Richard McAndrews

Experience

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  Performance Food Group

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2004

  Account Executive

  Account Executive Chicago Public Schools/Sodexo Complete responsibility for $17 Million / Year Food Distribution Account with 298 Chicago Public Schools deliveries / week, Manage Inbound USDA Commodites, Client Contractor Liason, New Product Development / Roll-Out, Healthy School Meals Initiatives, Logistics/ Truck Routing, In-School Menu Compliance and Quality Audits.Implemented centralized internet ordering systems district-wide. Introduced Vegetarian Menu increasing school produce sales 11%.Four consecutive years Top Sales and Top Gross Profit Dollar Awards Thoms Proestler/PFG.Sodexo, Marriott, Saga Food Systems Corporate Service Executive Chef, Health Care District Chef; Key Accounts; The Northern Trust Chicago Executive Dining, Katten Muchin, Zavis Chicago Exec. Dining, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Opened St. Mary's Racine Medical Center Heart Healthy Dining Room. Show less

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  Sysco Chicago

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Account Executive

  Chain Account Retention Specialist. Setting up Online Account Purchasing Matrix, Pricing Deviation Structures, Street Sales Rep Training, End User On-Site Equipment/Menu Consulting. Left to join Miller and Stryker.At Risk Account Retention 86% annual rate.

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  Miller and Stryker Manufacturer

  Jan 2005 - May 2011

  Sales Associate

  Call on Accounts similar to above. Equipment focus mainly High End; Jade Range Titan (Trump, Gage), Lang Chef Series (Roti, Wishbone), American Panel Walk-ins/Chillers (Aurora Univ., Lake Forest College, Costco). Cambro Shelving Hotel, Chain Spec Installations (Corporate Hilton's, Sodexo College Division). Sysco Chicago Sales Meetings, Sales Rep Training. Any/All Mfr. Rep End User Calls for 12 Top Lines including Jade Range, Lang, Cambro, Champion, Select Stainless.

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  Olympic Store Fixtures

  May 2011 - May 2015

  Project Specialist

  Key Account Management includes multi-state chains Lawry's, McCormick & Schmick's. Call on Star Chefs, "Chicago Top 20" Restaurants, Chicago Top 20 Hotel Properties (Trump Tower, Wit, Four Seasons, Inter-Continental, Peninsula, W, Hyatts, Hiltons, etc.), Entertainment Cruise Corp., (Odyssey, Spirit, Mystic Blue Chicago Elite). Local Chains/House Accounts; Wishbone, Rockit Group. Contractors Sodexo, AraMark, Local Colleges, New Account Development. Equipment Demos, Opening Consulting and Inservices. Show less

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  Gator Chef

  Jul 2015 - now

  Project Sales Executive

  Project Specialist, Key Account Sales of Commercial Cooking Equipment, refrigeration, etc. to all sectors of the Chicagoland Foodsdervice Industry and beyond.