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MONAT GlobalMarket Partner
Sep. 2021Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Koya ConsultingSales And Marketing Specialist
Sep. 2018British Columbia, Canada
Quejos Ancient Foods Inc.Office Administrator- orders logistics
May. 2018 - Jul. 2018Burnaby, British Columbia, CanadaResponsible for factory service/maintenance. Sourcing of packaging/supplies. Coordination of logistics/shipping/storage and documentation of products into cold storage and also to customers. Bi -weekly review of par stock and resulting orders to suppliers. Pricing maintenance and communication. Also phone reception, some product receiving and production work in kitchen.
Gordon Food Service - CanadaRegional Merchandising Specialist
Oct. 2016 - Mar. 2018Delta B.C. Category management support in areas of product life cycle management process from initial sourcing and market introduction to deletion for regional items. Provided product-category specific info to regional sales reps as needed. Worked with vendors, brokers and internal customers. Daily contact with QA staff and warehouse staff regarding pull days, shrink and debits to vendors. Provided regular product, pricing and market updates for seasonal produce items . Also main contact for credit claims on all fruits and vegetables across the fresh, frozen and canned categories. Pricing and PAD support as needed. Attendance at industry events, especially Produce Marketing Associations.
Martin-Brower of CanadaOperations Assistant
Mar. 2015 - Oct. 2016Annacis island , Delta BCPreparation of outbound drivers paperwork, purchase order input, inventory work, liaison between customer service, warehouse and transportation departments. Work with Seaspan, Xata driver database for drivers performances, Ameriscan temperature tracking programs, weekly expense charges, Pride reports.
Prairie NaturalsCustomer Care, inside sales
Sep. 2013 - Jan. 2015Coquitlam , BCOngoing sales support to four outside Account Managers located in Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Vancouver and Vancouver Island. Inside sales to retailers across Canada. Assisting with yearly retail planning, demos, promotions within certain retail chains. Tracking all promotions and following company sop's. Preparing and distributing sales reports on a daily and monthly basis. Striving for and achieving monthly sales targets by outbound sales calls and assisting Account Managers in their territory coverage. Attending ongoing training and retailer training events including yearly CHFA trade show. Sales team restructured in Jan 15.
Lunch LadyThe Lunch Lady
Oct. 2007 - Aug. 2013Port Coquitlam, BCPreparation of hot and cold entrees, sides, salads and snacks following BC govt nutritional guidelines for healthy foods for daily lunch delivery to elementary school children during school year. The kitchen was a nut free environment and there was a growing demand for gluten, dairy and egg free meals, which we created and provided for those kids with food allergies and sensitivities . One of the most rewarding jobs I've ever had was delivering lunches to school kids. This position allowed me to be both an employee and a mom to a young child after my spouse passed away 07/05.
Sysco Food Service, VancouverMarketing Associate
Apr. 2002 - Jun. 2005Port Coquitlam, BCOutside sales representative servicing food service businesses: restaurants, pubs, care homes, schools, caterers. Territory: New Westminster area. Prospected and maintained a cold call list of 5-7 new accounts each week to create new business. Made 8-10 sales calls per day into existing accounts. Weekly scheduled visits to all customers, promoting Sysco branded products,to ensure customer success and loyalty. Assisted with Showcases at the Sysco culinary centre to generate excitement about Sysco products and new ideas for accounts. Weekly work with brokers and manufacturers to introduce new items into accounts and increase Sysco margins and and customer profitability. Constantly striving to use all Sysco resources to assist with customer success and goal of territory growth of 15 % annually. Attended weekly and quarterly district and company sales meetings where new ideas and creative product presentations were always present. This resulted in increased enthusiasm for new ideas and created excitement in the accounts and added incremental sales dollars on their orders and increased margin for my territory. (NB: spouse passed away in 07/05)
Hills FoodsCustomer service /inside sales
Jan. 2001 - Mar. 2002Burnaby BCDaily contact with restaurant chefs, retail butchers and other purchasers in order to promote and sell specialty poultry and game meats and other high end specialty foods to businesses in BC. Also performed outside sales function for North Shore/Whistler territory. Visited chefs and promoted centre of the plate protein with the goal of becoming their regular supplier to current menu items and upcoming event menu items, such as Cornucopia in Whistler. Met with executive chefs, grocery purchasers and cooks in this creative and fascinating industry. Learned a great deal about "white tablecloth" fine dining chefs, foods, and the industry.
Pennine MarketingBrokerage assistant/customer service
Jan. 2000 - Jan. 2000Surrey BCAssisted with daily business of processing orders for food brokerage business. Assisted outside reps with samples and customer presentations. Worked with brokerage principals and handled word processing needs. Entered orders on behalf of 16 principals being represented by the broker. First job after maternity leave and commute didn't work for family.
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