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Responsible for produce department meal preparation and planning, cross-merchandising and customer education. Instruct employees and customers in food preparation and cooking. Order supplies to support company merchandising and product promotions. Organize and lead successful “Kids in the Kitchen” cooking program and classes. Targeted sales are consistently in top third of Buffalo region. Provided support help for new market training; Northborough, MA.

Responsible for overall organizational operation as well as evaluation of existing programs. Implementation of new focus and emphasis and follow up evaluation of program successes. Position was created due to the organization's general lack of direction and overall governance. Systematically reorganized the corporate focus to transport organization into dynamic entity.Organized and led task force to evaluate existing constitutional restraints and by-laws and revised to make organization more efficient.Implemented a program to increase profile of the organization and develop the brand name as an asset in both secular and ecumenical communities which immediately increased loyalty, recognition and donations.Secured funding for and created new planned giving program that secured over $800,000 in new bequests.Initiated special events program which increased constituent involvement and gifts. Created a process of convening a partnership of local social care ministries enabling direct involvement by individuals in local organizations.Developed trust as a fiscally responsible organization for the fair and equitable distribution of funds raised.Leveraged new technologies to improve organizational efficiency and communication.Began electronic tracking to measure successes of annual giving campaigns and individual designated giving programs.Developed custom database for solicitation and tracking of donations to reduce costs and control management information.Proactively initiated visioning process to strategize for transition of leadership.

Brought an atmosphere of professionalism, management and industry expertise to a fledgling regional provider of telecommunication services. Responsible for revenue retention and billable growth in corporations such as Catholic Health Systems, Buffalo Medical Group and local school districts. Managed an existing account base through the development and preservation of relationships with clientele.Initiated single point of contact department for all WNY customers to improve customer experience with Telergy.Conducted quarterly customer consultations to obtain customer-oriented solutions and to increase market penetration and to better understand customer business needs.

Led an upstart company from obscurity to profitability through industry knowledge and leadership. Responsible for direct sales of utility discount programs to small and medium-sized business customers in WNY.Developed prospect tracking and proposal generation reporting structure.Leveraged my telecommunications knowledge to train incoming sales representatives.Contributed to significant growth through increased sales that turned company into an attractive corporate acquisition.Jeffrey R. Storch

Responsible for successful management of multiple retail locations for a small local company and expanded to a regional presence. Tracked financials, including sales, revenues and commissions. Accountable for interviewing, hiring, coaching and supervising of all retail sales associates. Developed and administered marketing and advertising campaigns.Maintained inventory and performed all scheduling and payroll functions.Achieved highest sales revenues for company in December 1997.

Hired to stabilize and increase industry expertise for Buffalo Telephone Company as a novice telecommunications provider. Responsible for sales and account management of assigned business base. Upgraded equipment on existing customers to create company loyalty.Trained newly hired sales employees to improve quality of service through an on-the-job developed training program.Leveraged advanced telecommunications knowledge to assist in turning a local company to a national affiliate.Awarded Sales Record Breaker and Retail Salesperson of the Month awards.

Responsible for sales, project and account management of residential and small business accounts in a 14 state region. Accountable for hiring, training and supervising new representatives and for building customer training workshops. Researched, designed and presented proposals for services.Managed provisioning relationships for all Inter-Exchange Carriers (IXC's).Retained 98.5% of fiscal account base.Recovered $125K in unbilled revenue.Supervised team of 25 in priority project to recover revenue.