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Chicago, Il, Us

Illinois, United States

United States

United States

Lombard, Illinois, United States

BUSINESS MANAGER• Employ control and authorization over all sales and marketing efforts for Campbell’s grocery, Snyder’s-Lance, Pepperidge Farms, and Gorton’s Seafood for Woodman’s, Piggly Wiggly, and Great Lakes. • Direct and oversee sales initiatives relating to King Arthur Flour and Nonni’s for Certco/Woodman’s.• Cultivate and foster strong relationships with two international clients, Vilore Foods and Juanita’s, Inc., across the Midwest territory. • Demonstrate sales expertise by leading innovative initiatives for Certco/Woodman’s, Piggly Wiggly, La Bodega and Banner Wholesale.• Serve as primary Account Manager for all Acosta businesses within La Bodega and Banner Wholesale. • Provide a broad range of client services, such as coordinating market visits, containing costs, and offering constructive feedback on the efficacy of client strategies, sales programs, and campaigns.• Track, assess, and maintain current account distribution and utilize category management to expand distribution and launch new items. • Prospect and secure key clients, including Jewel, Kmart, Piggly Wiggly, Shopko, Woodman’s, Roundy’s Midwest, Central Grocers, and Affiliated. • Sustained account productivity throughout the closure of central grocers with accountability for furnishing contracts to AWG for ads 1,2,3,5 for the Great Lakes Warehouse. • Realized sales in excess of $23M in 2020, significantly exceeding targets.• Administered a robust portfolio of previous clients, including Schwan’s, Mondelez, and Ainsworth Pet Food.

Naperville, Il

• Spearheaded all retail merchandising efforts comprising of in-store selling and category management across assigned territories. • Certified continual product freshness for all retail stores while retaining responsibility for Chicago market stores, including Jewel, Walmart, and Central Grocers. • Demonstrated expertise in monitoring and governing the distribution of a wide variety of products at assigned stores.• Operated as Team Lead for the Chicago Area as well as studied and analyzed account retail performance in the areas of sales, distribution, pricing, and merchandising.• Facilitated the execution of strategic sales and marketing plans for assigned accounts on time and within budget. • Partnered with team members on nationwide retail projects with primary national retail groups, such as Walmart, Publix, and Kroger.

Naperville, Il

• Achieved measurable success in overseeing the sales performance of company products purchased from wholesalers and distributors in Chicago, Colorado, Minneapolis, Ohio, Utah, and Iowa. • Carried out the alignment of objectives with direct buying accounts and distributors in order to initiate effective sales programs. • Leveraged broker partnerships to achieve company targets while managing two brokers, CA Fortune in Wisconsin & Iowa and Camacho Brokerage in Denver & Utah.• Presided over distribution and category management at assigned accounts and monitored retail performance for sales, distribution, pricing, and merchandising.• Traced expenditures and maximized trade dollars while containing costs. • Produced $4.5 Million, an increase of 16%, in 2009.

Lombard, Il

ACOSTA SALES & MARKETING CO., NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 2004 TO MAY 2006 | BUSINESS MANAGERACOSTA SALES & MARKETING CO., NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS,SEPTEMBER 2002 TO OCTOBER 2004 | ACCOUNT MANAGERACOSTA SALES & MARKETING CO., NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS, JULY 2000TO AUGUST 2002 | TERRITORY MANAGER

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing, 3.95

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.6