Gary Childers

Key Account Manager - Hotels and Catering and Tourism

Name variants:
Garrett Childers
Last updated May 16, 2024

Contact Information

Last Update
Jul 5, 2022
Email
ga**@sbcglobal.net
Location
Chicago, IL

Workplace

Lakeshore Beverage
Key Account Manager - Hotels and Catering and Tourism

Industry

Food & Beverages

Work History

Key Account Manager - Hotels and Catering and Tourism

400 north Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL 60642
from Apr 2018

Key Account Chain Manager  Sales Consultant

Work as off-premise chain manager for Whole Foods Market, Heinen’s, and Sunset Foods in addition to serving as On & off-premise account sales representative in the North Suburban region of C...
Jan 2015 — May 2016

Midwest Area Manager

A family owned winery situated in Tupungato, Mendoza, Argentina, producing top quality Organic wines: Naturally Elegant Wines.We are committed to produce world-class quality wines applying b...
from May 2016

Educator

301 north Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Served as a mentor middle school educator specializing in designing, developing, and implementing a creative and innovative language arts program designed to expand students’ core competenci...
2012 — 2015

Educational Consultant

1 east Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604
Planned, instructed, and evaluated student learning in under-performing classrooms in the Chicago Public School system with a diverse population of varied student needs. Collaborated with ex...
2011 — 2012

Midwest Regional Sales Manager

Built and manage a super premium wine business generating annual sales of over $1 million. Responsible for a distribution network of 32 wholesalers and 1 broker in 10 Midwestern states. Resp...
Jan 2008 — Jan 2010

Midwest Regional Sales Manager

Responsible for overall sales and marketing for all on & off-premise distributor business in Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa, working within individual marketing budgets to initiate distributor...
Jan 2006 — Feb 2008

Midwest Regional Sales Manager

Served as distributor manager, overseeing all aspects of sales, marketing, and management of 2 separate winery portfolios across multiple Midwestern states coordinating pricing and distribut...
Jan 2004 — Jan 2006

Managing Partner and Owner

Co-proprietor of a $250,000/year retail sales operation in suburban Chicago, Illinois, responsible for all day-to-day management and sales pertaining to operations through maintaining proper...
2003 — 2004

Illinois Off-Premise Manager

Responsible for management of 2 wholesaler branches in Illinois. Managed state budgets, developed programming and incentives and oversaw brand management for on-premise & off-premise sales. ...
2001 — 2003

District Manager

Responsible for management of a $7.5 million dollar sales team, Recruited and trained sales staff of 6 representatives for independent wine sales division. Achieved a 30% increase in volu...
1997 — 2001

Sales Representative

Responsible for maintaining and surpassing sales expectations. Achieved and maintained all sales goals in 2 separate sales territories in the independent off-premise wine division. Improve...
1995 — 1997

Education

Occupations

Accountant
Account Manager
Executive
Manager
Sales Specialist
Sales Person
Sales Representative
Sales Agent
Operations Manager

Skills

Product Development
Distributed Team Management
Gtd
Wine
Sales Management
Marketing Strategy
Beer
Pricing
Merchandising
Strategic Planning
Wine Tasting
Event Management
Budgets
Marketing
Forecasting
Key Account Development
Market Planning
Sales
Retail
Direct Sales
Account Management
Brand Development
Customer Service
Sales Operations
Brand Management
Management
Alcoholic Beverages
Beverage Industry
Leadership
Pricing Strategy
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