George Andrew Gilbert

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Mt Holly, NC 28120 704-***-****

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SENIOR MANAGEMENT / CONSULTANT

Lead, manage, and direct day-to-day business development with full responsibilities and accountability, and effectively developing and implementing business plans for the business.

Experience in the identification, analysis, and resolution of diverse operational issues, continuously maintaining top performance while offering superior services.

Superior capabilities in selection, recruitment, training and development of top performing talents.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Operations Management: Team Building, Project Management, Training/ Development, Human Resources, Organization Assessment, Training Systems Design and Development, Organization Change Management, Team Leader and Facilitator, Goal Champion, Supply-Chain Coordinator, Promotional Product & Project Management, Route Sales coordination & support.

Business Relations: Customer Sales & Support, Sales and Marketing Programs, Strategic Marketing & Brand Promotions for new effective revenue base relations.

Career Objectives: To contribute professional skills learned as a Team Player, and learning new professional skills through continuing education, whether on-the-job training, or attending higher learning institution or university

2010-2011 Se-va Holdings

Charlotte, North Carolina

Director of Sales

Director of sales for the Charlotte area and responsibilities of training the sales force in sales tactics and development of the Se-va website. Help merchants to identify sales problems and address them through creative advertising on the Se-va site.

Qualifications: Experience with sales tactics, training of employees for given positions, and

Service area of products sold. Made vendor agreements and maintain customer base relationships, started a new sales quota for new establishment company

Industry: Internet sales and merchant support

2006- 2009 US Foodservice

Fort Mill, South Carolina

Territory Manager

Territory Manager of Restaurant Food Sales and Merchandising for Gaston County, North Carolina, with primary responsibilities of generating new Food Sales for Retail Restaurant's, Providing Emergency Customer Support and maintaining consistent Customer satisfaction. Responsible for implementing "just-in-time" food delivery service to Restaurant Owner's, and providing cost effective products and ideals, trouble shooting.

Qualifications: Progressive "hands-on" experience as Territory Manager meeting the needs and challenges of Restaurant Owner's demanding schedules for food service purchases and "on-time" delivery service. The focus of job responsibilities is to provide the Customer with "hands-on" advisory services that are professional in setting by crafting solutions that reflect each customer's needs and organizational culture. Emphasis was placed in the implementation of recommended actions.

Experience: Extensive experience with cash management working with Client's budgeting, liquidation of doubtful accounts, negotiating with problem accounts to securing new productivity and reorganizing Customers lines of credit for purchasing food products. Creative problem solving and conflict resolution.

Industry: Sales and Distribution of Restaurant and Hospitality Food Service.

2004 – 2006 L.N.M. BROKERS, INC.

Charlotte, North Carolina

Accountant Manager &

Merchandising & Design-Build Consultant

Account Manager for Distribution Merchandiser of both Natural & Organic Foods, Health & Beauty Aids responsible for Sales of 18 different food, health & beauty product lines; each product line having 30 different individual product Items combing for an inventory of roughly 320 different food, health and beauty products.

Merchandising & Design-Build Consultant for Specialty Food Retail Merchandising, and Product Design-Build Lay-out of Natural & Organic Foods, Health & Beauty Aids for Regional area Health Food Store and Supermarket Retailers.

Responsibilities included product & inventory knowledge through implementation of Sales for; All Products being represented to major retail Health Food Stores and Supermarket Chains. Experienced Logistics & Distribution Management through Chain-Supply;

Qualifications: Extensive experience of field operations with hands-on management. Budget planning and goal setting. Cost controls. Systems turnaround, and restructuring. Forecasting, productivity improvement, performance measurement and process improvements. Labor relations.

Experience: Leadership development including vision, mission, strategy, team building conflict resolution, and employee coaching. Process and organization design. Change management. Labor relations. Creative problem solver with the ability to "think outside the box". Personnel management and evaluations. Cost control.

Industry: Sales and Distribution of Wholesale Specialty Food Distribution Chain-Supply, and Marketing.

1994 - 2003 HADDON HOUSE FOODS, INC.

Medford, New Jersey

Reset Design-Build Layout Specialist &

Distribution & Logistics Manager;

Haddon House is an International Gourmet Food Distribution Company with Global Head Quarters located in Medford, New Jersey. The Company’s primary business is supplying Gourmet Food & Dairy Products through chain-supply distribution to National Retail Grocery Store Chains throughout the United States and Europe.

As Design-Build Layout Specialist of Retail Natural, Organic Foods & Dairy Products, I was charged with the responsibilities of the day to day management of on-site Design-Build Re-Set Teams, who continuously reconstruct antiquated display shelf space, whereby revitalizing both product presentation and market appeal for existing product's and lunching promotional campaigns for new products and their brand awareness.

As Distribution Manager, New Sales were increased upward to 35% on annual sales; I was responsible for Supply-Chain Distribution and product knowledge of 540 product lines of both Domestic and International Products, with coordinated retail product in-store space assignment of inventory. Each Store location operated on “Plan-a-gram” schedules for efficient "just-in-time" order/ reorder entry for each individual store branch locations. Combined product lines consisted of well over 10,000 different individual specialty items.

As Logistics Manager, coordinating the distribution and chain-supply of all product lines to assigned Route Sales throughout geographic territory location covering Washington, D.C. Metro Area to North Florida.

Qualifications: Diverse background as Distribution and Logistics Manager instrumental in developing, planning, and restructuring retail marketing, product presentation, and distribution of wholesale specialty food and dairy products for National Grocery Store Chains.

Experience: Extensive experience in various marketing and sales strategies, financial experience includes internal profit & loss auditing, heavy inventory control and forecasting, strategic long-term and short-term cost controls for financial budgeting and planning. Team Leader implementing effective delegation, coaching and staff motivation to continuously improve operating methods and productivity employee staff and field personnel.

Industry: Sales and Distribution of International Gourmet Food & Dairy Products.

References: All personal and career references are available on request

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