Experience

Imbibe

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development Manager, Foodservice- US Division

  • Aug 2023 - Present



Kerry

• Ireland
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Chains Account Manager

  • Jan 2022 - Sep 2023

  Providing insights and product trends to help regional chains maximize revenue and exceed operationally driven targets. The goal of providing solutions even if it’s not something in my portfolio, as I am motivated to provide long term success to my clients thru value added proposition from decades of long-term business partnerships.

• Territory Manager

  • Oct 2016 - Jan 2022

  Managed street and multi-unit account sales and distribution for the greater Houston, San Antonio, South Padre, and Brownsville markets. A strong focus on food thru coatings, batters, and breading plus beverage lines. Responsibilities included managing beverage growth, distributors, and high-volume multi-unit accounts. Major Brands under the Kerry portfolio are Island Oasis, Big Train, DaVinci, Golden Dipt, and Oregon Chai. My platform is to oversee the brands Kerry Foods owns and implement a strategy to ensure all brands exceed company given growth expectations. Show less



Island Oasis

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Representative

  • Apr 2004 - Oct 2016

  Managed street sales for the greater Houston market for specialty beverage including smoothies, Specialty coffee, and frozen cocktails. Daily responsibilities include acquiring new accounts, adding new flavors to existing product lines, setting up demonstrations for potential customers, managing beverage booths for trade shows, and understanding the expectations and needs of existing and new customers. Managed street sales for the greater Houston market for specialty beverage including smoothies, Specialty coffee, and frozen cocktails. Daily responsibilities include acquiring new accounts, adding new flavors to existing product lines, setting up demonstrations for potential customers, managing beverage booths for trade shows, and understanding the expectations and needs of existing and new customers.



Advantage Car Rental

• United States
• Travel Arrangements
• 100 - 200 Employee

• District Sales Manager

  • Jan 2003 - Apr 2004

  Responsibilities for managing the existing corporate accounts and adding new corporate clients. Oversight to ensure all the branches had the proper cars in the fleet to service corporate clients. Help monthly training session at the offices to ensure employees knew how to properly handle corporate account reservations. Achieved revenues over 400% of prior sales management Responsibilities for managing the existing corporate accounts and adding new corporate clients. Oversight to ensure all the branches had the proper cars in the fleet to service corporate clients. Help monthly training session at the offices to ensure employees knew how to properly handle corporate account reservations. Achieved revenues over 400% of prior sales management



Enterprise

• United States
• Travel Arrangements
• 700 & Above Employee

• Branch Manager

  • 1999 - 2003

  Managed operations and supervised transactions inside the branch. This included managing a fleet of 350 cars and properly oversight on the run book to unsure we kept track of every vehicle. All personal were working on their assigned function and we were actively working open contracts to ensure authorizations were up to date and no contracts were past due. Focused on replacement car market, insurance rentals, dealership loaner cars, and corporate rental needs Managed operations and supervised transactions inside the branch. This included managing a fleet of 350 cars and properly oversight on the run book to unsure we kept track of every vehicle. All personal were working on their assigned function and we were actively working open contracts to ensure authorizations were up to date and no contracts were past due. Focused on replacement car market, insurance rentals, dealership loaner cars, and corporate rental needs