Jeffery McGowan
Expert at Driving Sales, Strategy, Revenues, Profitability, & Corporate Value
- Role
- Conagra National Account Manager at Conagra Foodservice
- Location
- Calumet City, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jeffery McGowan
REGIONAL SALES LEADERSHIP – TERRITORY, KEY ACCOUNTS, BRAND, AND TEAM MANAGEMENTA highly accomplished Regional Sales Manager with an outstanding record of success in direct and channel sales management with expertise in consumer goods, product development and launch, territory expansion and start-up situations with Fortune 100 companies. Strong strategic sense and sales skills focused on exceeding the expectations of the company and customer. Possesses solid leadership skills with the ability to grow and coordinate a complex array of business processes, decisions, and resource commitments, unsurpassed by any other dimension of the organization. A drive for results coupled with exceptional execution skills consistently delivering revenue and profit goals, share-growth, and extensive customer development.Core Competencies: Channel Management Brand Management/Business Development Tactical Sales Execution Forecasting & Trend Analysis SalesForce Leadership & Training CRM systems: Salesforce & Workday Competitive Market/Product Positioning Sales Pipeline Management Market Influencer Account Management Account Retention & Development Solution Sales & Closing Abilities Supply Chain Management Vision, Strategy, and Execution Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Outlook
Experience
Conagra National Account Manager
Oct 2024 — Present
Direct all sales activity for leading food-service national accounts throughout the geographic territory using a targeted, portfolio sales approach- Develop new and profitable business by identifying solutions to support customer menu needs and enhance menu usage- Drive the customer relationship at all levels within the territory- Analyze business trends to develop an account growth strategy and manage an opportunity pipeline- Gain customer approval on quarterly, bi-annual, and annual pricing programs based on negotiated terms within accounts- Manage forecast accuracy for existing, new business, and new product launches- Communicate and track key performance indicators (KPIs) with the team.
Education
Kendall College
Culinary Arts – Personal Chef & Catering Degree
2005
Southern University and A&M College- Baton Rouge
Bachelor's Degree , Marketing
1994
Skills
- Product-Based Culinary Demonstrations
- Catering
- Market Research
- Consultative Sales Presentations
- Food
- Marketing
- Food Safety
- Culinary Skills
- Extensive Product Knowledge
- Sales Pipeline
- Retail
- Food Industry
- Sales
- Brand Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Networking
- Strategy
- Leadership
- Product Development
- Analysis
- Marketing Research
- Business Development
- Project Leadership
- Teamwork
- Strategic Planning
- Food Service
- Performance Improvement
- Account Management
- Relationship Development
- Product Launch
- Forecasting
- Recipes
- Project Management
- Food Industry Expertise
- Staff Development
- Crm
- Event Planning
- Management
- Sales Operations
- Customer Service
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