Brent Stevens, Mas Email & Phone Number

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Helping hundreds of businesses annually accomplish their goals such as employee recognition, client appreciation and event & trade show success

Supporting the Executive Leadership Teams of four BNI chapters to grow and provide the ROI that their members deserve.

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

- responsible for the performance of the chapter vs our goals- chair the Membership Committee

- Charged with growing the membership size and business passed within the chapter

Oakville, Ontario

- Led the weekly meetings of a chapter of like-minded business people - Successfully transitioned from in-person meetings to Zoom meetings- Continued to support local businesses through the most challenging times in recent history with Covid-19 affecting the entire term of my tenure in the role

Burlington, Ontario

Oakville, Ontario

- Present weekly Networking Education segment to 30+ members and visitors

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

"Chamber Commons" is a new committee formed to represent the voice of the Oakville business community

Oakville, Ontario

- Started a client portfolio from scratch as a 100% commission sales person- Curated proposals for clients to maximize their ROI on purchases- Sourced products across hundreds of suppliers- Ensured branding consistency for clients

Toronto, Canada Area

- Gatekeeper of national customer relationships- Senior team member, contributed to increasing customer satisfaction ratings- Drove the long-term strategy and customer business planning process- Championed internally, all customer events- Negotiation lead for all major contracts and vendor agreements- Led divisional project teams for three Sales divisions- Mentored a colleague from the R&D department

Toronto, Canada Area

- Led, coached and inspired 48 sales managers, analysts and representatives- Chaired two Corporate Leadership Team sub-committees- Initiated the thorough review of the “Influential Selling Model”- Passionately led from conception to national launch, new Sales Force Automation software and hardware....- Diligently managed a $4+ million budget by flexing people resources and monitoring expenses- Drove the long-term strategic vision of the field sales team- United the sales teams through the leadership and organization of regional and national meetings- Fostered a renewed relationship- Empowered managers to screen, interview and recommend candidates

- Influenced and executed national strategies for pricing, trade spending and product/promotion mix- Managed a team of three Pricing Analysts- Maximized a trade spend budget of over $200 million annually- Pioneered the development of content and system design, along with IT resources, to build and roll-out an SAP application for Trade Promotion Management- Generated and executed sales training on fundamentals of trade spend management- Constructed and presented annual Trade Marketing plans- Liaised daily between Corporate and Regional Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain

- Refined and executed sales strategies to drive volume and profit, grow distribution, secure promotional activity, list new products and manage trade spend budgets- Secured incremental flyer ads in 2008 vs 2007- As selected vendor “Captain”, executed flawlessly a “Dairy Case Optimization” project- Enhanced flyer promotion profitability

Two University co-op work terms: - Account Management - Corporate Education (developed an entire training course for all managers)