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Emilie Couture

Spruce Grove,AB

Summary

Energetic and hardworking sales professional offering proven leadership, planning, and problem-solving abilities honed over 13-year career. Skillfully plans and implements market-driven promotions to acquire new customers and strengthen sales numbers. Expertly coordinates teams and resources to meet business demands.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

District Sales Manager

PepsiCo
Edmonton, AB
01.2014 - Current
  • Establish sale goals and create program to meet and exceed all sales, operations, and safety objectives,
  • Hire and onboard all new hires,
  • Lead, coach, train and motivate a team and to develop them by improving selling techniques to increase route performance and their person critical skills,
  • Responsible for promotional forecast accuracy and planning,
  • Implement all safety, sales, marketing, merchandising and personnel programs through effective communication with the team,
  • Conduct business reviews with key decision makers,
  • Maintain business control requirements including inventory and sales reporting accuracy,
  • Analyze market trends and sales data and implement program to meet goals
  • Leverage technologies to enable team and leadership despite a vast geography

Business Development Representative

PepsiCo
Edmonton, AB
10.2009 - 12.2013
  • Achieving foodservice sales volume, revenues, and profitability goals,
  • -Growing local base business though effective selling and execution of monthly priorities,
  • Cold Calling and acquiring new business,
  • -Building Financial Proposal and negotiating contracts, rebate and deals with current and new customers,
  • Converting new local and national accounts,
  • Collaborating cross-functionally with local Field Sales team to ensure business objective are met,
  • Activating local initiatives and promotions to build brand development and their performance,
  • Conducting business review and overseeing day to day customers issues.

Business Analyst Intern

Petro-Canada
Montreal, QC
09.2006 - 12.2006
  • Supporting Regional Managers and District Managers by preparing monthly sales reports, managing internal contests, overseeing daily safety reports, and following up accordingly.
  • Supporting specialist for A&W and car wash with reports and in trade as a mystery shopper.

Market Research Intern

Sobeys
Montreal, QC
01.2006 - 04.2006
  • Supporting Research Manager by doing different researches and analysis like calculating geographic food potentials for areas, calculate market share, complete studies and in trade surveys, define flyers zone.

Education

Certificat - Communication

Laval University
Quebec, Qc
12.2007

BBA - Marketing

Sherbrooke University
Sherbrooke, QC
08.2007

Skills

  • Leadership/Management
  • Analytical thinking & Strategic Planning
  • Bilingual Communication
  • Problem solving & negotiation
  • Sales & customer services
  • Direct sales
  • Team building and leadership
  • Staff Training and Development

Hobbies

Played Collegial Volleyball and figure skate for over 15 years. Love travelling and currently working on learning a third language.

Timeline

District Sales Manager

PepsiCo
01.2014 - Current

Business Development Representative

PepsiCo
10.2009 - 12.2013

Business Analyst Intern

Petro-Canada
09.2006 - 12.2006

Market Research Intern

Sobeys
01.2006 - 04.2006

Certificat - Communication

Laval University

BBA - Marketing

Sherbrooke University
Emilie Couture