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Rock Island, Il

Cultivate new business relationships with a diverse set of clients from the owner-operator of over the road trucks to fleet managers of small and mid-sized companies who manage an over the road fleet. Our major objective is to fit the client with the right type of vehicle for their particular application at the right price and provide them with the best in the industry customer service experience. Success on the job requires negotiating to insure your customers get the best deal while maintaining a good profit margin which directly affects commissions. Skills I incorporate daily to insure success are proper time management, excellent communication and follow up, problem solving and utilizing various methods of marketing including social media, and cold calling. I use a CRM extensively to record interactions with current and future customers and properly organize communications.

Moline, Il

Worked with over 250 clients of various manufacturers and not for profits in North Central IL. and Eastern IA. I was their one point of contact and face of the Red Cross. ● Was an integral part of the of the Red Cross Preparedness Health & Safety Team who coordinate all of the facets of their organizations First Aid/CPR/AED certification and instructor training and compliance.● Finished FY16 at 98.8% to volume quota with growth Year Over Year percentage of +7.6% in a no budget year in Illinois.● Finished in the top 30 for FY14 in surpassing my quota over 115% in terms of sales volume at $344,000. ● Lead the team by making myself available to offer advice and train new team members to assure theirs and our teams success.● Promoted the Red Cross Brand in professional presentations for small and large client groups, civic groups and guest speaking opportunities at boards/chamber meetings. This always lead to new contacts and clients.● Collaborated with my Red Cross team members in other areas of Financial Development, Chapter, and Blood Services to strategize on Joint Account Management and promote One Red Cross. Communicating and cooperating as a key team member to insure our effectiveness in bringing funding in to support the Red Cross mission.● Managed large accounts as their expert in our area of training and was largely responsible for bringing in Archer Daniels Midland to a major national pricing agreement and preferred provider of safety training.● Used all of the sales pillars on our Red Cross Health and Safety offerings to gain new clients through a specific program, then expanding reach in other programs and increase sales volume.

Davenport, Iowa Area

● Worked with a team of agents selling health and life insurance into the senior market including Medicare Supplement, Long Term Care, Life Insurance and Annuities. ● I was successful in achieving the milestones set for all new agents and setting and closing the proper ratio of appointments. This performance indicator was selling an average of 1 policy or annuity for 10 appointments.● Our process was cold calling lists provided to us and setting 7 appointments per day for the 3 days in the field. The other 2 days were calling on the phone for the majority of day.

Davenport, Iowa Area

● Built a territory in Eastern Iowa in sales of MRO supplies such as industrial fasteners, tooling, hydraulic fittings, electrical supplies, chemicals, and safety supplies.● We used a focused approach to make a great number of calls on all size customers. My territory grew at an average of 20% each month with new sales volume comprising over half of that total.● I was one of the top new account producers in our region helping to increase our overall volume by an average of 15%.● This position relied heavily on cold calling, presenting and demonstration of product to the customer. My closing ratio on demonstrations was at 65%.

Rock Island, Il

I constructed a large block of new business for Pak Source, a locally based packaging company by utilizing several marketing campaigns and a multi-faceted approach. Took them from a small base of local customers to over 80 local and national customers of over $800,000 per year in my division. Procured larger national and multi-location accounts by persistent sales technique and multiple follow up presentations to key decision makers. I also provided them personal management and customer service while growing the business within these companies. My other key responsibilities were preparing pricing proposals, scheduling shipping, and inventory management. Here I slashed administration costs by 30% by negotiating pricing fees from our vendors while streamlining and enhancing their services to Pak Source.

Master'S Degree, Parks, Recreation And Leisure Facilities Management

Administration of Therapeutic Recreation, Community Recreation Programming, Kinesiology, Business and Marketing, Human Biology

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Music Performance, General

Activities and Societies: University of Iowa Symphony