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Senior Vice President and General Manager of Foodservice, Retail, Marketing and Innovation

Lamb Weston, North America's premier potato company, manufactures innovative frozen potato, appetizer and vegetable products and provides ideas and recipes customers will enjoy.

Senior executive with proven track record of building successful business units and winning teams, resulting in consistent top and bottom-line results. Experience leading organizational change and developing high performing teams. General Manager with full P&L responsibility and direct functional responsibility for marketing, sales, business development, and category leadership. Proven leader in natural, organic and specialty food space. Leadership has delivered sustainable year-over-year growth across various business units, CPG categories, in both retail and foodservice channels. The results have produced accretive margins, share growth, household penetration improvement, and innovation leadership. Specialties: General Management, P&L Management, Strategic Planning, Branding, New Product Development, Organizational Development, Developing Organic and Natural Brands, Business Strategy Development and Execution, Talent Management and Team Development, Private Label and Contract Manufacturing, Sales and Marketing Leadership, Insight Driven Innovation, Cost Reduction and Margin Management