Chris Edkins
Executive Leader | Functional Food & Beverage Ingredients-Flavors | Commercial Strategy | Client Development | Team Development | Infrastructure Build Out | Global Revenue and Margin Management
- Role
- Commercial Director of Sales - Healthful Solutions t & Hs Us can at Ingredion Incorporated
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris Edkins
Global Business Leader with a demonstrated history of success in the food, flavor and functional ingredient industries. Passionate about building strategy, methodology and teams that consistently out perform expectations while demonstrating high level business IQ that enables client growth.
Experience
Commercial Director of Sales - Healthful Solutions t & Hs Us can
Apr 2025 — Present · Bridgewater, NJ, US
US/CANADA Commercial Strategy Lead for our key Healthful Solutions Pillars- Protein Fortification- Sugar Reduction | FMP’s | Stevia Technology- Fiber Solutions for Digestive, Metabolic and Gut HealthIngredion is a leading global ingredients solutions company. We make sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients and biomaterials that are used by customers in everyday products from foods and beverages to paper and pharmaceuticals.We turn grains, fruits, vegetables and other plant materials into ingredients that make crackers crunchy, candy sweet, yogurt creamy, lotions and creams silky, plastics biodegradable and tissues softer and stronger. Our innovative ingredient solutions help customers stay on trend with simple ingredients and gluten-free or high-fiber foods that appeal to today\'s consumers.Grounded in our values of Care First, Be Preferred, Everyone Belongs, Innovate Boldly and Owner\'s Mindset, we employ approximately employees around the world. Our customers operate in more than 120 countries and represent 60 diverse sectors, including food, beverage, paper and corrugating, brewing and other industries.
Education
Ohio University - Athens, OH
B.S. Human Consumer Sciences, Business - Food Science
1991 — 1995
Skills
- Food Safety
- Key Account Management
- Marketing Management
- Sales
- Fmcg
- Pricing
- Customer Insight
- Market Planning
- Key Account Development
- Frozen Food
- Dairy
- Income Statement
- Sales Operations
- Haccp
- Leadership
- Product Innovation
- Strategic Planning
- Product Development
- Business Development
- Trade Marketing
- Consumer Products
- Distributors
- New Business Development
- Meat
- Purchasing
- B2b
- Food Industry
- Food Technology
- Shopper Marketing
- Flavors
- P&L Management
- Iri
- Brand Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Food Processing
- Ingredients
- Marketing Strategy
- Forecasting
- Food Manufacturing
- Sales Management
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