Parker Reed Rush

Lead Sales Consultant Center Store Socal @UNFI

Los Angeles, CA, US

Partners with retailers such as El Super, Cardenas Markets, Super King, Vallarta, Don Quijote, Times Supermarkets, and Superior Grocers and brands such as Nestlé, Hain Celestial Group, Hershey, Lindt, Kellogg\'s, Kraft-Heinz, Post Consumer Brands, Mars, Ferrero Rocher, Procter & Gamble, and Georgia-Pacific.• Trains and mentors new sales consultants and provides training and support to regional sales team on category/brand strategy and initiatives. • Develops sales plans with key retailers to provide a best-practices approach regarding market positioning and competing effectively.• Identifies customer needs and opportunities to preserve existing business and develop new business in accounts and then executes, manages, and sustains strong working relationships with internal and external constituents to drive overall sales growth and profitability.• Manages and participates in customer sales meetings/calls as needed to provide expertise that will drive sales.• Attends in-person UNFI and industry events/shows as needed to drive category sales and meet with customers/suppliers and create, execute, and report on store routing schedules conducting regular in-person store visits, category resets, and key account meetings.