Director Of Business Development, Next Day Gourmet
Chicago
$300M wholly owned subsidiary of US Foodservice $20BCreated portfolio of 400 National Account Prospects and actively pursued formal and informal RFP opportunities, created National Account Direct Sales/Marketing Materials, organized logistics of National Restaurant Show presence for the company's first presentation in 10 years. I also managed national business expansion, strategic planning and product promotions for Novation and Premier (Healthcare GPO) accounts. Attained RFP’s for chains such as Dave and Busters, SpenDifference, Restaurant Services, Inc, Nathan’s, Cracker Barrel, Brunswick, Bojangles, and China Grill. TopSource (Grocery GPO) and Starwood Hotels, IHG, Coumbia Sussex and Disney, each valued between $25M to $300K. • Wrote $1.2M with TopSource, largest order in history of company.• Identified and pursued 400 national chains within 18 months and achieved national account RFP opportunities with 35 national foodservice chains.• Supported marketing, strategic planning and business expansion with largest national healthcare account Premier-$40M gross sales. • Managed relationship, strategic planning and business development of 2nd largest national healthcare account Novation-$15M gross sales.