Howard Hammersley Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

I am very pleased to announce that I have started a new position as Director of Foodservice Sales with Tofurky. Tofurky is a pioneer and a national leader in the plant forward food category in producing a wide variety of products. Products include Burgers, Chick'n, Deli Slices, Hot Dogs, Pepp'roni, Roasts, Sausages and Tempah. We also sell a variety of dairy- free cheeses.

West Liberty, Iowa, Us

Leading customized manufacturer of turkey, chicken, pork and beef. Vertically integrated turkey producer; the nation’s 4th largest Director of Foodservice Sale - Bolingbrook, IL • National Foodservice Sales responsibility across the entire country to build and strengthen $850 million dollar company• Responsibility to pioneer and sell the nation’s top 100 foodservice restaurant chains as well as top broadline distributors Highlighted Significant Accomplishments: Aramark: Increased revenue on wide variety of turkey nearly $4.000,000.00 to turn the business profitably healthy.  Panera Bread: Opened and sold proprietary Sliced Turkey Breast, Sliced Ham and Raw Turkey Breast worth on an annual basis $33,6M Pizza Hut: Signed contract to supply 12,000,000 lbs. $54M on an annual basis of Chicken Wings

The nation’s leading producer of vinegars, cooking wines, peppers, red sauce, bitters & Japanese condiments.• National Foodservice Sales responsibility to grow sales and profits across the United States.• Responsibility for three Regional Managers, one Business Development Manager, and a 500+ plus national broker salesforce. • Top customers include Sysco, US Foods/FSA, PFG/ Reinhart, GFS, Shamrock, Restaurant Depot, Smart & Final, DOT.• Prominent chains selling: Panda Express, PF Changs, Bloomin Brands, Jack in the Box, Whataburger & Texas Roadhouse. Consolidated 16 foodservice brokers and played an instrumental part in Mizkan becoming the first food manufacturer to hire The Core Group nationally, with close to 700 salespeople, Year over year sales growth averaging 3.5% through filling distributor product voids and opening up new distribution for both branded and private label products in selling over 3,000,000 cases annually.

Vinalmont, Be

Avieta, Inc. is Belgium’s iconic and leading imported premium waffle manufacturer that has been in business for 75 + years. The company has a wide variety of products as well as menu applications for all day parts. As Director of Sales, my position is to sell foodservice chains, independent restaurants, and foodservice distributors as well as convenience store chains and their distributors while building the companies infrastructure in the United States.• Established P&L, price list, finished goods and sample warehousing, logistics, ordering and customer service procedures, accounting office, web site, nutritional info/ point of sale and presentations to launch company• Nationwide responsibility for selling commercial and non-commercial foodservice chains and independents, c-store chains, foodservice distributors and hiring and managing food brokersSignificant Accomplishments:Penetrated and sold US Foods & Sysco houses nationwide. Sold to a variety of hotel brands including Doubletree, Embassy Suites, Fairmont, Great Wolf Lodge, Hilton, Holiday Inn, Hyatt, Marriott, Renaissance, W Hotels & Westin.

Wheeling, Illinois, Us

Richelieu Foods, Inc. is a major producer for contract manufacturing and private label sourcing that has been in business since 1852. We have grown from $90 million in sales in 2006 to anticipated ending 2012 sales topping $315 million. Core business is: Pizza, Salad dressings, Marinades, BBQ sauces, Mayonnaise, Cole Slaw Dressings, Seafood Sauces, Sandwich Spreads, Salsas, Maple Syrup, Asian, European & Hispanic sauces, Ice Tea Concentrate, and Chocolate Syrup. Our Research & Development personnel are experts in creating new and unique items as well matching current formulations from competitors of the highest quality. We are low cost producers and have hundreds of formulations that we currently manufacture and specialize in hitting the target of our customer’s requests.As Sr. Director of Foodservice Sales and Ingredient Sales Manager, I had nationwide responsibility for branded, private label, & customized formula sales of dressings, sauces, and pizza• Sold 250+ foodservice national accounts, top & mid-tier food manufacturing companies, the top 50 convenience stores and selected grocery stores, the Top 50 broad-line distributors & buying group at the headquarter level, as well as direct managerial responsibility for seven brokers, driving growth for a $135M division of a $315M company • Managerial responsibility for food brokers, profit and loss, pricing, volume, short and long-term strategy, yearly sales plans, forecasting, solution-based selling, customer marketing, category management and trade budgetSignificant Accomplishments: 2011 & 2012 sales growth +10% driven by key product placements at commercial industrial accounts, foodservice national chains and grocery accounts

Mississauga, On, Ca

Manufacturer of high-end specialty breads to everyday bread and rollsAs Director of Foodservice National Accounts & Convenience Store Sales, I was responsible for building on sales to key Foodservice National Accounts and pioneering and closing sales to both the nation’s top 250 foodservice chains as well as largest convenience store groups in the Central US for the bread and sweet goods category• Accountable to drive new business for $75M division of the nation’s largest food company with corporate sales of +$7.2B• Managed all private and branded label P&LSignificant Accomplishments: Ignited sales at key customers of Hardees and Carino’s driving overall sales growth of +14%

Nationwide dual responsibility of cultivating new business for Grocery Stores, Organic/ Natural Grocery Stores, Foodservice Distributors & Operators, Foodservice National Accounts and Liquor Distributors. Direct responsibility and supervision of four Regional Managers and managerial guidance of 35 other Regional & National Account Executives as well an extensive food broker network. Brands include Mott’s, Hawaiian Punch, IBC, Rose’s, Mr. & Mrs. T’s & ReaLemon. Responsibility for gross annual sales of $160+M across Grocery, Liquor and Foodservice spectrum. Sole managerial responsibility for profit and loss, volume, short and long-term strategy, forecasting, solution-based selling, training, customer marketing and category management. Strong organizational, management and negotiation, problem solving and streamlining processes skills.Significant Accomplishments: 2003 President’s Award Cup recipient. One of four employees selected by Cadbury Schweppes for exceeding expectations in leadership as well outstanding achievement in providing added value for Cadbury’s customers. Sold over 1.5M new cases ($17M dollars) to customers resulting in sales and profits increasing by 132% Initiated and sold McDonalds, KFC, Burger King, Wendy’s- Baja Fresh, Jack In The Box, Target, Premier Healthcare, Amerinet and 99 Restaurants “better for you” products resulting in sales of three million incremental cases and $15M in new sales annually Generated new business from (partial list) Sodexho, Compass, ARAMARK, US Army, Outback, O’ Charley’s, Rare Hospitality, Landry’s, Vicorp, Joe’s Crabshack, Coco’s & Carrow’s & California Pizza Kitchen resulting in sales increases of 105%-114% each year

Nationwide dual responsibility of cultivating new business for Grocery Stores, Organic/ Natural Grocery Stores, Foodservice Distributors & Operators, Foodservice National Accounts and Liquor Distributors. Direct responsibility and supervision of four Regional Managers and managerial guidance of 35 other Regional & National Account Executives as well an extensive food broker network. Brands include Mott’s, Hawaiian Punch, IBC, Rose’s, Mr. & Mrs. T’s & ReaLemon. Responsibility for gross annual sales of $160+M across Grocery, Liquor and Foodservice spectrum. Sole managerial responsibility for profit and loss, volume, short and long-term strategy, forecasting, solution-based selling, training, customer marketing and category management. Strong organizational, management and negotiation, problem solving and streamlining processes skills.

Nationwide responsibility for foodservice national account and airline sales of $50M. Responsibility for managing nine Regional Sales Managers on local sales tactics for national chains as well as regional chains. • Achieved sales with a wide variety of foodservice national accounts including, Darden, TGIFridays, Applebee’s, Avendra, Brinker, Barnes & Noble and Hilton resulting in yearly sales increase of 105-122%. • Attained sales and product specs of Mott’s Tomato Juice on nine of the top ten airlines taking away business from category leader.

Managed, maintained, and grew business from top 100 foodservice national accounts and managed ten brokers, resulting in sales totaling $40M. Sold branded, private label, and customized products. • Member of the “Sales Millionaires Club” achieved by increasing sales over $1M from the previous year. Brands included Shady Book Farms & Marvel Turkey and Chicken. • Received “Sales Diamond Award” achieved by maximizing sales over key sales objectives and increasing business by 110% on an annual basis.

• Managed top industrial accounts, foodservice national accounts, and 10 foodservice brokers, resulting in sales of $40MSignificant Accomplishments: Initiated, developed customized and sold Boston Market &. United Airlines to their specifications Received “Sales Diamond Award” achieved by maximizing sales over key sales objectives and increasing business by 110% on an annual basis for the years 1993-1996

Arden Hills, Minnesota, Us

Regional accountability for a thirteen state territory. Increasing sales responsibility grew from $8M to $45M in sales. Trained new National Account Managers and Senior Account Managers. Sold branded, private label, and customized products. • 1987, named “Sales Representative of the Year” in Foodservice Division (#1 out of 40 employees) by completing 76 new product placements totaling 2.5M pounds.

Arden Hills, Minnesota, Us

Generated $7M in business within a five-state territory• Regional accountability for a 13 state territory, increasing sales responsibility grew from $8M to $45M in salesSignificant Accomplishments: 1987, named “Sales Representative of the Year” in Foodservice Division (#1 out of 40 employees) by completing 76 new product placements totaling 2.5M pounds ($5.8 million dollars)

Arden Hills, Minnesota, Us

Generated sales to 27 distributors within a three-state area.

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