Continuing to build upon a turnkey team of sale experts in fresh produce
SALINAS, Ca. – Vertically integrated grower-shipper, Tanimura & Antle, BB #:115075 announced today a new key addition to their newly reinvigorated sales team, Vince Mier, as Senior Sales Account Manager. Mier joins the Company with nearly 20 years of fresh produce sales experience in developing and managing national and regional sales accounts.
“I am really excited to join the dynamic sales team at Tanimura & Antle,” said Mier. “I look forward to leveraging my past experiences to make a difference with a new set of opportunities, challenges and business growth with this established industry leader.”
Prior to joining Tanimura & Antle, Mier served as a Product Manager for The Nunes Company where he helped to build, develop and support a large customer base including buyer brokers, distributers, wholesalers, terminal markets and national retailers.
In his new role as Senior Account Manager for Tanimura & Antle, Mier will focus on developing, managing and building East Coast customer accounts for the Company’s diverse product lines of premium fresh produce, including Artisan, Organic, Greenhouse Grown and Conventional.
“We’re fortunate to be able to add Vince’s years of experience and skill set in the produce industry to our dynamic sales department,” said Brian Antle, Executive Vice President of Sales at Tanimura & Antle. “It’s rare to find someone with Vince’s insight, industry knowledge and customer relationships that will be invaluable to our growth.”
About Tanimura & Antle:
Founded in 1982, Tanimura & Antle is an employee-owned family farming business with a four-generation legacy and a passionate commitment to growing premium quality produce. Built on a partnership between two families, with a shared commitment to always value employees as its greatest asset, the founding families now share ownership with all employees — from farming and harvest crews to management — through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). As one of the largest independent vegetable growers in the United States, Tanimura & Antle farms more than 40,000 acres of rich, fertile farmland and ships a full line of premium fresh conventional and organic produce products throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
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