Tom Rupkey

Vice President-north America Foodservice Sales @High Liner Foods

Chicago, IL, US
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WORK HISTORY

Sep 2019 — Present

Vice President-north America Foodservice Sales @High Liner Foods

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Chicago, IL, US

High Liner Foods is the leading North American processor and marketer of value-added frozen seafood. HLF is a publicly traded Canadian Company. I am responsible for North American Foodservice strategy, execution and results. Leading the following professional selling teams - Direct Field Teams in US and Canada, Corporate Accounts, National Accounts, Unprocessed and Agency management.

EDUCATION

1979 — 1983

Westminster College (MO)

BA, Business and Accounting

SKILLS

Food ManufacturingKey Account DevelopmentFrozen FoodBakeryFood IndustrySales ManagementFood ProcessingP&L ManagementIriFood ServicePricingCateringIncome StatementFood SafetyShopper MarketingFood & BeverageSales OperationsPricing StrategyDirect Store DeliveryNational AccountsTrade MarketingConsumer ProductsDistributorsStrategic PlanningManagementForecastingFoodProduct DevelopmentCustomer InsightCross-Functional Team LeadershipIngredientsMarketing StrategyGroceryP&L

ABOUT TOM RUPKEY

In my professional career, I have led multiple CPG - Foodservice sales teams in growth and turnaround situations. These positive outcomes were achieved through strategic vision, organizational development, and focused, disciplined execution.I am known as a strong communicator, as a transparent manager, and a respected leader who instills accountability, motivates employees and builds a performance based culture of “winning”.My greatest satisfaction is inspiring my team members to reach their potential and create career development opportunities that challenges them everyday. I enjoy building the strongest team possible while supporting a talent management process that empowers the individual members to achieve their personal goals.My Strengths: Volume, Revenue and Profit Growth; Customer Development; Strategic Planning & Execution; Decision Making; Problem Solving; Talent Management; Change Management

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