Patrick Mcmanus Email & Phone Number

West Greater Toronto Area

Representing General Mills products in retail food stores in the western GTA

Greater Toronto Area Metropolitan Area

Sales and liaison with schools; mentoring Regional Coordinators; brand ambassador at relevant conferences and shows; bookkeeping; purchasing; administration; operations and marketing alongside Executive Director/owner.

Mississauga

Direct P & L accountability for Canada (most profitable sector within the North American socks division.Grew the Converse brand of socks from zero to $1MM +Successful launch of Converse and Kenneth Cole socks in Canadian retail market.Built/managed national team of sales representatives for Converse socks.Direct Account resposibility for day-to-day activities at Wal-Mart, Sears, Moores, HBC, and others.

This was the company I opened to launch my own economy brand of sheer hosiery (nu) and represented other companies as a sales agent.

Toronto, Canada Area

Oversaw sales growth within these classes of trade by over 300% in 11 years.Managed a network of Regional Managers.Direct account responsibility at Shoppers Drug Mart, Wal-Mart, Superstores, Loblaws, Sobeys, and others.Managed the assortment within these accounts specifically and food and drug accounts in general.Successful negotiation for several private label assortments at Shoppers Drug Mart, Real Canadian Superstore, Pharmacie Jean Coutu, and others.Successful launch of the socks division in target accounts between 1994 and 1998. The division grew from zero to $4MM + in that time.

Toronto, Canada Area

Managed Broker Network located in Western Canada.P & L responsibility, forecasting, marketing.Was a fairly entrepreneurial position within a huge multi-national.