Del Clayton

Del Clayton is Vice President of Corporate Accounts and Business Development at DYMA Brands. He has 30 years of foodservice experience and is responsible for leading the Corporate Distribution networks, Contract Management & GPO, and Chain Account business units. After working with Corporate Accounts, he joined DYMA in 2019 and has established the Business Development team to include emerging, small national, and large regional chain account businesses. 

Before coming to DYMA, Del worked as Senior Director of Corporate and National Accounts for Grecian Delight Foods. In that role, he was responsible for setting strategy around distribution channels, growing top and bottom line strategies, negotiating contracts, developing budgets, and forecasting for all aspects of Commercial and Non-Commercial food service teams.

His experience includes companies such as Sara Lee Coffee & Tea and Schwan’s Foodservice, and owning two of his own businesses. He has developed sales teams, created key account management teams, and overseen multiple broker networks. 

Del has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University with majors in Management and Marketing and holds an Executive MBA from Southwest Minnesota State.