Christopher S Burdge Email & Phone Number

Florida, United States

Clearwater, Fl, Us

• Building Market Share and product awareness within territory.• Opening up new accounts - Cold calling with strong customer referral leads.• Track and support sales development and profit by product category, brand and channel. • Selling and promoting the New Onward design by Club Car - 2 and 4 pass Electric & Gas Vehicles.• Product Demonstrations daily - New 2017 Models with older models avail.• Team building - Hiring and firing to develop strong sales team for 2 retail locations.• Update and manage all sales activities, opportunities, and account information in CRM • Marketing Club Car Precedent golf cart and turf division (Ingersoll Rand Company)• Call on parks, city maintenance facilities, hotels, apartment complexes, marinas and distributors. Any place that may need a utility vehicle. Build relationships with key personnel in the buying process. Proactively present new application opportunities to end-users. Offer value added services to enhance the selling process. For example: High Speed Motors, up graded battery styles and polished rims. Generate leads to new business through interactions with end users.

• Realizing over $1M in annual revenue and increasing the number of annual rounds of golf played through creative marketing campaigns (Hidden Creek Golf Club). All IT issues from hardware to software. • Developed & Maintained Key Rolodex list of corporate accounts to call on.• Cold Called New Accounts throughout the Tampa Bay Region • Increasing golf apparel sales dramatically and becoming the largest Footjoy account in the county through the implementation of a strategic pro shop coupon program.• Developed & Maintained vast email list to update customer of new promotions • Ensuring repeat pro shop customers by providing league golfers with coupons for each round of golf.Direct club-wide operations, including budgeting, P&L accountability, merchandising, employee management, tournament/league administration, and golf course maintenance. Supervise 20 to 25 employees. Lead staff meetings on regular basis to determine new sales and marketing strategies. Define merchandising strategies to sell items from top brand names, including Nike, Footjoy, Izod, and Ashworth, in pro shop. Manage course maintenance equipment procurement. Conduct sales calls to local parks and convene with league directors to discuss winter golf programs. Co-manage club website with designer; create innovative electronic/Internet marketing campaigns

Major manufacturer of recessed and trac lighting for residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Contacted architects, lighting designers, homebuilders, and lighting distributors to promote awareness of products. Conducted sales calls and product demonstrations regularly for wide range of items, including small trac lighting and industrial warehouse lighting.

Conducted sales calls to state-wide marine electronics distributors. Participated in marine recreation trade shows, promoting, selling, and demonstrating specialized hand-held GPS products.Yielded 50% increase in statewide GPS sales through effective sales calls and trade show participation.Achieved and exceeded state GPS sales goals twice consecutively.

Ba, Economics

Bachelor Of Arts, Economics