Todd Hollembeak Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Manage national Supervalu team with 6 indirect reports, national Target business, and Fareway Foods regional account, broker relationships, and train broker representatives.
• Delivered average sales growth of 28% over last 8 years.
• Exceeded sales goal for 2017 fiscal year 48% by implementing new selling strategy.
• Awarded national distribution by Target, going from 677 to 6.6K points of distribution in 3 years by hiring broker group to focus on test market in Chicago, and delivering compelling presentations to Target leadership.
• Developed and maintained trusted relationships with top executives by delivering thoughtful and actionable solutions to business problems and innovative ideas, supporting business growth through focused monthly.

New Albany, OH

• Conducted corporate calls with key customers, established sales goals for key customers, created marketing plans to accomplish goals, managed broker network, and tracked promotional effectiveness.Key customers: Target.
• Identified key category opportunities through data analytics (IRI, Nielsen), capturing underperforming retail shelf space.
• Kept active pulse on businesses, successfully adapting selling content / style, increasing relevance and sales.
• Developed long-standing relationships with key buyers in retail grocery industry with “sell to people” not “sell a product” philosophy focused on adding value, and through skillful negotiation enabled company and.
• Averaged 36% sales increase, with high level of customer satisfaction, by planning and executing strong promotional pricing strategies.

St. Paul Park, MN

• Managed day-to-day operations of Sales division, with 4 direct reports. Acted as integral member of “New Items Team” focused on new product development.
• Initiated and led “Simek’s Express” Division, a well-received grassroots effort to persuade grocery stores to begin selling Simek’s products, leading to Simek becoming food supplier exclusively, reaching $12M in sales.
• Ensured accurate profit reporting by actively managing accrual funds for promotional activities.
• Managed broker relationships and trained broker representatives, increasing monthly sales consistently by outlining measurable goals and creating action plans.Additional roles at Simek's:Vice President of Simek’s.