Nicholas Dakas
Specialty Coffee Professional
- Role
- Director of Specialty Business Development at Smart Care
- Location
- Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nicholas Dakas
With over two decades of experience in specialty coffee, I currently lead as Director of…
Experience
Director of Specialty Business Development
Sep 2021 — Present · NC, US
Working with a team of specialty business professionals to develop business relationships across our range of service offerings. I work with OEM\'s, account managers, and business owners to deliver sales and service to support their efforts in the market. I have over twenty years of experience in specialty coffee as a barista, technician, and successfully founded and grew a service company from a single person operation to over 25 employees before our acquisition by Smart Care Equipment Solutions in 2021.
Education
East Carolina University
Bachelor of Science, Biology
1994 — 2000
Skills
- Business Planning
- Operations Management
- Product Development
- P&L
- Sales
- Restaurant Management
- Food & Beverage
- Sales Operations
- Retail
- Food Industry
- Fmcg
- Catering
- Income Statement
- Sales Management
- National Accounts
- Marketing
- Food Service
- Forecasting
- Espresso
- Specialty Coffee
- Coffee
- Restaurants
- Management
- Team Building
- Ingredients
- Food Safety
- New Business Development
- Purchasing
- Key Account Development
- Food
- Market Planning
- Customer Service
- Key Account Management
- Profit
- P&L Management
- Inventory Management
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