David Sweeney Email & Phone Number

Highly driven, performance focused sales leader with solid accomplishments in increasing revenue. Skilled communicator with proven success in leading and motivating high performance sales teams. Expertise in creating sales strategies, growing market categories, and building successful partnerships and client relationships. Experience in all facets of publishing sales including special markets and PreK-12 educational sales. Let's connect and discuss how I can add value to your sales team. You can reach me at dsweeney323@gmail.com.SIGNATURE STRENGTHS— Establishing, coaching, empowering, and managing high-performing sales teams to surpass all budgeted sales goals and deliver multimillion- dollar results. — Creating innovative sales strategies, increasing market categories, and fostering trusted customer relationships throughout multiple specialty sales channels including specialty retail, commission gift, specialty wholesale, premium, proprietary, and educational/literacy sales. — Demonstrated record of delivering multimillion-dollars in revenue for the PreK-12 educational market channel collaborating with wholesalers, belonging to the Educational Book & Media Association (EBMA), who service classroom libraries and school districts, curriculum companies, and literacy organizations.— New business development- with a pulse on industry trends. I am known for leveraging breakthrough success in multichannel / omnichannel environments.— Effective and skilled communicator who delivers marketplace updates to internal stakeholders, helping companies achieve and retain positions as marketplace leaders. — Active participant at acquisition & editorial meetings, marketing & launch meetings, and sales conferences. Influenced book acquisition process collaborated with editorial teams to create specific books for specialized sales channels. — Extensive and long-lasting experience building sales in multiple industry sectors and managing outside commission sales teams.— Forecasting sales budgets and managing P&L to ensure margin goals are achieved.— Reading and literacy enthusiast who believes that books change lives.

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  Long Island University

  International Business