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Mr. Kris Knudson

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Diversified leadership positions within the Vegetable Oil Processing Industry including Commercial Leadership, Food Ingredient Sales Management, Food Ingredient Account Management, Plant Operations Management, Project Engineering, and ERP system deployments.

Commercial Segment Leadership in current role.

Guided Cargill's oils business cutover activities - development of strategy and plan execution for a significant ERP system upgrade.

Coached & developed an 11 person sales team responsible for ~ $700 million in annual sales.

National Accounts Sales Management.
Direct sales experience within the food segment - focus on large CPG companies with an emphasis on snack, bakery, and confectionary categories.

Refinery Manager for a tropical/domestic vegetable oil plant.
Operational site leadership, engaging, setting direction, & managing a P/L.

Project Manager for $1,000,000 - $10,000,000 projects.
Plant mechanical engineering, fluid dynamics, construction engineering, managing budgets, quality, & timelines.