I provided full-time care for my two sons while also managing our household finances, schedule, activities, and transportation, meanwhile keeping my sales, organization, and relationship-building skills fresh during this time. I also served as a leader for school and community-based organizations including as President of the Westside Elementary School’s PTO, which involved volunteer recruitment, event coordination, and fundraising. In addition, I spent many hours volunteering on the playground and in the school kitchen.

As an Account Manager, I worked with local businesses owners to assess and understand their credit and debit card payment processing needs prior to matching them with appropriate e-commerce solutions. I demonstrated unmatched communication and rapport-building skills while developing relationships with established and new clientele, using these abilities to generate leads, close deals, and grow revenue. I cultivated and maintained sales relationships with over 50 small businesses accounts as well as managed partnerships with over 30 bank branches in my territory.During my time, I consistently outperformed goals and expectations including achieving account quotas by over 150% and equipment revenue quotas by over 260%, showcasing excellent sales acumen from beginning to end of process and leveraged extensive product knowledge and audience/consumer awareness to educate business owners about our offerings, answering questions and providing leadership throughout the process.

In this role, I collaborated with local business owners, discussing their needs in relation to bookkeeping and accounting services in order to recommend and match them with the right printed forms and payroll services. I showcased an advanced ability to seek out, establish, and maintain business relationships with referral partners including over 100 bank branches and 25 accounting firms located throughout Southern Wisconsin. During my tenure, I proved myself to be one of the company’s best Account Sales Managers ranking 7th in the nation out of 250 representatives for “Most Payrolls Sold” (2004) and 24th for “Largest Order in Sales Dollars” (2004). I also trained, supervised, and mentored the selling efforts of new Milwaukee-area Sales Representative who would go on to achieve 130% of sales quota and 160% of payroll quota during her first year with the company.

As Sales Manager, I oversaw all aspects of retail in 5 Southeastern Wisconsin metro markets responsible for generating over $6 million annually for cheese company that boasts U.S. World Championship plants. I also managed a team of 5 brokers who assisted in securing appointments, making presentations, handling promotions, and securing retail orders to exceed quota by 800,000 pounds (15%) in 2001.

I was responsible for the recommendations and sales of appropriate safety equipment to over 400 industrial customers in WI, AR, AL, LA, and MS, achieving sales of more than $3 million annually and earning multiple awards.