John Brasington Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Oh

• Sell and market fresh fruit between Florida and Indiana to local, regional, and national customers• Work with customer and Dole product distribution team to formulate banana demand.• Work with Dole customers to supply the needs of national customers such as Trader Joes and Aldi's• Build and grow relationships with new grocery chains looking to enter the market and provided assistance to help them grow their business.• Worked with both Kroger and Bilo holdings buying teams and utilized both Itrade and Foodlink to facilitate their banana demand.

Mt Vernon, Wa

•. Title was Indirect banana customer account manager( this title causes confusion so the title above was my key responsibility).• Built relationships that bridged the communication gap between Starbucks, banana ripeners, central distribution centers, and Dole.• Utilized data analysis tools to track orders, analyze forecasts, and build pricing models. Also, I worked with Starbucks to develop supply/demand forecasts. • Decreased Starbucks shrink by $100,000 within the first year on the job and by $10,000 every year afterwards.• Project manager for Walgreens when they entered Fresh Produce. • Project manager for Dole container ripening initiative.• Worked with Dole sales team and product distribution managers to formulate responses to Starbucks’ banana demands. • Worked with district manager in district sales office where I performed customer visits and assisted in weekly sales and order entry. • Negotiated national contract.

Mt Vernon, Wa

• Provided marketing, public relations, quality control, and data collection for Dole products at the retail store level.• Assisted on projects with 7 Eleven, IFCO Systems, McDonalds, and Starbucks.• Cross-trained in banana ripening room technical service.

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Assisted in the development of a financial analysis tool for citrus producers used to examine the risk associated with diseases confronting the industry.

Masters, Agribusiness, 3.66/4.0

• Relevant KSU Courses: Applied Agribusiness Economics, Applied Agribusiness Logistics, Computer Decision Tools for Agribusiness, Applied.

Ba, Food And Resource Economics, 3.89/4.0

Activities and Societies: Golden Key International Honors Society National Scholars Honor Society• Relevant UF Courses: Advanced.