SEAN BOLAND

• Developing all trade channels with a focus on Alternative and Food Service.
• Closed business with Hilton for 3,000+ hotel locations

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• Bid on Private Label opportunities in the grocery, dollar and drug channels utilizing relationships with Daymon and Topco. Developed a private Label program for Wakefern
• Called on Food Service channel including distributors such as Aramark, DOT, Vistar, Sysco, and many regional players and restaurant chains such as Sweetgreen, Playa Bowls, Disney and others

• Lead sales nationally and internationally in all trade channels focusing on deli and specialty grocery
• Key accounts include Kroger, Albertsons, Target, Publix, HEB, Food Lion and Ahold
• Gained more than 4000 new points of distribution
• Opened 8 international markets
• Expanded alternative and convenience channels by more than 2000 points of distribution calling on accounts like Wawa, EG America,11, Travel Centers of America and Tractor Supply Company
• Created full sales, slotting, promotional plan and forecast
• Established ambitious sales targets, managed deployment strategies and developed go-to-market plans to capitalize on every revenue opportunity

• Grew points of distribution from 800 to more than 10,000 in the Eastern US
• Gained distribution in major East Coast accounts like Ahold, Publix, SEG, BJ's, Costco and more
• Developed the Export channel selling into 18 countries around the world
• Created a salvage channel for JDF company as all new business driving over 1 million in revenue
• Grew sales from under 1 million to over 10 million on the East Coast

• Headquarter calls on all national distributors including KEHE & UNFI
• Major accounts included Safeway, Kroger, Sam's Club, Costco and Ahold
• Developed a national broker network
• Managed all sales functions including forecasting, trade shows, trade spend, slotting and personnel management
• Cultivated opportunities within the food service channel calling on
• Paradies, OTG, Aramark and Vistar month others
• Successfully gained new accounts like Costco, Albertsons and Wakefern

• Developed national broker network
• Managed key distributor headquarter calls including KEHEand UNFI
• Developed online sales through Amazon, Groupon, and others
• Developed the sales, slotting and promotional programs
• Remained responsive to changing targets by preparing monthly, quarterly and annual sales reports and forecasts.

• Called on convenience key accounts including Wawa, Cumberland
• Farms, Sheetz, Hess, Quick Chek, Royal Farms, Sunoco, Barnes & Nobles and Stewarts
• Exceeded forecast every fiscal year
• Led the charge of the channel for 800+ DSD routes and 3rd party distributors including McLane and Core-Mark
• Exceeded targets by building, directing and motivating high-performing sales team.

• Led the largest of the 30+ zones in the country to the 2008 Zone of the
• Year award
• Full P&L responsibility for a $30M zone
• Leader of 7direct reports and more than 100 total reports
• Exceeded sales quotas and increased profitability through effective sales strategy and business planning
• Coordinated staff sales meetings to discuss developmental strategy, best practices and process improvements
• Monitored sales team performance, analyzed sales data and reported information to area managers.

• Secured entry into many new business opportunities including Wawa
• HESS, West Coast Video, Heritage Dairy Stores, Amelia's Markets, GNC and others
• Managed regional key accounts including Clemens's Markets, Safeway
• East, Genuardi's, RMGGroup, IRGGroup, Drexeline and others
• Closed over $4M in new business
• Consistently achieved top ranking in revenue and profit growth
• Leveraged strategic planning to penetrate key accounts.