Description
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY An accomplished, versatile sales manager featuring a consistently demonstrated record of achievement in the consumer products industry. Experience includes business development, financial planning, sales planning, promotion analysis, category management and successful execution of marketing and sales KPI deliverables. Fosters a collaborative atmosphere of respect and integrity, encouraging team members to make substantial contributions to our ongoing success utilizing strong written and personable communication skills. CORE BUSINESS STRENGTHS * Sales/Management Results Orientation: Leverages knowledge gained from strategic business development and sales planning assignments to create innovative, profitable and successful customer business plans while building solid customer relationships from buyer to senior management levels. Extensive success working with large national chain/wholesale customers as well as guiding direct, broker and DSD sales teams to exceed expectations. * Channel/Market Experience: Directly operated in grocery, c-store and DSD channels as well as indirectly in drug, club and mass merchandise channels, resulting in extensive multi-channel intelligence. Coast-to-coast geographic experience, with particular focus on Midwest markets * Analytical Bias: Strong analytical skill set, crafted from business development and sales planning experiences working in companies with strong finance-ROI operating culture, creating value-added, efficiency-based insights to improve business strategy development while enhancing tactical investment decision-making and results.