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Doral, Florida, US

Doral, Florida, US

Doral, Florida, US

Houston, TX, US

• Responsible for all areas of P&L for 12 companies located throughout the US & Canada, which represented $750M in annual sales within 2 different business segments: value-added (tomato, split-pack and fresh-cut) and.
• Increased profitability, freshness, quality, and customer satisfaction, while reducing costs and shrink.
• Oversaw 12 direct reports and 1200 indirect reports. Traveled 75% of days.𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲-𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
• Grew top-line sales by 35% cumulatively and 6.2% annualized. Aligned procurement contracts with sales strategies to drive growth.
• Grew gross profit by 46% cumulatively & 7.9% annualized. Focused on cost/sell structures to promote top-line growth & bottom-line profits.
• Grew operating income by 20% cumulatively & 3.6% annualized.

Houston, TX, US

• Led team of 7 associates responsible for purchasing & multi-unit sales for Sysco Produce through multiple distribution models.
• Developed & negotiated procurement contracts with suppliers across about 25 domestic & imported produce categories.
• Grew committed cases by 46.7%, from 42M to 61.6M cases. These contracts provided hundreds of millions in cost savings & revenue benefit.
• Collaborated directly with customers and national sales teams to build contractual agreements that aligned with procurement strategy while driving profitable growth. Analyzed market data to negotiate FOB and/or.
• Brought category-management principles to the produce arena, by initiating item classification standardization program. Reduced total item account by 37% by eliminating about 30K duplicate items. This decreased the.
• Planned & executed annual 5-day development meeting for 180 company produce leaders. Planned & developed meeting’s educational training/programming, supplier meetings, plant & field tours, meals, and entertainment..

Houston, TX, US

• After internal company changes, rose from overseeing 13 broadline companies in the Midwest, to overseeing all US and Canadian broadline companies. This represented about 70 companies with approximately $1.75B in annual.
• Grew annual sales by approximately 5%. Oversaw sales training & education. Organized & executed market sales blitz.
• Grew annual profits by approximately 8%.
• Managed suppliers and brands, all while developing new items/suppliers within the commodity groups of fresh mushrooms, regional fresh cuts, and refrigerated manufactured produce commodities of juice, cut fruit, wet.
• Developed & executed procurement contracts with suppliers & growers.
• In addition, for 2007-2008, led the Florida procurement office, overseeing 11 purchasing & accounting associates. Responsible for order management, accounting management, supplier performance, and logistics.

Houston, TX, US

• Promoted from produce buyer/merchandiser to director.
• Grew produce department to rank #2 out of 68 nationwide.
• Grew top-line and bottom-line sales & profits by double-digits from 1997 to 2001.
• Managed, trained & developed 100+ sales associates as they called on customers.
• Developed annual budget & annual plan.
• Oversaw purchasing, inventory management, shrink & sales.