Experience

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  Bednar Family Investments

  • Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States

  • Business Owner

    • Jun 2020 - Present
    • Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States

    Retired

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  Bednar Fsmily Investments

  • Pennsylvsnia

  • Real Estate Investor, Market Investor

    • Jun 2020 - Present
    • Pennsylvsnia

    Retired

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  McCormick & Company, Inc.

  • United States
  • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Regional Sales Manager

    • Jul 1997 - Jun 2024

    Responsible for distributor sales in the Northeast. Also, managed PFG, Pocahontas, and UniPro. Also, responsible for many local and regional chains within the market. Two major accomplishments, i.e., expanded the NYC market from $900 K to $4.5 M in 4 years. Additionally, sold the military through Rastelli Foods and secured 12 truckloads of spices for troops deployed during the Middle East conflict.

  • Business Development Manager | Non Commercial, GPO

    • Jul 1995 - Jun 2024

    Manage key accounts within our Food Away From Home Division, i.e., Aramark, Avendra (Marriott, HMS Host, Hyatt, and IHG - from 2003 to 2011)), Compass, Foodbuy, i.e., Members (29/72 Member Accounts, driving 70% volume), Sodexo, including Entegra (from 2003 to 2011), OTG Management, SSP America - The Travel Experts, and Premier Healthcare (Largest Healthcare GPO in US - after 15 years finally signed an agreement and secured a "dual-source approval".

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  SupHerb Farms

  • Greater Philadelphia Area

  • Vice President

    • May 1995 - Jun 1997
    • Greater Philadelphia Area

    Responsible for retail (less than $30 K) and Food Service (less than $300 K) and increased sales 3 fold within an 18 month period, with Darden, being our largest customer). 85% of our volume was on the East Coast.

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  Van den Bergh Foods - Unilever

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • General Manager | Bakery

    • Aug 1989 - May 1995
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Manage, develop, streamline, train, and recommend solutions for combining 3 sales teams and FOCUS on strategy execution for making Van deb Bergh Foods, the premier In-store Bakery Supplier in the Industry.Additionally, recommend acquisitions/divestures, as well as responsibility, profit and loss ...