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David Gale

David Gale

North Vancouver,BC

Summary

WITH OVER THREE DECADES OF HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE I HAVE CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED PROFICIENCY IN VARIOUS DISCIPLINES SUCH AS SALES, MANUFACTURING, LOGISTICS, LOCAL AND NATIONAL MULTI-UNITS. THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, I HAVE PRIORITIZED THE CULTIVATION OF ROBUST AND LASTING BUSINESS AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, WHICH HAVE BEEN PIVOTAL IN ACHIEVING STRATEGIC GOALS AND ATTAINING HIGH LEVELS OF SUCCESS. MY APPROACH IS CHARACTERIZED BY A DEDICATED COMMITMENT TO NURTURING KEY PARTNERSHIPS, RECOGNIZING THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF COLLABORATION, AND FOSTERING TRUST AMONG STAKEHOLDERS. AND BY LEVERAGING THESE CONNECTIONS, I HAVE CONSISTENTLY DRIVEN TANGIBLE RESULTS AND HAVE UPHELD A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE IN ALL ENDEAVORS

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Business Development Manager

Sunrise Poultry / J&L Beef
  • Spearheaded the J&L Beef Retail and Food Service Box Burger Program
  • Project Manager on all beef related exercises from Walmart to Jollibee
  • Collaborated with legal Dept, QC and Production Facilities to facilitate our principles vision, formulas, and expectations
  • Project Manager for the launch of Jollibee Yum burger in Canada
  • Working directly with supply chain management as well as their International QC team to run multiple trial's arriving at a formula that was presented to Senior Leadership within the Jollibee Head office in the Philippines
  • Managed large book of business of around 35 million dollars
  • Onboarded Church's Chicken, Old Spaghetti Factory (Beef program) Edo Japan, Red Robin and Jollibee burger program for Canada
  • Outside of projects management worked directly with brokers and Manufacturing facilities across Canada.

Protein Specialist

Centennial Foodservice
03.2004 - Current
  • In both tenures took bronze territories and turned them gold within one to three years
  • Most Improved Rep 2006
  • Top branch sales 2009
  • Won Pillar Thriller twice – Went to Vegas on both trips
  • Won numerous top 10 awards for Seafood extravaganza, Premium meats
  • 2022 and 2023 increase sales by over a million dollars the first year and eight hundred thousand for second year
  • First Food service rep to achieve one million dollars in fresh seafood sales
  • Placed second in for our Seafood Extravaganza – Won trip to Boston.

Education

Culinary Arts Program - Cook 1/ Apprenticeship 2/ Apprenticeship 3 / Journeyman Chefs Red Seal

Vancouver Community College

Digital Marketing - E-Commerce/ Social Media Strategy

University of Toronto
01.2013

Sustainability Studies - Sustainable Business Strategy / Sustainability Economics / Introduction to Sustainability 101

University of British Columbia
01.2011

Skills

  • Territory Management
  • Customer Engagement
  • Key Account Management
  • Pricing strategy
  • Team Leadership
  • Business development and planning
  • Negotiations
  • Decision-Making
  • Relationship building and management
  • Client Relationship Building
  • Strategic Planning
  • New Business Development
  • Relationship building and rapport

Timeline

Protein Specialist

Centennial Foodservice
03.2004 - Current

Senior Business Development Manager

Sunrise Poultry / J&L Beef

Culinary Arts Program - Cook 1/ Apprenticeship 2/ Apprenticeship 3 / Journeyman Chefs Red Seal

Vancouver Community College

Digital Marketing - E-Commerce/ Social Media Strategy

University of Toronto

Sustainability Studies - Sustainable Business Strategy / Sustainability Economics / Introduction to Sustainability 101

University of British Columbia

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