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James Jupin

Washington Township,NJ

Summary

Award winning New Business Development Executive with over 23 years of results oriented expertise in providing successful customer-specific solutions catering to a wide array of industries on a global scale, including petcare, food, snacks beverages, premium candy, confections, HBA and OTC.

Drive new business through providing excellent customer service and establishing strategic partnerships with key stakeholders and executives to increase revenue and flawlessly execute in multiple retail channels. Outstanding success in building and maintaining relationships with key decision-makers, establishing large volume, high margin accounts and ensuring client retention and loyalty. Well organized with a track record of that demonstrates self-motivation, perseverance and the creativity to achieve both personal and corporate goals. Maintain focus on client relationships, management of all partnering account teams to identify opportunities, then architect, position and close new projects to provide all customers with exceptional results.

Extremely well accomplished, industry veteran responsible for organic sales exceeding $41,725,000 over the last three years, generated Annual Contribution dollars averaging $3,500,000/yr at a solid average margin of 31%. 3 X Winner of the Prestigious Pinnacle Award over the last three years. Winning the Gold Award in back to back years and won the Most Prestigious, Pinnacle Platinum Award last year with double digit organic revenue growth, contribution growth while setting the bar with the highest average margin across all divisions of Pratt Industries.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr, Integrated Commercial Operations Mgr

Pratt Industries- Display Division
Washington Twp , New Jersey
01.2020 - Current
  • Commercially responsible for all New Business Development activities across 4 major account teams. One account team per Tier One Client contact held and currently in development of my 5th Tier One account team.
  • Generated organic revenue growth of more than $41.7 million dollars in the past 3 years, resulting in annual contribution of over $3.5 million dollars and maintaining a healthy 31% margin across multiple contracts including Bayer, Beiersdorf, Ferrero USA, DHL, Mondelez & Mars Petcare.
  • Collaborate in cross-departmental teams, drive structural & graphic design innovation and assist in creating 'Go To Market' Strategies on all new product launches, brand extensions and assist in driving additional open stock product opportunities.
  • Commercially manage the relationship between the client and the dedicated internal account teams. Account Teams consist of Acct & Proj Mgrs, Structural & Graphic Designers and liaised with Consumer Insight Teams for each CPG Client.
  • Established strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to drive successful project executions.
  • Identified and communicated opportunities, reviewed partnerships and solutions performance, managed issues and risk.
  • Led Quarterly Business Review Meetings and effectively managed all contracts.
  • Accountable for the overall success of each partnership, setting and maintaining the business plan, defining cross-functional initiatives to deliver on the plan, and meeting or exceeding partnerships, including revenue, pipeline creation and meeting all strategic objectives per contract.

National Sales Manager

Pratt Industries- Display Division
Washington Twp, New Jersey
08.2014 - 12.2019
  • Cultivated and developed organic opportunities within the OTC, Food, and Confections industries as part of a New Business Development role.
  • Developed and implemented strategies to increase sales revenue.
  • Collaborated with marketing and brand teams to create promotional Point of Purchase campaigns and new product launches in various retail environments.
  • Managed multiple projects simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines without compromising quality standards while staying on budget and maintaining solid profit margins.
  • Consistently exceeded monthly revenue, contribution margin and $/msf goals.
  • Developed and managed account teams for each Tier One CPG Client.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice & Science

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD
06-1998

Skills

  • Business Development
  • Strategic Market Positioning, Brand Promotion
  • Solution Selling
  • High Impact Sales
  • Territory Growth/ Development
  • Contract Negotiations
  • Multimillion-dollar P&L Management
  • Strategic Planning, Revenue Forecasting & Business Growth Initiatives
  • Having a Positive, "CAN DO/ NO QUIT" Attitude

Accomplishments

  • 3 x Pinnacle Award, GOLD Winner 2021, GOLD Winner 2022 & PLATINUM Winner 2023
  • Outstanding Merchandising Awards (Gold x 2, Silver x1 & Display of the Year 2021)

Timeline

Sr, Integrated Commercial Operations Mgr

Pratt Industries- Display Division
01.2020 - Current

National Sales Manager

Pratt Industries- Display Division
08.2014 - 12.2019

Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice & Science

University of Maryland - College Park
James Jupin