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Traverse City, Mi, Us

Sales Account Manager

United States

Traverse City, Michigan

Responsible for 41 states and Eastern Canada.Expert in development of New Markets and customers as an industry leader.Proven business champion with an emphasis on profitability.Maximizing grower returns while providing quality ingredients at fair market prices.

Traverse City, Michigan

Facilitating and creating new relationships between North Bay and the foodservice industry.Develop and manage stratagy for cold calling potentially profitable accounts resulting in new business from broadline distributors.Working with the compliance department to complete vendor audits in a timely fashion for new customers.Introduction to the AS400 operating system.Assisting the marketing department while conducting successful food show presentations showcasing what North Bay offers and what sets us apart from our competitors.

St. Joseph/ Benton Harbor, Mi

Traveled throughout the assigned territory calling on existing customers while building relationships with prospective customers.Overcame objections and obstacles while selling customers on the relationship.Differentiated customer needs from wants and leveraged them for mutual benefit.Directed and delivered consultative food service advice on more than 14,000 products.Established appropriate credit terms while collecting on accounts to manage the credit relationship between the customer and GFS.Conducted side by side product comparisons to show customers increased value in GFS branded products.Collaborated with brokers and specialists to establish programs to decrease competitor dependency, or even remove them from the account.Helped customers with profitability while aiding in menu engineering, food knowledge and compliance concerns.Kept loss business to under 7%, in a volatile food industry.Credits under kept at .038% or under with 400k+ in new business.Increased online ordering by 41% and online bill paying by 34%.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Culinary Management

Associate'S Degree, Culinary Arts/Chef Training