SynopsisDiverse sales and retail brand marketing experience covering all elements of the product-to-consumer sales cycle, including business-to-business relations and team management. Comprehensive understanding of CPG and sustainable sales, marketing and brand growth throughout the organic/natural and conventional grocery industry, away from home/foodservices channels. Demonstrated success in creative sales strategy, work with innovation, and expansion into new channels. Also embody creative sales techniques to build strategic brand expansion, understand effective events and promotional activity, and generating alternative sales avenues to expand market penetration. Strong communication and networking skills and ability to cultivate and build essential professional relationships nationally. Strong business development knowledge of B2B, B2C, DTC landscapes nationally, including key national retailers, distributors, brokers, influencers across a variety of channels to drive relevant growth.Key Skills and AttributesEntrepreneurial thinking at its core; strong and relevant national industry sales and marketing experience, vendor relationship management; innovative, informed product and customer selection; analytical decision-making; savvy and authentic relationship management; development of new lines of business; management of quality in product and customer experience; thorough analysis of market trends; use of metrics and reporting.