Mark Noble

Experience

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  Nabisco Biscuit Company

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1999

  Territory Sales Manager

  1985-1999 ~ Nabisco Brands Inc. Denver, Colorado; Territory Sales Manager.In 1898, the New York Biscuit Company and the American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company merged over 100 bakeries into the National Biscuit Company, later called Nabisco. Founders Adolphus Green and William Moore, orchestrated the merger and the company quickly rose to first place in the manufacturing and marketing of cookies and crackers in America. In 1906, the company moved its headquarters from Chicago to New York.Favorites like Oreo Cookies, Barnum’s Animal Crackers, Honey Maid Grahams, Ritz crackers, and Wheat Thins became staples in American snack foods.Nabisco is the #1 leader in the biscuit market today. My area of responsibility:•Direct sales to Safeway, Albertsons, Wal-Mart, K-Mart and City Market (Kroger) within the western slope of Colorado which produced gross sales of +$1.9 million.•Managed and trained employees, implemented part time help over the territory. Trained, develop, and directed the sales force to achieve sales goals and keep within strict budget guidelines. •Managed inventory and ordering processes for total customer demands to be met and or exceeded. •Created innovative and effective presentations; conceptualize productive selling programs to show store manger that our items were the ones to promote within store. •Met or exceeded sales goals 9 years in row! Show less

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  Anna's Cookies

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2005

  National Sales & Marketing Manager

  1999-2004 ~ Anna’s Cookies; National Sales & Marketing Manager ~National coverage of the USA.Anna's was created in the 1920's, by Anna Karlsson, in 1929 she opened a bakery in Stockholm, Sweden. 70 years later a second cookie factory was opened in High River, Alberta Canada. Anna's come in seven delicious flavours: Ginger, Almond Cinnamon, Orange, Chocolate Mint, Lemon, Cappuccino and Blueberry. My area of responsibility:•Direct sales forecasting and budgeting which generated a record in gross sales. Produced a +107% growth figure over the previous year sales, increased tonnage +45% and customer base +50% over 12-month period of time, as well as a tripling of gross revenues occurred.•Develop pricing structure which included promotional allowances, advertising programs, marketing development of promotional calendar for all accounts and customers from Haddon House, TOL, DPI, KEHE to Safeway, Ralph's, Fry’s and Smith Food and Drug, etc. •Turned around untapped markets in Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago and New York, which set sales records by instituting a cohesive, focused marketing strategy to identify these lucrative markets, penetrate key decision makers at chain accounts like Ralph's, HEB, Jewel, DeMoulas and Big Lots, which built a loyal client base. •Assisted in the development of packaging of New Items and implementation of launching new into the USA market of Anna’s new Blueberry and Cappuccino thins 2002. New items sales resulted in excess of $500,000 first year.•Select and managed broker network throughout the USA with brokers like Global Sales, CA Fortune, Santucci Associates Etc. Trained, developed, and directed the sales force to achieve sales goals and kept within strict budget guidelines consistently.•Plan and attend national & regional food shows from Fancy Food Show, FMI, PLMA and distributor shows ( TOL, DPI, Kehe) across the nation to enhance customer relationships and build a stronger customer base Show less

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  Government of Alberta

  Aug 2000 - Jul 2024

  Consultant for Alberta Agriculture (Agri-Food Business Centre)

  Help manufactures connect with sales organizations, distributors, importers and chain accounts across the USA and Canada. By helping them learn from current market trends and strategies. Understanding the distribution market supply channel and set up rep network to help present items to all major chains and independent accounts across the USA.

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  Noble Sales International LLC

  Aug 2004 - now

  I am the Founder / CEO of Noble Sales International LLC. (NSI), since 2004. We are a regional Full-Service Food Sales Brokerage for Grocery, HBC, Vitamins, Specialty, and Natural Food Products, for the CPG industry. We offer our clients the opportunity to meet with and present their products to all retailer partners in our coverage market. We call on Sprouts, AJ's Fine Foods, Bashas, Albertsons / Safeway, WinCo, Natural Grocers Vitamin Cottage, Harmons, AFS UT, Green Acers, and many others. We also have relationships with many national retail grocery chains through our broker partnerships. Including Costco, Kroger, and Whole Foods.We also offer Demand Tec, Pro Grocery, 1 World Sync, distributor, and retailer portal support to all our brands and clients.Please contact me at marknoble@noblesalesint.com or call 480-390-1283 for more information or to set up a meeting.linkedin.com/in/marknoble-nsi-founderhttps://noblesalesint.com/ Show less

  • Founder / CEO

    Jan 2004 - now

  • President/CEO

    Aug 2004 - Jul 2024
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  Gille Cookies

  Jan 2005 - Dec 2008

  VP of Sales

  2005-Dec 2008 ~ Gille Cookies- Gillebagaren AB, Örkelljunga Sweden. VP of Sales ~National coverage of the United States. Gille Cookies, Sweden is the world’s leading producer of sweet oat flake based cookies, like Sweet Oat Crisps and Double Chocolate Crisps, and is the largest manufacturers of Ginger Snaps. Gille has a turnover SEK 450 million and 17.500 tons. They employ 196 persons and export to 30 countries. In Sweden Gille has 40%market share, which means Gille is market leader! My area of responsibility:•Developed strategic plan, budget and forecasting targets which resulted in sales growth of +18% first year, +49% growth second year and +21% growth in 3rd year•Sought out new sales opportunities with creditworthy customers like Christmas Tree Shops, Cost Plus and HEB•Developed marketing plans for distributors and direct clients like Tree of Life, DPI, Kehe Foods, Unified Western Grocers, Big Lots, and 99 Cent Only which contributed greatly to our sales growth•Developed pricing list and made changes to growing increases that affected the cost of goods. Took an overall look at ingredients and material costs and implemented new pricing strategies to help offset those costs and still be competitive within our category•Made packaging recommendations of new items and implementation of launching new items into the market by targeting direct customers like Trader Joes with PL, Wegmans and BJ wholesale for first to market entry•Selected and managed broker network across country from Global Sales in N. Cal. To Signature Sales in the Mid West to Santucci Associates on the east coast as well as many other brokerage firms. •Planned and attended national & regional food shows from Fancy Food Show, NACDS, FMI, PLMA and distributor shows ( TOL, DPI, Kehe) across the nation to enhance customer relationships and build a stronger customer base Show less

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  SodaStream USA

  Dec 2008 - Jan 2011

  Vice President of Sales Western Region

  managing rep network, forecasting, setting promotion ads via in store and Internet for all major chain accounts and independent accounts through out western region. This has to be one of the fastest growing companies and product lines that I have ever worked with. It is very exciting to see all the action developing from the ground up! Check out their web site www.sodastreamusa.com

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  ILevel Brands

  Apr 2018 - Jul 2024

  • Senior Vice President of Sales Western Region

    Mar 2022 - Jul 2024

  • VP Key Accounts West

    Mar 2020 - Mar 2022

  • Director of Supermarket Accounts

    Apr 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Director of Key Accounts

    Apr 2018 - Mar 2020