{"id":3548,"date":"2019-03-22T22:44:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T22:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macrinabakery.com\/blog\/?p=3548"},"modified":"2019-03-22T22:47:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T22:47:01","slug":"meet-natalie-godfrey-wholesale-sales-assistant-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.macrinabakery.com\/blog\/meet-natalie-godfrey-wholesale-sales-assistant-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Natalie Godfrey, Macrina&#8217;s Wholesale Sales Assistant Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.macrinabakery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Unknown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3549 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.macrinabakery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Unknown-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.macrinabakery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Unknown.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.macrinabakery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Unknown-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.macrinabakery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Unknown-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Wholesale Sales Assistant Manager<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One of the best ways to audition potential sales managers is to observe them in action<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014selling products that aren\u2019t your own.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That is just how we came across Natalie Godfrey. Leslie Mackie was in Walla Walla to meet with some of the farmers who grow wheat for Macrina Bakery. After a long, hot day, much of it spent in the field, Leslie dropped by the tasting room at Tamarack Cellars. A handful of Macrina employees joined her. At the time, Natalie worked there as a sales associate.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWhen I met Natalie at Tamarack Cellars,\u201d Leslie\u00a0says,\u00a0 \u201cI was impressed with her vast and descriptive knowledge of the wines she was selling. She took them very seriously and shared detailed stories about the wines. Her approach was so genuine and enthusiastic that she drew all of us in. We bought a bunch of wine to take home.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Natalie attended high school on Bainbridge Island, which is where she first tasted Macrina\u2019s breads. \u201cMy mom b<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rought\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">home Macrina bread from Town and Country all the time,\u201d she says. Whitman College and a degree in rhetoric studies had pulled Natalie to Walla Walla, but she entertained\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">dea of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">returning to the Seattle area.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the tasting, t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he whole Macrina team agreed that Natalie had a natural talent for selling products<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0so\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Leslie left Natalie her business\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">card.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Natalie decided to move back to Seattle and called Leslie who was delighted to hear from her. \u201cThe sales team is the face of Macrina,\u201d Leslie says. \u201cIf Natalie shared a similar connection with our breads and pastries as she did with the Tamarack wines, I knew she\u2019d be a perfect fit.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201dWhen\u00a0I called Leslie to ask her about a job,\u201d Natalie says, \u201cshe emphasized how Macrina invests in their employees and offers so many opportunities for them to be nurtured by others and to grow. She was honest, and I felt like it would be a good company to work for\u2014one that I wanted to work for!\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Natalie started working for Macrina in January as the Wholesale Sales Assistant Manager, joining Amy Bui, General Manager of Wholesale Sales, and Fanny Alvarado, Wholesale Manager, to make up our sales team. Amy has been showing her the ropes. \u201cNatalie has already proven to be a great fit for the role, and I look forward to working with her,\u201d Amy says.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI\u2019ve learned so much already\u2014about bread, sales, and hard-working people\u2014and am inspired by it all.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I love how Macrina is a community of inspiring, diverse individuals who all seem united by their love of bread,\u201d Natalie says.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wholesale Sales Assistant Manager One of the best ways to audition potential sales managers is to observe them in action\u2014selling products that aren\u2019t your own.\u00a0That is just how we came across Natalie Godfrey. 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