Experience

Gallagher's Bakery Limited

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Area Sales Manager

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  Reporting directly to the CEO, I am solely responsible for the sales of our 3 key brands in Northern Ireland. This includes Gallaghers Bakehouse, Promise Gluten Free and Harvest Pride. Direct line manager for a Sales team of 21 Van Sales/Business Developers. Senior customer relationships across all trade channels in Northern Ireland. Design and implementation of business sales & operation strategies in the region. Reporting directly to the CEO, I am solely responsible for the sales of our 3 key brands in Northern Ireland. This includes Gallaghers Bakehouse, Promise Gluten Free and Harvest Pride. Direct line manager for a Sales team of 21 Van Sales/Business Developers. Senior customer relationships across all trade channels in Northern Ireland. Design and implementation of business sales & operation strategies in the region.



LINWOODS HEALTH FOODS

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

• Area Sales Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Jul 2018

  Reporting directly to the Managing Director, I was a leading member of the sales team responsible for the Sales and Brand development of Linwoods products in Northern Ireland. This was across 3 sectors, Bakery, Diary & Health Foods. I was Key Account Manager for all the various CB groups including multiples in NI.Direct Line manager for 20 Van sales people.

• Van Sales Supervisor

  • Jan 2007 - Sep 2014

  Reporting to Sales Manager I had responsibility for maintaining and developing Sales throughout Northern Ireland. Mentoring and upskilling our Van Sales function made up of 30 personnel. Maximize efficiencies across all of our routes in NI. Set key metrics for our van sales team.

• Van Sales Relief

  • Jan 2001 - Jan 2007

  Provide van sales cover for routes across Northern Ireland. Maintain relationships and grow sales across the various routes that I cover. Identify potential for new routes and work with senior management team to activate when required.