian food manufacturer with an annual UK turnover of 12- 15 million. Reporting directly to the Company President based in Italy, duties included managing team of eight staff with responsibility for all commercial activities within the business, such as negotiating product costs with factory and UK customers (Sainsbury's, Morrison's, Aldi, Coop, Netto and Spar), costs for UK warehousing and shipping and haulage rates with the main shipping lines and freight companies. Show less

Sales Manager responsible for retail sales with Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Coop, Netto and Budgens. Also responsible for company marketing as well as managing advertising with trade press.Managed commercial and logistical relationships with factories including technical audits.