Michael Sophinos

Based near New York City, I am happy to be in an energetic role to promote sales throughout many ingredient categories including botanical extracts, vitamins/minerals, sweeteners, amino acids & protein sources, specialty ingredients and more.

Your Partner in Manufacturing High Quality Dietary Supplements | Brand Nutra is a full turnkey manufacturer of dietary supplements. Getting our start as a supplement packaging company almost 20 years ago has helped shape our manufacturing services to help your Brand stand out from the competition. Manufacturing high quality supplements with innovative high quality packaging will help bring your product line to the next level!

Raw material supplier of Beverage, Herb & Botanical ingredients. Hunted, opened and developed accounts throughout U.S. time zones with a focus on Metro-New York/NJ, Florida, Texas, California and other states. * Growth through double-digit increased sales with regional and national customers and by identifying new account opportunities. * Rapid expansion of new ingredient introductions with new and recently-opened accounts. Consistent sales interaction through in-person, phone, computer/email contact-management tools

Supplier of Branded Ingredients to the Food, Nutraceutical Industries. Non-GMO raw materials included natural Vitamin E from Sunflower (SunE900), Beta Carotene, organic, bulk and specialty ingredients. •Expand coverage of Accounts from Northeastern USA with prospecting calls including Canada. •Increased saturation of ingredients with new raw material introductions. •Major trade show presence at SupplySide, Natural Product Expo and Fancy Food •International travel to manufacturing partner facilities in Buenos Aires, Argentina to gain product knowledge •Negotiated favorable terms of sale for customers within established guidelines.

Food/Spice, Beverage, Botanical, Ingredient supplier. Outside sales covering California and Utah. Rapid expansion of new ingredient introductions with new and established accounts. Greater than 50% travel for solid market presence and to make sales presentations in-person. Built relationships with product development, purchasing and executive level contacts. Generated leads and located opportunities for market expansion and business growth.

Outside travel focused sales executive for Food, natural Supplement and Beverage industry sectors. Explored new fiber delivery systems for Adult and Teen nutritional Gummies. Fast-paced specialty ingredient sales to innovative range of mass-market and traditional natural product brand manufacturers. Customers and presentations included Country Life, Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, Yoplait and Colgate-Palmolive Included sales of Botanical herbs/spices and popular teas an Africa-based partner.

NASD Series 6/Series 63 broker's licensed financial sales professional. Responsible for selling a diverse range of financial products to a high-net-worth clientele including business owners Comprehensive sales and financial training in Wall Street/Westchester offices for a Fortune 100 (current 24th) company. Analyzed client's financial needs to suggest appropriate services.