Ashley Pendleton

About Ashley Pendleton

Experienced National Account Executive and Marketing Associate with a demonstrated history of working in the food & beverages industry. Skilled in Inventory Management, Customer Relationship Building, Catering, Food & Beverage, Retail, Cold Calling, and Menu Development. Strong marketing professional with a Diploma focused in Career in Culinary Arts and Culinary Management from Institute of Culinary Education.

Experience

1. National Account Management Executive

   Sysco

   Nov 2019 — Present · Birmingham, AL, US

   Responsibilities Promotes the company’s products and services and builds relationships with new and manages existing accounts.Serves as the day to day contact for customer and all inquiries including accounting, product issues, inventory management and problem solving.Manages customers to MDA compliance and ensures customer satisfaction.Manages approx.$50 million dollars of Business annually with a portfolio of 240+customers.Manages Aramark Accounts for Sysco Central Alabama. Aramark is of \"The Big Three\" Customers. Helped facilitate the onboarding of a new $6 million dollar customer by serving as the main point of contact for all parties involved. Worked with merchandising to procure all specialty product, determined usage and distribution.Served as the point of contact for Sysco Central Alabama for the FDA Farmers to Family Bid. Coordinated the placement of $2.8 million food boxes in 1 month.Proficient in the CRM Tool Salesforce which is used to facilitate the success of closing sales through documentation of all the steps of our sales process. Uses Salesforce and other reporting programs to help with time management, running customer reports and reviewing information on my territory’s dashboard.

Education

• Institute of Culinary Education

  Diploma, Career in Culinary Arts and Culinary Management

  2003 — 2004

• Auburn University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Hotel and Restaurant Management

  1993 — 1998

Skills

• Menu Development
• Restaurants
• Catering
• Frozen Food
• Retail
• Food Industry
• Seafood
• Cold Calling
• Sales Management
• Food & Beverage
• Food Safety
• Marketing
• New Business Development
• Haccp
• Culinary Skills
• Food Service
• Cooking
• Hospitality
• Food