CDZ SALES, INC.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA

CDZ Sales was founded in 1989 and now has offices in Palm Harbor, FL, Jacksonville, FL, Charlotte, NC and has 2 sister companies – Select Sales and Marketing based in Bentonville, AR and Distinct Sales and Marketing based in Chesapeake, VA. We have not only survived the radical changes within our industry in recent years but have flourished. We have the right people in the right places with a unique concept that has proven very successful over the years for the vendors we represent. CDZ Sales is a manufacturer’s rep group comprised of account specific professionals providing creative solutions for all our principal’s distribution goals. We are able to specialize in a diverse arena of product categories because of the extensive backgrounds of our sales force. These categories include: grocery, food products, cosmetics, toys, general merchandise, food products, private label and much more. CDZ Sales calls on all classes of trade including, but not limited to: food, drug, mass and dollar chains. We develop and utilize any all opportunities for our manufacturers with an aggressive and highly professional work ethic. CDZ provides a wide selection of marketing services from category management to complete business reviews. We provide retail support to customers that have our client’s products in distribution and believe that service is second to none in this industry. Salespeople just sell the products. Grocery brokers enhance the presence of your products while marketing your line so you can achieve your company's goals. Your broker is your connection to local market conditions to make sure pricing, packaging and promotions are all determined correctly. With their numerous contacts, you won't have to interact with representatives from each manufacturer. They negotiate deals on your behalf and work with store buyers to promote your product with your best interest in mind while helping to increase your sales volume. CDZ is a full service broker serving both manufacture and retailer needs. We are able to improve growth and profitability by utilizing a broad scope of tools and methods including: Extensive Industry Expertise, Category Management, Sales Insights & Data Analysis, Retail Execution, Business Process Solutions. CDZ has a 22 year history of double-digit sales growth. This accomplishment has created a tradition of being the best in the business! Our sales people are compensated on a straight commission basis. This results in a motivated sales force dedicated to the development of creative ways to grow the business of their vendors. Why CDZ Sales is the answer You are extremely important to us, so we provide hands on team experience utilizing all of the resources necessary to find an opportunity or provide a solution. Our team is commission based, keeping their motivation in line with yours. Ownership is involved with your success every step of the way. Our success is based off of your company’s growth in both sales and profitability with each of our retail partners so you never have to question how dedicated we are to you. Our team prides ourselves on learning your unique business challenges and creating a customized solution to suit your business needs. Fill out the form below and we are happy to help you. Tommy is the owner and President of CDZ Sales. He has won numerous sales awards during his career, which includes ten years of key account sales responsibilities with Clairol and Sterling Drug. After over 25 years of growth in the accounts Tommy called on with CDZ, he transitioned to into a more hands-on managerial role, dedicating himself to improving CDZ's overall market coverage. A graduate of Florida State University with degrees in both Accounting and Finance, Bobbie has been with CDZ since 2007. Bobbie is the General Manager of CDZ responsible for overseeing our nearly 300 vendor partners. Having a strong background in analytics Bobbie also manages our business intelligence division, and oversaw the development of several best in class reporting platforms that CDZ currently utilizes. A graduate of University of South Florida College of Business, Emily has been a member of the CDZ team since 1993. She began her selling career with Hynes Sales in 1989, where she won the Sales Person of the Year Award in 1991. Emily has been responsible for numerous new distribution achievements at Publix Supermarkets and Associated Grocers of Florida Depot since joining CDZ. A graduate of Colorado State University-Pueblo, Sheila has been a member of the CDZ team since 2002. She has a well-rounded understanding of retail sales including managing a Radio Shack store for 2 years. She started with the CDZ Jacksonville team as a planogram analyst working in-house at Winn Dixie and progressed through her quality relationships with the buyers to a sales role calling on Winn Dixie and Tree of Life. Sheila continues to provide professional planogram services at a fair price. Attended University of North Florida. Louie has been a member of CDZ since 2004. He started out in the field performing Retail store checks. This helped lay the foundation to his sales career. However, retail store visits are still a part of his weekly routine. His relationships with the buyers progressed and he is now calling on accounts in the Southeast, mainly Winn-Dixie. His vast knowledge of methods and principles are sure to satisfy your customers needs. He prides himself on his hunger to aggressively grow and manage your business to the accounts we serve in the Southeast. Mark began his 1st career at Winn Dixie in 1974 advancing through the ranks to Store Manager, Grocery Category Manager and Corporate HBC Category Manager. In 2003, Mark joined Cavalaris Sales and Marketing starting his 2nd career professionally representing many HBC-GM-Home and Food clients in the Southeast. In December 2015, Mark joined CDZ Sales in the acquisition of the former agency offering clients and customer many years of consumer product and retail knowledge.