Leah Ridpath
Ennismore,ON
Summary
Dedicated Food Service professional with a history of growth utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best encourage growth in customer partnerships.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager, Food Service Sales - Sysco
Maple Leaf Foods
07.2018 - Current
- Manage two Sysco Sites partnering with their cross functional teams to encourage growth at Sysco
- Managing multiple regional chains and multi unit customers with proven success
- Forecasting new business within the Maple Leaf cross functional team
- Promote specific products and promotions to encourage sales growth
- Identifying customer challenges, needs, or opportunities and solutions to problems and conflict
- Preparing for live or online PowerPoints customized for specific customers and/or events
- Preparing and editing product information sheets within Adobe
- Organizing, preparing and participating in trade shows, customer product presentations and product cuttings
- Exceptional product knowledge and current market trends for strong customer support
- Developing new business leads and expanding current and future customers to drive growth
- Making appointments, coordinating scheduling and following up weekly with customers.
Sales Representative
Export Packers Company Limited
05.2010 - 07.2018
- Manage a territory by making regular visits to customers to promote products and promotions to encourage sales growth
- Organizing, preparing and participating in trade shows, events and customer product presentations
- Identifying customer challenges, needs, or opportunities and solutions to problems and conflict
- Exceptional knowledge for product line and current market trends for strong customer support
- Cold calling and developing new business leads and expanding current and future customers to drive growth
- Making appointments, coordinating scheduling and following up weekly with customers
- Assist the corporate chef with preparations and logistics for customer presentations
- Manage regional chains and local distributors.
Education
Business Administration: Marketing -
Fleming College
Peterborough, Ontario04.2010
OSSD -
Adam Scott Collegiate Vocational Institute
Peterborough, ON06.2005
Skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills with both large and small groups
- Proficient in Microsoft Office - Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Verbal and written communication
- Customer Relationship Management
References
References available upon request
Hobbies and Interests
- Watching sports and participating in amateur competition
- Reading, Music and art history
- Volunteer President with the Huntington’s Society of Canada’s Peterborough Chapter
- Volunteer Team Manager with Ennismore Eagles Minor Hockey Association
Training
- Six Sigma – Green Belt Certification, Mississauga, Ontario, 2020
- Excel Training - Advanced, Brampton, Ontario, 2016
- WHIMIS Training, Peterborough, Ontario, 2002
Timeline
Manager, Food Service Sales - Sysco
Maple Leaf Foods
07.2018 - Current
Sales Representative
Export Packers Company Limited
05.2010 - 07.2018
Business Administration: Marketing -
Fleming College
OSSD -
Adam Scott Collegiate Vocational Institute
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