TARA C. YOUNG

Core Fruit Ingredients.

• Company Overview: Private label and ingredient sales – manage bulk sales as well as retail labels.
• Customer relations: the middle person between the suppliers and the customer.
• Analyze market trends, customer feedback, and pricing strategies to recommend changes in product offerings or services.
• Collaborate with sales team members to develop solutions tailored to customer needs.
• Attend trade shows and industry events in order to build brand awareness among target audiences.
• Identify new opportunities for growth within existing accounts, as well as potential new customers.
• Conduct meetings with clients to discuss their objectives, challenges, and strategies.
• Manage key enterprise account with responsibility for sales, contracts, negotiations and reporting.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with decision-makers and influencers within key accounts.

Purely Pomegranate.

• Manage all purchase orders that come in: create picks, releases, and certificates of analysis.
• Coordinate all pomegranate runs: work with our suppliers in Turkey and Egypt to get containers to the US, manage the drying process, create lots, and send samples for micro testing.
• Generate new sales leads and perform sales calls to obtain new business.
• Seek out opportunities for upselling additional products or services to existing customers.

• Company Overview: The company was sold (still do consulting for them when needed).
• Reviewed invoices from carriers and vendors for accuracy prior to processing payments.
• Ensured compliance with company policies, procedures, safety regulations and applicable laws.
• Monitored inventory levels and initiated re-stocking processes when necessary.
• Resolved customer complaints related to shipping issues or delays in transit times.
• Managed day-to-day operations related to receiving, storing, packing, shipping merchandise.
• Located and negotiated with warehouses to store and fulfill customer orders throughout the United States.
• Communicated product forecasts with the global supply chain.
• Prepared and submitted all paperwork required to register products with new stores (Costco...etc)

Sales and Marketing:

• Coordinated samples, performed customer research, created buy docs, and scheduled sample events.
• Developed marketing materials: coordinated with graphic artists and the marketing team to create new presentation materials.
• Planned trade shows and expo events: booked event booths and coordinate with event facilities to ensure booth presentations comply with all local health and safety regulations.
• Attended trade shows to assist with the sales team, and manage the setup and teardown of each event.

• Manage all customer orders from start to finish
• Follow up with all orders: vendors and customers
• Pursuing new business opportunities- cold calling/emailing