• Achieve or Exceed Goals by Promoting High-Volume and Results-Generating Sales Strategies
• Uses Sharp Creativity to Boost Brand Awareness to Deliver Profitable Sales / Marketing Plans
• Skillful at Defining Strategies for Capturing New Customers and Developing Existing Client Base
• Excels at Analyzing Client Needs and Identifying Multiple Lucrative Business Growth Opportunities
• Proven Ability to Drive Leads, Recognize Market Trends, Deliver Presentations, and Negotiate Contracts

National Sales Manager Foodservice

  Capitalize on the opportunity to lead the forward-thinking growth of existing lucrative customer business, including collaborating with various industry professionals at customer trade shows to optimize company s brand presence.

  Increased overall new customer base in competitive markets.

  Successfully increased and managed large-scale profit margins.

National Sales Manager

  Strategically steered U.S.-based accounts management, including effectively initiating profitable contacts with both new and / or existing customers to gain potential sales, as well as aggressively producing orders for the company.

  Demonstrated proven experience in managing and selling inventories at an L.A. forward warehouse to meet goals.

  Personally led a forward warehouse in Los Angeles, CA.

  Generated the Highest Profit Margin of all sales representatives.

  Grew sales from an initial $0 to $7.5 million (the latter attained within only a 1-year period).

Sales Manager

  Maximized bottom-line performance by overseeing $16+ million in companywide sales, including proactively soliciting for new customers, managing brokers to increase sales, and negotiating pricing and critical contracts.

  Coordinated merchandising for key accounts while managing rebate and local programs for institutional accounts.

  Cost-effectively managed comprehensive company inventories of canned pear, apple, and cherry products.

  Accurately projected sales for products to be processed.

  Personally managed a forward warehouse in Los Angeles, CA.

  Increased California pool trucks from 1 per month to 6 per month.

  Continually worked within deadline-driven environments to meet goals.

  Negotiated high-profile contracts with Sysco, Legacy, UniPro, PRO Group, Frosty Acres, Golbon, and IMA.

Additional Professional Experience:

Assistant Purchasing ￨ Merchandising Manager Golbon, Boise, ID

Increased Golbon label business while managing 9 distributors and consolidating distributor purchases of label products.

Purchasing ￨ Sales Foodservice of America, Boise, ID

Increased and managed high-volume sales orders while regularly purchasing products from 100+ canned and dry suppliers.

Bachelor of Business Administration Boise State University

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) ￨ Windows 7 ￨ Windows Vista ￨ Adobe Acrobat 9

Excellent Professional References Provided Upon Request

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Dear__________________:

I am seeking a challenging [ Insert Job Title ] role, and am submitting my resume for your review.

I am excited to build a rewarding career with your company, and can offer cross-functional experience in Multimillion-Dollar National Sales, New Business Development, Strategic Analysis / Planning, Trends Tracking, and Team Building. I am also well-versed in Regional / Territory Growth, Contract Negotiations, Inventory Control, Warehouse Management, and Client / Business Relations, among other areas.

To complement my background, please note that I attained a Bachelor of Business Administration from Boise State University and an Associate of Arts from Centralia Community College.

Throughout my career, I have excelled in progressive national sales management roles for high-profile Oregon Cherry Growers, Royal Food Import Corporation, and Independent Foods employers, among others, where I collectively demonstrated my myriad of professional talents in leading upwards of $16+ million in sales, generating the highest profit margin of all sales professionals, and growing sales from an initial amount of $0 to $7.5 million (the latter attained within only a 1-year period), as well as negotiating contracts with Sysco, Legacy, UniPro, PRO Group, Frosty Acres, Golbon, and IMA; participating in trade shows; and managing multiple large-scale forward warehouses. [ Suggestion! Address Here Any Skills / Qualifications / Achievements Relevant to the Job Posting ]. As this is just an example of my abilities, please kindly refer to my enclosed resume for additional experience.

I look forward to hearing from you, and thank you in advance for your careful consideration.

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