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Sell and expand specialty niche markets and building solid customer relationships. Forecast product needs and related inventory. Promote new products, respond to product requests and provide pricing and product specifications, assist stores in new product placement.

Trudeau was established as a customer serviced focused company providing a market for niche food products. Some of the success stories include the introduction of Johnsonville brats into retail stores in the Twin City area, increased distribution of Salsa Lisa from a few retail stores to a 3-statewide retail base, and participated in the introduction of Organic and Natural foods to the mainstream retail stores. Responsible for managing key accounts and increasing revenue through… Show more Trudeau was established as a customer serviced focused company providing a market for niche food products. Some of the success stories include the introduction of Johnsonville brats into retail stores in the Twin City area, increased distribution of Salsa Lisa from a few retail stores to a 3-statewide retail base, and participated in the introduction of Organic and Natural foods to the mainstream retail stores. Responsible for managing key accounts and increasing revenue through relationship building: •Utilize outstanding organization, communication, and correspondence skills to build solid customer relationships•Collaborate with Product Reps to develop promotional programs to penetrate further into marketplace•Demonstrate superior product knowledge with a company offering of several thousand SKU’s•Assist in supplier management by resolving product quality issues•Provide sales forecasting to influence overall inventory optimization ensuring adequate inventory levels on product to meet customer’s demand•Manage new product development by providing input on product selection, responding to customer product requests, providing pricing and product specifications and assisting the store with establishing product placement which will optimize sales•Minimize challenges of new product introductions, such as Organic and Natural foods, which included working at the store level on issues of product value, slow startup sales, and lack of consumer knowledge of product benefits•Facilitate a supplier managed product profile by individualizing the project offering to optimize each store location’s unique end user buying preferences•Establish new & support existing promotions•Resolve customer credit issues by negotiating payment terms Show less