Velavida Candle Company makes handcrafted candles made that look as great as they smell. Our candles are hand poured, hand wicked, labeled with love by our artisans in Dallas, TX. We proudly source all of our materials here in the USA. We also specialize in helping boutiques, salons, pet stores, and more businesses to create private label candle collections to increase brand awareness and product offerings.

-Develops new accounts and maintaining and growing existing accounts-Observes and participates in presenting products and services that can benefit customer’s needs-Utilizes consultative selling skills to close sales-Effectively influences customers and diffuses potential problems-Track and report activities through established processes and procedures. - Supports the retail sales teams through coaching or mentoring. -Identify key trends and customer needs and leverage industry knowledge and applications in order to find and close opportunities

-Generating revenue and meeting sales targets-Developing and qualifying leads within respective territory to drive additional sales opportunities through cold-calling and lead generation campaigns-Gathering and utilizing business intelligence on prospects to support sales calls, product presentations and driving new business

-Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.-Responsible for meeting and exceeding budgeted sales goals.-Supervise a team of Direct Sales staff and service partner personnel. -Recruit, interview, hire and train Direct Sales staff.-Communicate territory assignments to residential sales representatives.-Monitor the payroll process and ensure timely and accurate approval of all commissions payment.-Handle employee relation issues, including performance appraisals, coaching, safety training, etc.-Assist with budget preparation and provide input on marketing issues and sales offers.

-Recommended focused sales plan for daily store operations which impacted productivity, service excellence and customer loyalty.-Developed sales road map which ensured sales performance criteria were consistently met.-Create a positive work environment that encourages hard work and accountability for success.-Successfully coach 30 direct reports in exceeding forecasted sales targets each month.-Fostered AT&T success through reinforcing company initiatives and coaching sales support staffs.

-Developed effective and productive relationships with customers through d2d interactions and sales.-Championed interview process and provided opportunity for advancement to new employees with a focus on helping them reach their potentials.-Drove strategies that increased service performance through interacting daily with clients target demographic. -Orchestrated advertising of promotional campaigns to promote new services, resulting in the generation of new revenues.-Identified employee developmental/training needs and developed initiatives that met those needs.-Led cutting-edge service and operational programs which increased client’s product knowledge for AT&T U-Verse home service.

-Drove sales growth independently and collaboratively by increasing market-share at existing accounts and by prospecting within their territory for new business opportunities.-Provided world-class service to a set customer base of 120 customers to build rapport between our company clientele.-Managed a route with a weekly volume of $9000.