James Benson joins e-commerce platform Pepper; Carlos Arenas steps down as CEO of …
To keep up to date with the latest personnel changes across the seafood industry, SeafoodSource is compiling a regular round-up of hiring announcements and other personnel-related shifts worldwide. If you have an announcement, please send it to . – James Benson is the new director of meat and seafood at e-commerce platform Pepper. Benson previously served as the executive director of sales and operations at Shinkei Systems, where he launched subsidiary Seremoni Fish , a company which partners with fishermen through the use of automated on-board ikejime technology . After leaving Shinkei, he served as the director of sales and marketing at U.S. wholesaler Sunnyvale Seafood. Benson announced his new position on LinkedIn, where he described Pepper’s business model. "Similar to you buying products off Amazon, now with Pepper, a chef can source fish from their distributors at the click of a button, any time of day, pulled from live inventory," he said. "If you're a boots-on-the-ground sales rep or an inside order taker, you can finally focus on high-value tasks rather than the menial ones. The end results are fewer fires to put out, larger-sized orders, more time to grow new business, and higher customer satisfaction. We're already servicing
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