Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Volunteer And Leadership
Accomplishments
Languages
References
Timeline
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Mark Cannon

Fort Worth,TX

Summary

Accomplished marketing professional with demonstrated success developing and implementing strategic approaches to drive market growth and bottom-line profitability. Strong communicator with natural leadership talent and high energy. Impactful and successful manager talented in building teams and motivating personnel to new levels of performance. I will use my 23 years of experience, as well as my 10 years of retail, to work with clients on a more personal interactive level and embrace the next challenge in the evolution of the food service industry.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Business Development

Lone Star Food Brokers
09.2022
  • Responsibilities include, opening new distributor and end-user accounts within Texas
  • Coordinate food shows, create sales admin platform thru Goggle
  • Represent clients such as Kronos/Grecian Delight, Cheesecake Royale, Texas Chili Co, among others

SW Regional Manager

Blue Star Foods, Inc.
02.2019 - 01.2022
  • Managed Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas
  • Worked directly with my broker partners by organizing team sales presentations and continued broker training
  • The company furloughed me due to the Covid pandemic and lack of supply.

Market Director

Core Group
08.2008 - 06.2018
  • Organized food shows and demonstrations to gain new product slots for the distributors
  • Run Sales Call Activity reports and Sales Progress reports to better manage team and ensure client's needs are met
  • Manage client’s marketing funds and sample budgets
  • Represent 30-35 clients such as Nestle Professional, Michael Foods, Smuckers, McIlHenny/Tabasco and Ocean Spray.

Sales Associate

Lemmons Company
08.1999 - 08.2008
  • Represented industry leading companies such as Tyson Foods, General Mills, Jennie O Turkey, Michael Foods and Schwan's Food Service
  • Provided sales support at the street level to promote new items by making sales calls and product demonstrations
  • Created menu ideas and training of end-user’s staff to ensure the continued purchase of client’s products
  • Organized and conducted group individual trainings for distributor sales representatives as well as end users.

Education

Pre-reqs initiated for Business Management Degree -

Tarrant County College
01.2022

Diploma -

Woodrow Wilson High School
01.1991

Skills

  • Salesforce
  • Sales Discovery System
  • Emerald Cube Solutions
  • Enterprise Analytics
  • Excel
  • Power Point
  • Word
  • Outlook
  • Google products
  • [Type] Marketing
  • Sales Leadership and Training
  • Channel Development
  • Customer Engagement
  • Pipeline Development
  • Key Account Management
  • Networking
  • Organizational Development
  • Performance Management
  • Partnership Development
  • Revenue Growth

Volunteer And Leadership

  • President and founding member of Texas Celtic Athletic Association, a non-profit 501c3.
  • Participant and Director of several Scottish Highland Games competitions throughout year.

Accomplishments

  • Awarded with upward advancement in the Food Service Broker network by performing well with additional responsibilities.
  • Continually out performs client growth expectations and sales goal quotas.

Languages

Spanish
Limited

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Director of Business Development

Lone Star Food Brokers
09.2022

SW Regional Manager

Blue Star Foods, Inc.
02.2019 - 01.2022

Market Director

Core Group
08.2008 - 06.2018

Sales Associate

Lemmons Company
08.1999 - 08.2008

Pre-reqs initiated for Business Management Degree -

Tarrant County College

Diploma -

Woodrow Wilson High School

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