Bill Fleener

About Bill Fleener

VP of Sales & Business Development with a proven track record selling the very best DSD floral programs and the \"Freshest Flowers\" into Grocery Stores, Convenience Store Chains, Big Box Retailers, Hardware/Home Centers, Gift & Specialty Retailers, E-Commerce Retailers, Warehouse Clubs, Department Store, and Military channels. Possess strong leadership experience within multiple world-class sales, marketing, and manufacturing organizations. Designed and executed national sales and marketing strategies, coached and developed sales professionals, and, strengthened customer partnerships. Recognized for ability to inspire sales teams to peak performance, communicate effectively, consistently deliver and exceed aggressive sales goals, market share goals and profitably. Purpose-driven, competitive, energetic, high integrity with strong core values. Growing a new product category (floral) and my customer\'s sales revenue and profitability into something meaningful is my passion! I have chosen sales as a career over the years because I truly love to help people succeed and achieve their dreams. Life is too short to not love your work! I can be reached at: b•••••••@fantasy-farms.com

Experience

1. VP of Sales & Business Development

   Fantasy Farms Llc

   Aug 2018 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Direct responsibility for Fantasy Farms revenue goals and for developing plans and strategies for developing new business across North America. Works closely with ownership to build a successful brand strategy, while managing all key customer relationships and strategic sales opportunities. Specific targeted customer retailers include grocery chains, c-store chains, drug chains and specialty retailers. Have grown the sales revenue 40 percent, year over year (for the past 3 years) while adding hundreds of new retail locations.

Education

• Miami University

  MA

• Saginaw Valley State University

  BA