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Christopher Del Mauro

National Sales Manager
Florham Park,NJ

Summary

Strategic-thinking, persistent and tenacious sales professional with years of increased sales with experience cultivating partnerships, retaining top accounts and growing profit channels. Highly determined, self-motivated leader talented at expanding network connections, persuasively introducing products, and uncovering customer needs to deliver valuable solutions. Experience hiring, training & managing people while leading-high performing sales teams within the CPG industry and top tier multi-billion-dollar hedge funds in London and New York City provides the employer a unique advantage over others.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

National Sales Manager

Okamoto
Florham Park, United States
03.2022 - Current
  • Monitored customer buying trends, market conditions and competitor actions to adjust strategies and achieve sales goals.
  • Met with customers to give sales presentations, negotiate contracts and promote services.
  • Negotiated and closed agreements with large customers such as Walgreens, Rite Aid, CVS.
  • Working diligently to add brokerage coverage to an emerging brand and a company that only has about 25% coverage through the US.
  • Introduced pricing changes to adapt to our target market; Gen Z and Millennial's and still keeping our customers margins intact if not improved.

Regional Sales Manager

Kayco & Beyond
Bayonne, NJ
09.2017 - 03.2022
  • Exceeded sales goals by double digits during my tenure with distributors & top retailers on both the East Coast & Midwest; and improved profitability by aligning sales strategies and business plans with market trends.
  • Leverage my relationships with UNFI & KEHE building relationships with major conventional and natural retailers throughout the Eastern & Midwestern United States by earning new retailer business in multiple categories such as frozen vegetables, gluten free crackers & snacks, functional beverage sets, vegan sets, nutritional bars, tea sets, natural & organic beverage sets, produce sets Mediterranean, and other categories. We had a large specialty portfolio with major brands across 7 categories.
  • Achieved regional sales objectives by coordinating sales teams, developing successful strategies and servicing accounts to strengthen business relationships with east & midwest retailers from Meijer, Wegmans, Harrist Teeter, ShopRite, AHOLD, Shaws, The Fresh Market and distributors from Bozzuto's, Krasdale, River Valley.
  • Collaborated with senior executives to evaluate performance in regional area and develop strategies to expand revenue generation.
  • Managed 2 brokers with about two dozen AM's across the Midwest and east coast in addition to our major distributors UNFI and KEHE.
  • Help launch a pallet program for Passover which cut labor costs for our retail partners.
  • Targeted prospects in other territories through careful research of competitor products, services and trends; specifically the Midwest where I was the first to get us into Meijer's, Schnucks and Deirbergs.

Business Manager

CA Fortune
Montvale, NJ
05.2016 - 09.2017
  • Created, managed and executed business plan and communicated company vision and objectives to motivate teams.
  • Brought in new business connections and revenue generation opportunities by improving networking strategies.
  • Oversaw and improved deliveries through proactive coordination of daily operations.
  • Enhanced and redefined organizational structure to maintain company's competitive edge across territories.

Business Manager

Acosta Sales & Marketing
Chicago, IL
03.2014 - 05.2016
  • Researched and identified opportunities with customers & distributors to help customers gain new and additional PODs, in the Eastern and Central U.S.; retailers such as, Wakefern, The Market Basket, Roche Brothers, Foodtown, Safeway/ACME, Kings, Earth Fare, Ingles, Publix and all major east coast retailers.
  • Communicated with customers and vendors positively with particular attention to problem resolution.
  • Oversaw office operations for organization by processing vital documentation, obtaining insurance verification and authorization for services.
  • Implemented automation strategies for office operations, correspondence management, schedule coordination and recordkeeping.
  • Created, managed and executed business plan and communicated company vision and objectives to motivate teams.

VP, Sales & Marketing

Antonio Mozzarella Factory
Newark, NJ
05.2012 - 01.2014
  • Trained and developed new hires in company processes, product knowledge, customer service and selling techniques.
  • Grew sales and boosted profits, applying proactive management strategies and enhancing sales training; one of my first sales was to DeLallo who they were trying to get for 7 years! Started selling $6,000 worth of product a month with them.
  • Maintained customer satisfaction with quick and professional handling of product returns.
  • Increased sales by offering advice on purchases and promoting additional products.

VP of Global Operations & Equity Finance Sales

Cowen Capital
New York, NY
04.2000 - 05.2012
  • Spearheaded the launch of a multi billion-dollar office managing our international operations & securities lending desk in the U.K.; consisted of managing and training employees in both NY & London.
  • Generated sales running our international equity sales business by networking with other banks & counterparts throughout Europe & Asia.
  • Identified and improved workflow for portfolio managers by facilitating securities lending transactions through newly developed relationships. Saving the company tens of thousands in short help equities.
  • Mitigated operational risk of millions, potentially more by writing the operations and procedures handbook for our company to utilize to deal with certain situations, to onboarding new employees and as a general "guide". $7 billion in AUM, this was a major accomplishment.
  • Deciphered savings of hundreds of thousands in dividends costs. (Short European Equities).
  • Assisted upper-level management in operational risk decision-making procedures.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Finance

Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ

Skills

  • Prospecting new regions, accounts and channels of business
  • Budgeting and Expenditures
  • Recruitment and Selection
  • Client Satisfaction
  • New Business Opportunities, New Territory Expansion
  • Forecasting and Reporting
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
  • P&L Management
  • Team Leadership
  • Business Acumen
  • Leading Team Meetings
  • Food, Beverage & HBC Management
  • SPINS, Nielsen & IRI Date

Accomplishments

  • Increased revenues & profits for nearly 5 consecutive years while managing approximately $30MM across 7 categories, with years over 20%+ digits.
  • Promoted from Senior AM to Business Manager, in less than 12-months after gaining our customers thousands and thousands new POD in my first year as AM with NSS/Acosta.
  • Promoted to Vice President of Global Operations due to my efforts of opening our first international trading office. Hired, trained & managed teams from NY to London. In both CPG & finance.
  • Corrected our accounting platform to properly manage our most complex securities.
  • Streamlined and wrote the handbook for a multi-billion-dollar hedge fund with over $7B of AUM that mitigated tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in dividend risk.,
  • Promoted to VP of Sales due to continued sales results, attracting new customers and increasing profits through solid negotiation skills; notable accounts consisted of Meijer, Harris Teeter, Wegmans, Food Lion & many more.

Timeline

National Sales Manager

Okamoto
03.2022 - Current

Regional Sales Manager

Kayco & Beyond
09.2017 - 03.2022

Business Manager

CA Fortune
05.2016 - 09.2017

Business Manager

Acosta Sales & Marketing
03.2014 - 05.2016

VP, Sales & Marketing

Antonio Mozzarella Factory
05.2012 - 01.2014

VP of Global Operations & Equity Finance Sales

Cowen Capital
04.2000 - 05.2012

Bachelor of Science - Finance

Rider University
Christopher Del MauroNational Sales Manager