Gabriel Colon Email & Phone Number

York, Pa, Us

As the Senior Vice President of Performance, my main responsibility is the training and development of all franchise Owners. The lessons we teach are not just practical, but based on real life scenarios in an effort to help Owners hyper grow and scale their businesses. We have developed clear processes to track performance, identify any sales gaps, and help Owners achieve their desired goals. I believe the best has yet to come, and will continue to put the needs of our Owners first in everything we do!

York, Pennsylvania, United States

360 Painting of York County is a professional painting contractor specializing in high end residential and commercial projects across York, Lancaster, and Adams counties. Our core values are Customer, Quality, and Trust which is why we strive for excellence daily to meet or exceed the expectations of our clients. Other services provided is cabinet refinishing, drywall repair, interior / exterior repainting, decks, fences, and other forms of staining. Our paint crews range from 10-30+ years of experience which is why we are able to stand behind our work, with a 2 year warranty of select projects. We take pride in our work as well as the relationships we build, and give back to the community every chance we get!

In this new role, I lead and support a Team of 10 Regional Sales Managers and 63 Manufacturer Rep Agencies across the United States. My responsibilities include streamlining our processes, developing new go to market strategies that drive positive growth, accountability, and the training and development of our people. Together, we will win and provide exceptional VALUE for all customers with every interaction!

Northeast

In this new leadership role, my team and I are responsible for strategically converting new Hand Tools, Accessories, and Storage business within the Northeast Region. We support the local Market Sales Team and our Agency Partners by coaching, motivating, and training all teams to leverage our resources for incremental sales and full line category conversions. Our conversion efforts are focused on both distribution and large contractors, and we implement creative tactics to achieve our desired targets and take market share.

Towson, Md

In this role, I lead our National Strategy for the MEP and Drywall Verticals within our Commercial Channel. This includes the development of strategic programming, expansion of new distribution, and supporting our field sales team with all marketing resources to achieve monthly and yearly sales targets. The new MEP channel of distribution that was created will help us expand distribution into under penetrated industries that service our Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing Trades. With this responsibility, our team has developed the pricing structure, go to market strategies, programming, territory alignments, and field support to launch this new program in 2018.

New York / New Jersey

In this role, I managed our business relationships with National Accounts, Lumber Yards, and Independently owned Multi-Million dollar enterprises that service the greater NYC area. My responsibilities included analyzing current sales trends, presenting FY growth strategies, offering creative marketing solutions, and driving sell through intitatives to help boost sales over prior year. Additionally, I was the Technology Captian for our market where I looked for new innovative ways to improve how we go to business today, reduce complexities, and improve overall productivity in the field. I served as a mentor to our next generation of leaders within Stanley Black and Decker, and in an effort to prepare them for future roles making all transitions a seamless process.I finished with double digit growth year over year, and in my last year drove over $1.2M of incremental business.

New York / New Jersey

As a team leader, I manage the company's sales and marketing efforts with our distributor partners in the independent channel, and for various brands of products. Keys to success are leveraging my relationships for increased support and profitable growth long term, thinking outside the box, strategically analyzing sales, and a relentless work ethic. Week after week, I strive for excellence while implementing the go-to-market strategy to achieve corporate initiatives and surpass quartery sales targets. Some highlights of my accomplishments within this role include: • Strategically grew territory sales by over $1.2mil dollars of incremental business in 2 years. Up 22% in 2012, and 30% in 2013.• Created and led promotional sales blitzes to help drive user sell through, take competitive share, complete full line conversions, and drive product awareness.

New York / New Jersey

Worked collectively with the field team to convert new user business, by penetrating the largest job sites within the region offering real time product solutions. The tools we sell helped build high profile projects such as the World Trade Center, MetLife Stadium, Yankee Stadium, Citifield, 2nd Ave Access Tunnel, Tappan Zee Bridge, Croton Water Treatment Plant, Canon Long Island Headquarters, and so on. Highlights of my accomplishments in this role include:• Converted over $800K of direct competitive business in 2 years. 40% growth in 2011• Converted user sales in a highly competitive environment, by offering innovative solutions and aggressive promotional deals to stimulate demand• Worked closely with Product Development team to obtain user feedback, test prototype product, and suggest changes to expedite launch of innovative products

Greater New York City Area

Led a team of 10 employees, whose collective efforts surpassed corporate sales targets year over year while exceeding FY POS of $25mil. The team's dedicted focus to flawless execution helped raised the level of performance nationwide, where our examples of execution were used as examples of excellence.• Won a Legacy Award for superior leadership and management in 2009. • Met with Home Depot's Senior and Regional management quarerly, to secure district commitments and greater in store support for increased sales.• Leveraged in store relationships to gain incremental retail space, while implementing a market event strategy to help turn inventory consistently.

Greater New York City Area

Led a new corporate sales initiative at Home Depot to national expansion. Exceeded all sales targets, and ranked at the highest in sales of the 20+ stores that opened that year with annual sales over $2.2mil. Created and executed sales promotions to increase foot traffic, stimulate product demand, and drive customer value and product awareness. Utilized my skillsets to provide merchandising solutions and flawless execution of retail objectives (end caps, stack outs, etc). Gain district commitment on promotional executions at Pro Desk.

Newark, Delaware

•Analyzed the current financial circumstances of customers to offer strategic solutions to help them overcome their debts.•Used decision making skills to resolve long term issues in the short term. Cross sold additional products as were needed.

Christiana, De

Used strategic sales tactics to help stimulate impulse purchases of fine rug products, while growing weekly revenues beyond expected Op plan. Managed inventory for Macy's Rug department and coordinate product transfer as needed to ensure customer satisfaction.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Marketing And Management

Activities and Societies: Recruitment Chair of HOLA (Hispanic Organization for Latin Americans) President of Lambda Theta Phi, Latin.

Education record

Activities and Societies: School Section Leader Captain of Varsity Baseball Team Captain of Junior Varsity Basketball TeamThis school is.