Steve Houp

About Steve Houp

Experienced Territory Sales Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the Food & Beverage Manufacturing Production facilities, Operations Management, Sales and Sales Management.

Experience

1. Territory Sales Manager

   Terpco, Inc

   May 2015 — Present · Independence, KY

   Territory Manager overseeing the southeastern of the US. Terpco Industrial Products provides replacement parts used in the food packaging/processing industries as well as distribution centers. Items provided are packaging/processing knives, heaters, pull belts, teflon fabric, food grade lubricants(Tompac, Jax)as well as other belting(thermoplastic,modular(intralox, unichain, forbo, Safari, Habistat) or wire belting(Lumsden). We are a value added distributor, one purchase order for multiple items. My responsibilities are the covering the following areas: Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, North & South Carolina, Southern Indiana, Greater Cincinnati OH area.

Education

• Scott High School

  High School Diploma

  1981 — 1985

• University of Kentucky

  Business Administration and Management, General

  1985 — 1989

Skills

• Supply Chain Management
• Food Industry
• Haccp
• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (Haccp)
• Continuous Improvement
• New Business Development
• Team Building
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Lean Manufacturing
• Packaging Replacement Knives
• Purchasing
• Inventory Management
• Food
• Food & Beverage
• Product Development
• Management
• Food Processing
• Food Safety
• Operations Management
• Machine Knives
• Business Development
• 5s
• Sales Management
• Sales
• Manufacturing