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Ontario, Canada & The Erie Tri-State Regions In The U.S.

For nearly 30 years, Flair Flexible Packaging has partnered with brands to develop packaging solutions that are comprehensive to each unique set of specifications. Privately-held and family-owned, our primary focus is to provide tailored support and services for your packaging needs, no matter your size or budget.Full integration of Flair’s resources ensures our ability to innovate flexibly and collaboratively by controlling quality and consistency at each stage, from start to finish.

Brooks, Alberta, Canada

• Increased customer communication with presence of local JBS Foods representative in Ontario, building relationships with existing customers and identifying opportunities.• Assisted in value added project with Marketing and Brand Development VP

Thorold, Ontario, Canada

• Increased customer base from 19 to over 60 customers (in 7 years) with incremental sales in consumable packaging and processing products with Nationally and Provincially inspected meat facilities across Ontario.• Added sales with new product lines as they were implemented, to existing and new customers.• Dual role, with B2B Sales and Technical management responsibility, from cold calling, business operational assessment, sample testing and verification to pricing and final sale.

Mississauga, Ontario

• Territory Account Manager providing meat processing and packaging solutions to Nationally and Provincially inspected meat facilities and meat retailers in Ontario.• Successful selling of 14 product lines, including Krehalon shrink bags, natural and processed sausage casing, spice and spice blends, seasonings and sundry supplies.• Incremental increase of 30 new customers added to territory over 3 years with increased revenue and future opportunity.

Brampton, Ontario

• Account Management of fresh and frozen seafood for retail grocery accounts including Food Basics (Metro), Highland Farms, Rabba Foods and many other independents in Ontario.• Built relationships with visits to department managers at 90% of 115 Food Basics stores across Ontario annually, while increasing sales and collaborating to maximize sell space and increase revenue.• Expanded listings with incremental sales of newly listed items to key accounts and independents.• Exceptional relationship building, rapport and trust based on proven success.

Cincinnati, Ohio

• Developed and implemented strategies for increases in sales and margin while reducing labor costs, resulting in payroll reduction from 13.36% to 8.61%.• Expanded and improved fresh seafood assortment to include over 20 varieties daily, with up selling of other grocery items, achieving seafood sales > $1 million annually.• Hiring, training, motivating and empowerment of 20+ staff to foster “ownership” of their specific area of knowledge and encouraging team building and mutual support.

Calgary, Alberta

Responsible for management of all aspects of retail meat department, including production, inventory control, scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, known losses, cutting standards and performance management of 9 unionized employees. Worked in co-operation with unionized employees to better facilitate improved working conditions and trust between Union and management.

Medicine Hat, Alberta & Calgary, Alberta

Assisted in pre-opening and launch of new Sobeys’ store at McKenzie Towne in 1999, including initial planograms, cutting room set up and organization of department; also training of new staff and promotion of grand opening special promotions and events.Responsible for inventory and known loss control, merchandising, scheduling, administration, training of 9 staff, sanitation and cutting standards.

Kamloops, B.C.

Cutting, wrapping and displaying meat for high volume production wholesale to public meat operation. Sanitation and inventory handling and rotation.Always maintaining high customer service levels.

Processed Meat Manufacturing, Products, Ingredients And Calculations (Short Course), Certificate

Retail Meat Cutting Certification, Retail Meat Processing

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