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Albany, New York Area

Lead professional sales team of 12 full-time and 30 part-time employees, oversee 25 million dollar salesbudget.Partner with multiple internal business units working together to deliver revenue, profitable growth, increase market share, and reduce expenses.Meet externally with supermarket, and mass merchandising customers to drive cooperation and buildactionable plans to deliver profitable sales.Provide continuous coaching and feedback to Territory Managers & Merchandisers on customer interaction, negotiating/selling skills and in store opportunities.Top performing district within region on key metrics including unsalables, variable labor and safety.Identify, recruit and train qualified personnel to create a stronger execution team.

Albany, New York Area

Sell profitable mix of Kellogg Snack products to grocery stores and mass merchandisers utilizing all availableresources.Partner with customer management teams to create profitable and creative displays in optimal locations.Confirm product freshness, keeping inventory organized, rotated, and properly merchandized.Meet directly with customers to review planned account activity and sell incremental sales opportunities.District Trainer for newly hired Territory Managers and Territory Service Representatives.2010 Territory Sales Manager of the year.Sales growth of 106%.

Albany, New York Area

Provide leadership to team of 10 Sales Managers to achieve sales goals, provide continuous coaching andfeedback on display/shelf conditions, customer interaction, opportunities for increasing volume, profitability, negotiating/selling skills.Ensure all customer needs are met within district by supporting account team's strategy by directing executionof promotional programs and incremental selling opportunities.Partner with Distribution Center Manager to ensure efficient flow of merchandise and router optimization. Achieve assigned period, quarterly and annual district volume targets.Plan, direct staff training and performance evaluations.Promptly resolved customer requests, questions, and complaints.

Albany, New York Area

Deliver weekly sales objectives, merchandising of specialty food products in independent, chain storeaccounts.Initiate, maintain, customer relationships, adding new independent customers.Organize, rotate, and keep shelf stock fresh during each store visit.Sell in, create impactful displays in optimal locations.

Kingston, Ny

Proven ability to perform in fast paced commercial kitchen environment, work in all roles to ensure functionaland profitable business.Strong ability to cook, food prep, manage inventory, product procurement, and deliver food, employee safetystandards.Responsible for supervision of all kitchen staff, proper food safety, sanitation standards, and productprocurement.Develop, implement creative menus that excite the customer, deliver profitability expectations, and reducewaste.Partner with suppliers to trial new products, maintain quality standards, and align on cost structure.