Berner Food and Beverage announces new hires
Dakota, Ill.-based Berner Food and Beverage LLC, a private label and contract manufacturing supplier of food and beverage products, announced the addition of two key team members: Alan Davis, senior vice president of contract manufacturing sales, and David Czora, director of sales, private label.
“We are excited to welcome Alan and David to the Berner team," said James Jordan, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Berner Food and Beverage. "We know that our team and our customers will quickly benefit from their experience, expertise and strategic vision as we continue to strive to give our customers the ability to ‘make it yours.’”
Davis will be a part of the new Berner Food and Beverage leadership team. In this position, he will be responsible for developing multi-year strategic business development and sales and marketing plans, while also developing and implementing strategies to expand the existing Berner customer base. Davis will lead the sales, marketing, customer service and product development teams to accomplish both short- and long-term goals for Berner, as well as develop new platform strategies to further expand Berner’s overall manufacturing capabilities in the years to come, the company said.
Davis brings to Berner a well-rounded background in manufacturing, maintenance, operations, engineering, business development and contract manufacturing sales in the food and beverage industry. His expertise and relationships in the field of contract manufacturing lend themselves to great partnerships with many types of businesses, from start-ups to multi-national branded companies, and will aid in the accelerated growth of Berner Food and Beverage, the company said.
Czora will be located in western New York and will be responsible for identifying marketplace opportunities, prospecting and engaging new clients, building and maintaining strategic relationships with existing clients and developing proposals that meet customer and business needs. He will represent the entire range of company products to customers while leading the customer account planning cycle and ensuring customers’ needs and expectations are met by the company, Berner said.
Czora brings to Berner a very robust background in sales and operations. For years, he was an integral part of the private label and proprietary success for a large food and beverage manufacturer. He has extensive operations knowledge, along with expertise in many facets of the modern day private label landscape. His strategic vision, ability to engineer solutions for customers and ability to deliver an exceptional customer experience make him a great addition to the Berner team, the company noted.