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Denver, Co, Us

Denver, Co, Us

• Responsible for growing Ardent Mills customer base by selling products from Core Flour and Specialty Grains to new Manufacturing and Foodservice customers.• Engage with new customers to develop and create new proposals, including commodity market analyses, that reflect solutions and differentiated value by partnering with Ardent Mills.• Collaborate with Marketing and Sales Operations to engage new customers. Sharing insights found from customers to optimize Ardent Mills solutions.• Organize internal cross functional teams to execute customer onboarding and effectively service new business from acceptance of Purchase Order to delivery of product.• Contributing critical thinking skills to internal projects around Emerging Nutrition pricing, Salesforce, and lead generation with Knowde.

Golden Valley, Mn, Us

• Responsible for sales and distribution of sack flour, bulk mix, and frozen bakery items across eight states; resulting in $10 million in annual sales. Manage 45+ bakery and foodservice distributors, sizes ranging from independently owned enterprises to national broadline distributors. • Oversee trade budget of $300k annually, aligning resources where most profitable. • Lead product training, trade execution, category management, and new product launches at the distributor level. • Cultivate and foster strong relationships with distributor sales representatives to drive increased market penetration. • Present wholesale customers with consultative recommendations, technical product support, and commodity market analyses to strategically book grain contracts. • Partner cross functionally with Finance, Marketing and Purchasing for high volume opportunities. Effectively communicate customer needs with internal partners to ensure daily operations run smoothly.

Golden Valley, Mn, Us

• Drove incremental volume growth and sustained existing volume by owning relationships with operators and selling company product lines across K12, Healthcare, Commercial, Colleges & Universities, and other Non-Commercial channels.• Collaborated with account executives to create pull through for core gaps and innovation at the operator level. • Leveraged analytics and CRM tools to identify and close on new opportunities.

Golden Valley, Mn, Us

• Managed sales reporting of General Mills products in Non-Food Retail and Vending to both internal sales and customer facing team. • Communicated account priorities and engaged cross-functional teams to drive business results.

Saint Peter, Mn, Us

Advised 70 male residents in two college residence halls as peer leader.Planned and promoted residential life programs.

Teaching tennis and life skills to inner city youth in the city of St. Paul, MN.