Jim Bates

Background

About Jim Bates

Committed sales professional with a strong business acumen. Strengths in account management, organizational development, and sales. Empathetic leader and team builder recognized for advanced interpersonal communication, negotiation, problem solving, strategic thinking, and thoughtful decision making skills. Ambitious professional with demonstrated talent to coach and consistently achieve short-term and long-term business goals, sales growth, and benchmarks. FOODMatch (Divina) is your go-to partner to “Make it Mediterranean.” For 25+ years, our expertise in developing best-in-class olives, antipasti, spreads, condiments and ingredients from the Mediterranean and surrounding regions have distinguished us as the premier partner for quality, consistency and innovation. Our promise is simple: to elevate your plate with iconic and innovative ingredients that are crafted with care and tradition. In addition to my passion for connecting customers to quality ingredients, I am a husband, dad, and fisherman.