Pete Maliani

About Pete Maliani

Proven sales leader with 15 years of experience driving aggressive brand and category growth across national and regional accounts in the CPG industry. Known for building high-performing teams, creating customer-first joint business plans, and delivering strong results through insight-driven strategies and cross-functional collaboration.I excel at:Leading and developing teams that deliver consistent revenue and profit growthBuilding strong customer partnerships at Walmart, Kroger, Publix, HEB, ADUSA, Albertsons, Wakefern, and moreDriving trade strategy, channel expansion, and profitable promotional executionTranslating shopper insights and financial data into winning sales strategies

Experience

1. Senior Director of Sales - National Accounts

   Icelandic Provisions

   Oct 2023 — Present

   Member of Sales Leadership Team driving the development and execution of our long-range plan around customer growth and channel expansionBuilt a results-driven, collaborative team culture leading to aggressive growth across top national accounts (Walmart, Albertsons, Kroger, Publix, HEB, ADUSA, Meijer, Wakefern)Partnered with Finance to balance topline growth with profitability

Education

• Franciscan University of Steubenville

  Master of Arts (M.A.), Counseling

  2004 — 2006

• Franciscan University of Steubenville

  B.A., Psychology

  2001 — 2003

Skills

• Competitive Analysis
• Consumer Products
• Sales
• Leadership
• Management
• Forecasting
• Market Research
• Marketing
• Category Insights
• Strategic Planning
• Auditing
• Sales Management
• Budgets
• Community Outreach
• Account Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Strategy
• Training