Keith Grimes Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Direct Sales, Consulting and Partnership Services including Development of Promotional Product Programs, Incentive, Advertising and Strategic Brand Development for Corporate, Event and Small Business entities. Developed customer base of clients, both directly and via leveraged partnerships, to fulfill clients’ promotional product and incentive programs, special event, trade show and meeting collateral, and e-commerce fulfillment operations. Complete sales cycle responsibilities include prospecting, lead generation, client presentations, ordering, art and logo design, consulting and timely delivery. Local and National Clients include PepsiCo, Verizon, Waring Oil, Quaker/Tropicana, Continental Cement, Cord North American Van Lines, Elite Title and Cereal By Products.Product lines represented include NIKE, Cutter & Buck, Dickies USA, LeedsWorld, Cap America, Coleman Outdoor, Maui Jim, Titleist Golf, and BIC Graphic.Responsible for negotiating and securing exclusive licensing agreements with United States Figure Skating Association, St. Louis Swarm Professional Basketball Team, Illinois Sports Foundation, the State Games of America, and St. Louis Papal visit. Produced and managed e-commerce and event site merchandise sales.Product and Services sourcing, marketing, consulting and sales execution to a variety of Corporate, Special Event, Small Business, and Charitable organizations, working with C-Suite and below.

Initially retained as Consultant for start-up to brand and formulate strategic relationships. Evolved into role of Marketing and Business Development with successful implementation. Sales and Consulting of Pharmacy Benefit Management programs to the self-funded,corporate and public sector markets. Obtained knowledge of the industry throughintensive training and mentor based programs to gain comprehensive understanding ofthe processes from lead generation, RFP development, and implementation. *Developed customer base of clients that includes direct HR personnel, brokers, TPA’s, and consultants. Responsibilities include prospecting, client presentations, RFP management and sales of programs.*Negotiated and secured key account groups including 3000+ life school district (directly) and 9000+ life group in partnership with national PBM.*Advised and developed marketing strategies for key program components.

Publisher of the annual Missouri Golf Directory, a comprehensive 200+ page directory of Golf Courses, Resorts, and Industry Services covering the entire State of Missouri (including Southern Illinois and Eastern Kansas). Value added Prefered Players Card included complimentary Grenn Fees, Discounts, and Equipment specials from participating partners. Distribution points included major Book chains, Golf Pro shops, Retailers, including Sam's Club, and online sales.Sold Company to regional Publishing Company.

Key Partner in start-up. Developed systems for locating excess inventory of vehicles from Major Rental and Lease Fleets (Enterprise, Alamo, Hertz, Avis, etc) and remarketed to auto dealerships across the country. Research partner for multiple individual and large group dealerships for used car operations and inventory replacement. Responsible for logistics, pricing and client retention that resulted in long term relationships and acted as a trusted source to meet their demands in an ongoing cycle.

B.A., Journalism

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