Paul Klempert

Selling to hotels, restaurants, country clubs etc.

Sold a line of 100% all natural products Alexian Pates collaborating with brokers and distributors nationally as well as contacts in military procurement. Responsible for growing business, strategic planning, increasing operational efficiencies, and developing strong customer relationships. Proven skills in management, analysis, planning, motivation, observation, problem solving, training, and initiation of polices.

Sold specialty food lines nationwide. Product line included specialty-imported cheeses, olives, pasta, fish products, oils and vinegars, and grilled vegetables. Responsible for training, supervising, and coaching staff of five inside sales representatives, and five outside sales representatives. Responsible for building a network of brokers, and distributors nationally.

Responsible for developing new product lines for company. Recruited and developed staff. Successfully trained sales representatives in new product offerings. Brought in new product lines pertaining to specialty cheese to be competitive in the market share. Developed new sales territory, and increased new product sales by 75%.

Responsible for developing new lines, as well as maintaining profitability on older lines. Responsible for training sales representatives in the usage of new products. Maintained Balford's largest and most prestigious customers, in conjunction with running the specialty department. Responsible for P& L for the specialty department, and developed 6.5 million in territory sales for Balford Farms.

Successfully built a strong business from scratch, which was suited and purchased by a larger company. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Started from the ground up, and managed all aspects of a specialty food company including, development of business and marketing plans, hiring and training personnel, scheduling work and activities. Established policies and procedures, evaluated work performance, and motivation of employees.