Eric J. Evans
Chief Executive Officer & Managing General Partner at Coalition-Brands
- Role
- Founder Principal at Integrity Brands
- Location
- Shelby County, TN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Eric J. Evans
A proven and highly driven Sales and Management Executive with almost 5 decades of experience in the foodservice, vending, retail and industrial channels. Adept at opening doors to new business with a track record of introducing and building brands with a strong understanding of the sales development process and distribution channels. A motivated self-starter who will own the responsibility for creating a new business development program, constructing the new business pipeline and developing partnerships and strategies to assess and close new markets and business opportunities. Will lead the charting of a new level of business growth and business relationships.
Experience
Founder Principal
Sep 2013 — Present
Integrity Brands enters into Market Development Agreements with regional, national and international food manufacturers for the purpose of enhancing Brand Awareness, Product Trial and Business Development. Integrity Brands brings an effective presence and candid thought-partner to the Owner, Board of Director, CEO, or Sr. Management team of your company, while being a productive member of your business development team. We bring 40 years of experience and success in the food industry with diverse capabilities and expertise in food service operations, distributor development, broker management, trade programs, contract management, logistics, supply chain, national accounts, c-store, vending, food ingredients, trade associations, GPO\'s, trade shows, third party manufacturing, product & packaging innovation and more.
Education
Brother Martin High School
General, Honors Program
1974 — 1977
49 Years of Food Industry Experience and Education
Master's degree / PHD, Food Operations, Sales, Business Mgmt, Customer Oriented Selling
1973 — 2022
Skills
- Marketing
- Income Statement
- Sales Operations
- Trade Marketing
- Consumer Products
- Distributors
- Ac Nielsen
- Shopper Marketing
- Strategic Planning
- Forecasting
- Competitive Analysis
- Sales Management
- Selling
- P&L Management
- Iri
- Strategy
- Training
- New Business Development
- Product Development
- Crm
- Meat
- Categorization
- Key Account Management
- Supply Chain
- Market Planning
- Fmcg
- Key Account Development
- Frozen Food
- Grocery
- Negotiation
- Sales
- Food Industry
- Snacks
- Budgets
- Food
- Sales Process
- Brand Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Ingredients
- Pricing
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