Watercolour artist with original works and prints available at IntentionalSpatter.com

Manage sales and distribution objectives throughout Nova Scotia for 2 brands of smokeless tobacco through convenience and wholesale channel. Secondary responsibility working with Marketing overseeing execution of Adult Only Facility events and training 3rd party marketing personnel on brand and product.• Establish and maintain distribution targets for tobacco skus• Successfully growing smokeless business in tightly regulated tobacco industry by leveraging relationships with store owners and chain management• retail accounts throughout territory on self-directed call cycle • Regular communication with chain area managers and category managers

Directed sales to North American home medical equipment wholesale and retail accounts. Strategically developed sales to 200+ location chains• Prospected and developed new wholesale and retail accounts• Presented to buyers, sales teams on products and selling strategies• devised sales incentive programs for wholesale customer sales teams• managed marketing collateral budget• Successful national roll out of new product• represented company at industry events• Worked with logistics and marketing daily developing new solutions and servicing customers• Met and exceeded monthly targets, grew sales of SAD lamps by 50% in 6 months

Responsible for building key foodservice and distribution market in New York, NY for new first-in-industry raw lobster product. Drove incremental sales with key U.S. foodservice distributors, presenting to sales teams and foodservice accounts. •Worked with product manager to devise and coordinate U.S. rollout of first-in-industry product •Developed and managed sales through new distribution network in New York, NY for new product •Cold called and visited with chefs of 200+ upscale restaurants, hotels, caterers and specialty distributors in New York to assess needs and present new product•Increased sales with Sysco Foodservice by visiting over 300 accounts throughout the east coast U.S. building relationships with purchasers, specialists, sales reps and restaurants•Represented company and presented seafood products at food shows throughout U.S.

Managed and developed 30 key accounts in Southern Ontario• Launched more than 10 new products in retail, foodservice, industrial, waste categories• Developed sales incentive programs for wholesale customer sales teams• Visited end-user customers with wholesale sales reps to learn market and educate customers• Represented company at industry and customer trade shows• negotiated pricing and contractual issues with senior buyers• managed Co-Op marketing budget

Focused on developing new regional and national business and special projects with national nationals chains such as Canadian Tire, Zellers, Home Depot, Loblaws•Initiated and advanced first-time business with customers such as Costco Canada and Dollarama in multiple categories•Designed and demonstrated optimal planograms for clients like Home Depot, Canadian Tire, Home Hardware, Rona, and Zellers

Drove incremental sales growth and built strong partnerships with Canadian Tire and Zellers stores throughout NS, NB by regularly visiting accounts on self-directed schedule.• Ensured optimal merchandising, ordering, promotion of products at store level• Educated retail partners on products and sales strategies to drive pull-through sales • Designed and built off-shelf merchandise displays• Executed new product launches • Organized and conducted in-store promotional events.