Brian Smith, Mba Email & Phone Number

Hickory, North Carolina, United States

Hickory, North Carolina, United States

Connelly Springs, Nc

- Supervise procurement and purchasing department to include status reports to senior stakeholders.- Manage all warehouse, shipping, receiving and material management staff and inventory ($2 million value).- Completed a total warehouse overhaul to include lay out, inventory location and organization. These updates were responsible for doubling the amount of orders one picker/packer could ship in a day.- Manage and complete all IT related tasks to include maintaining computers, updating software and all basic IT functions. Acting liaison with an offsite IT professional to accomplish advanced IT issues.-Assigned as the company Empowered Official for all State Department Imports and Exports in reference to ITAR related shipments and IP transfers.- Managed all serialized inventory and responsible for proper filing of all ATF Logs.- Responsible for accurately reporting quarterly Federal Excise Tax Documentation.

- Formulated and executed short and long term sales plans.- Formulated and implemented a hiring plan to build the sames and customer service team.- Managed the new sales and customer service team who secured $3.5 million in new contracts over four month and sustained sales on a pace to grow by 505 from 2018.- Manged an outsourced national manufacturer rep group who represented ZRODelta.- Created and maintained price list that covered two step distribution as well as direct to consumer while maintaining and surpassing margin goals.- Assisted in a full ERP/MRP transition from Epicore to Quickbooks Enterprise.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

- Provide account management and sales for SC and NC Law Enforcement accounts.- Successfully bid and won multiple state procurement contracts in South Carolina valued at over $2 million.- Managed state-wide procurement contracts serving approximately 272 agency customers and earning over $2.4 million in revenue.- Closed many competitive bids for complete agency pistol transitions with the top 6 earning over $100k in revenue each (top 3 over $250k each).- Managed commercial accounts dealing with sales, pricing, receivables and account set up.- Grew two accounts into key company accounts (top 10 of over 2800) with a combined annual revenue over $1.7 million.- Sustained at least a 20% growth in sales every year.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

- Full time instructor and administrator for the Police Departments Training Office (2013-2015)- Served as a primary firearms instructor for the agency.- Wrote and updated lesson plans for annual training.- Scheduled and oversaw training for all recruit classes.- Managed annual ammunition budget over $250,000.- Procured all firearms and Taser related weapons to include full agency transition ($450,000).- Managed state firearms qualifications and training for over 450 officers.-Administration and Training Coordinator for CPD's Taser Program.- Served as a member of the Uniform Patrol Division (2008-2013).

North Charleston, Sc

- Managed the top ten accounts for my branch worth over $1.5 million annually.- Served in an outside sales capacity to open new accounts and grow existing accounts.- Supervised all inside sales staff, inventory, shipping and receiving duties.

Rock Hill, Sc

- Provided customer service for all walk-in customers as well as existing accounts.- Managed the store inventory.- Handled all shipping and receiving duties.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration And Management, General