Chris Knepp Email & Phone Number

Top-Performing Leader with 22 years of experience in sales, market research and analysis, inventory management, marketing and advertising, P & L management, customer service, negotiating and sales staff management.Currently working with HD Supply as an Area Sales Manager - MidAtlantic to promote sales and services of MRO materials through the FED and SLED Government Markets. I currently manage a Sales Team promoting HD Supply throughout the MidAtlantic Market.While holding a Business Development / Sales Representative position at Counter Intelligence, I was responsible for promoting the sales of custom stone and quartz countertops through the K&B Dealers, Design Build Firms and large Contractors in the Northern Virginia region.My experience as it relates to the building industry includes the overall management, leadership and sales of decorative surfaces (Wilsonart) and kitchen & bath related products (Merillat, Moen, Kindred, etc) for a wholesale distribution company, known as Reico Distributors / Reico Kitchen & Bath.Having spent 18+ years working at Reico Distributors, I have held numerous positions within the wholesale side of the business. This has enabled me to be involved in, and master all facets of wholesale distribution.I have an extensive, working knowledge of the diverse customer types within the surfacing and kitchen & bath industry and how each is interdependent on one another.When it comes to the promotion, specifications and sales of one's products and services, it is very much about a relationship.Specialties: Marketing, Specifications and Sales of: - Granite and Marble, Quartz Surfacing (Silestone, Cambria, etc.) - Wilsonart Decorative Surfaces - Merillat Cabinetry - Kindred, FHP, Moen Sinks / FaucetsStrong Technical SkillsBusiness DevelopmentRelationship BuildingNegotiationsChannel DevelopmentCustomer Satisfaction

Listed skills include Sales, Sales Management, Sales Operations, Account Management, and 11 others.

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  George Mason University

  Economics