leslee dixon consulting
Development Strategist
Traversing the peaks and valleys
of business can be a lot.
I work with businesses that are motivated by earnest calls to sustainability and need the right person to ferry them through growth and development phases as they build capacity. I specialize in providing the food and beverage sectors support through some of the most challenging aspects and terrains of business topography. I am an experienced executive coach and contractor providing support in multiple aspects of business. I work hourly and by retainer to support clients right where they are in the journey.
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​​​Trauma Informed Equity Driven Independant Contracting
Omni/Multi Channel Sales and Marketing Strategy
Distributor and AE Communications and Negotiation
Collateral Audits and Channel Readiness
Key Account Pitches and Submissions
Pricing Strategies
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About Me
I am driven by a profound curiosity about how nature shapes relationships within business functions and systems. With decades of experience in natural grocery retail management, distribution and food brokering, I have cultivated a deep appreciation for the interconnectedness of the West Coast food ecosystem. In 2013, I embraced consulting as companies in my incubator kitchen sought expertise in sales strategies. My diverse background includes working with regenerative farmers, brewers, and various craft makers, all while advocating for food sovereignty, economic and social justice in the West and Intermountain sales regions. My work is grounded in a post competitive, open source collaborative futures and I enjoy solving to complexities.
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Mother, artist, seed saver, chef, student of the cosmos/macro and biome/micro
recognizer of the sacred kinship between beauty and simplicity.
Clients & Projects
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Leslee is an absolute dream to work with! Her approach to business advising is completely unique to any other advice I've received in the past. She brings a very diverse lens to her advising given the fact that she has SO much experience in the food industry. I also love the fact that she combines black and white data with colorful intuition when problem solving!
+ DeDe Frerichs NOURICHE
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Leslee is a sales magician! She helped OlyKraut develop a sales plan and trained our sales director and simultaneous helped us achieve a number of goals including getting into a national distributor and participating in our first trade shows. She is also a delightful human to be around. I cannot say enough fantastic things about this woman!
+ Sash Sunday OLYKRAUT
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Leslee has a vast knowledge of the food industry and has helped many companies through the set up with distribution and launch of products. Kind and great to work with!
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+ Erica Gibson National Vendor Relations Manager at DPI Specialty Foods
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I have worked with Leslee in many roles, distributor, store level and brand management. She is a great communicator and responsive to emails and calls. Leslee has a lot of experience in brand management and is an asset in launching and growing brands in the natural channel.
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+ Mary Cargill Key Account Manager- at Natural Source Food Service Sales
Volunteer & Pro Bono
Xcelerate Women
The Local Food Trust
Wild Society, Board Member
Educulture
NK Options Steering Board, Co-Chair
Kitsap Community Agriculture Alliance, Secretary
Poulsbo Farmers Market, Founding Board Member
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