Jamie Gaston Email & Phone Number

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Shamrock Trading Corporation is the parent company for a family of brands in transportation services, finance and technology. I am the Senior Marketing Specialist for the Ryan Transportation line of business. If you are interested in any of our open positions, please let me know. This is a great company and is rapidly growing! Please check us out on www.shamrocktradingcorp.com

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Overland Park, Ks

My focus as Sales Coordinator is to increase lead generation, train new reps on sales tools, improve data integrity and leverage our marketing team for targeted campaigns.The companies of Shamrock Trading Corporation specialize in a broad range of services, including transportation logistics, financial services, international trade finance and fuel card programs. Ryan Transportation is a subsidiary of Shamrock. We are a third-party logistics (3PL) company specializing in transportation management and a full range of value-added freight services. We are experts in multiple industries including: Construction, Building Materials, Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Machinery, Paper and Plastics, Chemicals, and Machinery. Our brokers have relationships with over 40,000 quality carriers nationwide to ensure competitive load rates and availability across all freight modes through seasonal surges in demand.If you are interested in any of our open positions, please let me know. This is a great company and is rapidly growing! http://www.shamrocktradingcorp.com/

Kansas City, Missouri Area

My goal and responsibility was to manage timely delivery of accurate sales reporting used for opportunity management and forecasting. I was also in charge of the on-boarding process for new hires, ongoing training for global sales teams and department communication regarding sales metrics and operational updates.• Analyzed monthly/quarterly sales metrics and created sales effectiveness presentations for leadership • Fulfilled multiple ad-hoc report requests from leadership and assisted with research for RFP creation• Compiled weekly sales Key Performance Indicator data for analysis in Forecast meetings• Managed relationship with TopOPPS vendor and acted as subject matter expert for this opportunity management & forecasting tool• Sales Team Training and Communication: Authored Sales Operations inputs for internal Weekly Update bulletin which included Internal Sales Memos/Best Practice Reminders/Operational Updates Coordinated on-boarding training and created job aids for sales processes Coordinated & facilitated bi-weekly Sales Training meetings Facilitated Sales Operations meetings for both International and US teams Captured “Win Stories” from new business awarded and published internally

Lenexa, Ks

My primary responsibility was to create dashboards, manage sales reporting & automation efforts in Salesforce.com for Direct and Channel Sales Teams. I also monitored data accuracy and liaised with Sales, Marketing and Finance to ensure operational efficiency.• Built suite of global reports and dashboards in Salesforce.com used for forecasting, opportunity management, sales productivity, competitive win/loss results and KPI tracking • Spearheaded data integrity and pipeline health initiatives; worked with large volumes of data• Designed and launched dynamic pipeline and data audit dashboards for sales reps to use globally across healthcare, public sector and commercial sales teams• Produced variety of metrics for Direct & Channel Sales Teams, Marketing & Client Services• Worked closely with the Center of Excellence to document requirements and needs for sales org• Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) before moved new fields/functionality to Production• Supported Sales leadership in territory planning and account assignments• Partnered with training team to record training videos • Recommended ways to streamline processes and created best practice documentation• Created ad-hoc reports and participated in miscellaneous projects• Managed auto-refresh schedule for relevant reports and dashboards • Oversaw and managed Salesforce.com org Role Hierarchy, users, permissions, custom reports, etc.• Proactively researched issues, solved problems and implemented solutions

Overland Park, Ks

Led steering committee for CRM launch (Salesforce.com), gathered business requirements, built page lay-outs, built dashboards, performed UAT and trained end-users. Partnered with direct sales team to obtain new business via cold calls, RFPs, tradeshow events, booth management, site visit coordination, marketing campaigns, etc.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Managed sales territories for national team of 12 across the country and produced multiple ad-hoc reports for senior management. Researched, identified and tracked firm-wide leverage via highly confidential databases. Captured competitive intelligence and identified trends. Managed and moderated our Webcast program for clients and consultants. Spearheaded a mailing list clean-up project which greatly improved accuracy of contacts targeted via marketing campaigns.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Conducted pipeline reviews with sales team to ensure accurate forecasting metrics. Produced a monthly newsletter to summarize trends in the marketplace. Qualified leads for sales representatives in the Midwest region.

Kansas City, Mo

I held multiple positions in this department. Providing a superior customer experience was at the core of every role. Please see summary below:IRA Rollover Representative, Sr. (1999 – 1999)• Retained business by capturing rollover assets from terminated DC participantsTraining Specialist (1998 – 1999)• Trained new hires to sell mutual funds and services to retail customersInvestor Center Representative (1995 – 1998)• Provided award winning customer service to clients and sold over 40 products to investors Research Specialist (1994 – 1995)• Researched investors’ account problems and initiated customer resolutionInvestor Services Representative (1992 – 1994)• Educated investors via phone and performed transactions on accounts

Bachelor Of Arts, Communications

Activities and Societies: Chi Omega Sorority

Education record

Activities and Societies: 1st graduating class from BVN. Member of the dance team, played varsity tennis and softball.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Member of the Tigerettes (dance team), played varsity tennis and softball. Won state championship playing.