Zionsville, Indiana, United States
Passionate sales professional dedicated to growth, account management and brand development. Energetic leader with 18 years in packaging sales and channel management. Specialties: plastics, blow molding, bottles, supply chain, industrial packaging, sales, distribution strategy, account development, relationship management, dimensional weight
Provides strategic leadership to a team of Business Development Managers responsible for expanding the Graham packaging brand and opening new customer relationships
Creating partnerships and solving problems. Helping business bring their brands to life on store shelves. Providing project management for all levels of customer engagement including engineering, operations, supply chain, marketing, and sourcing. Planning and executing strategic growth for current accounts as well as new key prospects.
Working with distribution to strengthen relationships, creating value for our core product lines and training reps selling in the field.
Making it easier for our distribution channels to sell Sealed Air's utility products in Indiana, Michigan, NW Ohio and Eastern Tennessee.
I have been PSS trained and normally work with major DCs and manufacturers in the Central Indiana region providing packaging solutions for their products. I was the 2009 North American Sales Rep of the year for the protective packaging division. I am also fortunate enough to travel with our trade show team a few times a year.
I ran our chapters and committees as well as managing database information for the trade organization. I also performed many event planning tasks.
Deputy of Fundraising and Finance: Managed the Rising Star Committee, a group of young professionals, who helped with grass roots and different fundraisers. Organized various fundraisers throughout the summer, reported on opponent's campaign and worked with different Microsoft database tools.