Dean Pappas

About Dean Pappas

Sales manager with broad cross-functional leadership experience. Twenty-three-year career in a multinational company serving in the consumer goods, foodservice, international, production, commodity, and marketing positions.Results-oriented manager with comprehensive experience in both domestic and international markets. Extensive knowledge in managing sales, nurturing customer relationships, business development, negotiations, contracts, pricing, understanding commodity markets, brokers, logistics, production, distribution/warehousing, government bids, export regulations, inventories, and product management. Skilled at aligning and communicating with cross-functional teams to drive volume and EBIT goals while forecasting inventory with P/L responsibility. Strong track record of results, servant leadership, communication, and the responsibility of driving a business like you own it to achieve end goals.

Experience

1. Business Development Director-contract Manufacturing Services

   Rockline Industries, people who make it right

   Jun 2024 — Present · Springdale, AR, US

   Exploring and evaluating new customer opportunities that fit the consumer contract team business model to drive volume and growth for the division. Responsibilities include identifying product categories that drive profitability for long-term growth while executing new business within the organization that balances out our consumer contract portfolio.

Education

• University of Arkansas at Little Rock

  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Marketing/Marketing Management, General

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Inventory Management
• Pricing
• Food Processing
• Budgets
• Food
• Customer Insight
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Ingredients
• Food Manufacturing
• Leadership
• Haccp
• Grocery
• P&L
• Strategy
• Meat
• Frozen Food
• Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Management
• P&L Management
• Iri
• Food Safety
• Management
• Consumer Products
• Catering
• Food Service
• Poultry
• Sales
• Product Development
• Retail
• Food Industry
• Substrates
• Pricing Strategy
• Forecasting
• Agriculture
• Manufacturing