Emily Sethi

About Emily Sethi

I am a seasoned regional sales manager with 10+ years of leadership and operations management experience in the restaurant and food service sectors. Recognized for demonstrating a natural aptitude for turning around struggling markets, I have a verifiable history of contributing directly to company growth and expansion throughout my career. As such, I have consistently exceeded project and performance goals and I am adept at achieving maximum operational output with minimal resource expenditure. Professional focal points include onboarding several multimillion dollar accounts for Gordon Food Service in two years’ time and achieving positive year-end returns for several markets that were underperforming. Delivering superior administration on the latter areas of expertise requires utilization of effective communication skills, negotiation skills, as well as business acumen, project management and resource management to support efficiency and maximum returns. Currently, I am a Regional Commercial Sales Manager for Gordon Food Service. In this role, I partner with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure the success of the Northeast Florida markets. I was one of eighteen leaders company wide (between Canada & US) hand selected to be a part of the Director Development Program for 2023. I also mentor junior team members in all aspects of professional development and aid them in achieving their career goals. My team and I have won several awards, including Sales Team of the Year for Cincinnati and Winners Circle in 2021. I was also chosen as the only OVD participant for the Women in Foodservice Forum in 2019.Colleagues describe me as a progressive, driven, down-to-earth, strategic and managerial expert who can be relied on to offer superior solutions that deliver profitable results on time and under budget.I am pursuing new opportunities and can be reached through this profile.

Experience

1. Regional Sales Manager

   Gordon Food Service

   Jun 2023 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US

   Accepted promotion to Regional Sales Manager in Orlando, FL to oversee 3 markets covering the Northeast region of the state - this consists of 3 sales managers and 30 sales representatives directly reporting to mePromoted cross departmental collaboration to ensure marketing, sales, and operations were working together to win large pieces of business-In 8 months time, brought the region from 88% of target to over 101% of target-Piloted a new sales role for the entire company to success - from strategizing and defining the job description to creating a replicable process for all to follow in the future-Mentored 5 individuals within the organization that have a desire to develop into leaders for GFS-Invited into the director development program for 2023 - only 15 participants from the entire company were asked to join. This program has continued into year 2 for 2024-Led the warehouse retention team in order to diminish turnover and ensure company culture is apparent throughout the operations team

Education

• Loras College

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Cum Laude, Finance

  2003 — 2007