Jessica Cross, P.E.
Director Of Special Projects at FoodStory Brands- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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FoodStory Brands
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United States
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Food & Beverages
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director Of Special Projects
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Jun 2018 - Present
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Howden American Fan Co
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Fairfield, Ohio
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Sales Manager
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Jun 2017 - Present
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Dominion Liquid Technologies
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United States
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Food & Beverages
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sales Marketing Lead
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Oct 2015 - Apr 2017
Managed daily activities of sales staff (2 direct reports). Develop strategy for continued growth and maintenance of core customers; maintain market and competitive intelligence; analyze actual sales results to determine areas of concern and develop countermeasures to correct; evaluate broker sales channels for growth opportunities and determine strategy for account; communicate sales plan to sales team; and advise site leadership on forecasted sales changes based on customer feedback and market intelligence. Show less
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Crane ChemPharma & Energy
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United States
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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400 - 500 Employee
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Product Manager
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Sep 2013 - Oct 2015
Responsible for management of a $30M revenue stream consisting of multiple brands. Develop strategy for continued growth and maintenance of product lines; maintain market and competitive intelligence; analyze actual sales results to determine areas of concern and develop countermeasures to correct; evaluate sales channels for growth opportunities and determine strategy for account; drive productivity initiatives through Supply Chain; communicate sales plan to sales team; and advise site leadership on forecasted inventory changes based on market intelligence. Show less
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Crane ChemPharma
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Cincinnati, OH
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Strategic Marketing Manager
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Aug 2011 - Sep 2013
Served as key contributor in corporate level strategic initiatives, including development of strategy to double sales into the chemical and pharmaceutical industry in the next 5 years. Identified and created action plans for target accounts from customer list; developed materials to support the growth of targeted segments that had high potential for incremental sales growth; and developed product strategy for ball valves to increase market share through new product development of soft and metal seated ball valves for chemical and refining markets. Show less
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Jacobs
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Engineer
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Mar 2011 - Aug 2011
Managed daily activities of Process Equipment Group of 6 engineers for the project. Established and managed schedule for process equipment, instrumentation and piping RFQ packages; worked with all disciplines to prevent flow of information from prohibiting progress; and wrote excel program to increase visibility on timing of deliverable for disciplines and its impact to the overall project.
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Inside Sales Manager
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Dec 2009 - May 2011
Managed daily activities of business development staff (2-3 direct reports). Managed bid proposal process for Jacobs Cincinnati office; established proposal schedule and managed proposal team; worked with project management to develop execution plans; worked with department managers to develop Technical Professional Service estimates; developed consolidated Professional Service Estimates with appropriate multiplier; managed the process of presentation preparation when required by the client; managed the preparation of qualifications documents; and attended relationship based sales training. Show less
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Process Equipment Engineer
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Feb 2006 - Dec 2009
Managed co-op programs and supervised co-ops. Wrote and edited equipment data sheets, equipment specifications and vendor document requirements; maintained equipment list/bill of materials for projects; interacted with clients and vendors to obtain the most suitable equipment for a process; issued equipment packages for quote and purchase; coordinated with vendors and client during fabrication of equipment; reviewed drawings and other pertinent documents to release vendor for fabrication and prepare for factory acceptance test of equipment; and managed change control effort for P&IDs. Show less
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Education
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Thomas More University
MBA, Business Administration -
University of Cincinnati
Bachelors of Science, Chemical Engineering