CEO, Chief Commercial Officer, GM/COO, VP of Sales (Minneapolis or Hybrid) Food Ingredients Manufacturing or Food Technology & Equipment

Seeking a role as: C-Suite or VP level in Sales or Operations.
In Location: Minneapolis, MN. Open to remote or hybrid travel for other locations.
Skills:

• Drove strategy planning through execution to grow top-line revenue by +20% and EBITDA by +40% by entering adjacent spaces and leveraging existing channels.  Created strategic focus and alignment across entire organization by aligning incentives.
• Developed and deployed a pricing strategy that increased gross profit margin by $8 MM in under six months. Rationalized unprofitable SKUs. Reduced earnings exposure and volatility by 20%.
• Chaired a $70 MM merger that delivered on synergy targets by over 100%.

Compensation: $250,000 + STI + LTI/equity
Education: BS Chemistry & MBA
If you’re interested in speaking with this motivated Executive Leader who:

• Scales businesses and optimizes P&L results to drive shareholder and stakeholder value
• Combines commercial skills with deep technical acumen in the food space
• Builds a robust funnel of opportunities and aligns commercial team goals
• Drives employee engagement through empowerment, autonomy, & well-being

Contact: Joe Sommerfeldt today to learn more about CN 135482!

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Joe Sommerfeldt

Joe has a Master’s Degree in Human Resources from Marquette plus over 20 years of recruiting experience in the food and beverage industry at Kinsa. In addition, he started his career as an HR Generalist at a Food Processing Plant in Milwaukee. As a Kinsa Account Manager, he is the primary business development contact for many of our Dairy, Food Ingredients, and Seafood category accounts. Let Joe put his network of food industry professionals to work for you when you’re in need of your next top talent professional, manager, director, or vice president.

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