Kristin Grillo Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis

Overland Park, Ks

Sources, recruits, interviews, and hires qualified financial advisors and staff to continue to grow the Renaissance Financial team. This includes searching for qualified candidates, screening qualified candidates, managing business professional and collegiate relationships, promoting the Renaissance brand, creating and maintaining centers, searching, screening and managing interns, and administering and supervising new financial advisor hiring through the licensing process.

In this role, I worked for Cintas Corporation as a representative of the Fire Protection division. I had the opportunity daily to earn new business through high levels of communication in calling upon potential clients, developing lasting relationships, and delivering the necessary services to meet each customers’ needs. In doing so, I provided customized and comprehensive life protection solutions that help maintain the overall safety of the customer and their employees and ensure compliance in meeting the necessary NFPA codes. Responsibilities of this position include:-- Collaborate with sales team to develop innovative training solutions and effective sales techniques-- Promote and sell products and services through partnership with customers, helping them to make informed decisions and purchases-- Monitor sales and marketing strategies to yield greatest growth and profitability and maximize ROI -- Act as a partner and consultant to provide customized and comprehensive solutions for customers’ needs-- Handle customer inquiries personally and promptly by phone, email, or personal onsite visits-- Manage complex schedules to balance customer meetings and full breadth of workload responsibilities Maintain accurate and detailed customer records, files, and reports of business transactions-- Generate new business in designated territory through follow up of database leads containing current and potential customers-- Present and pitch to potential clients to promote and demonstrate benefits of services offered -- Work closely with office staff to oversee new account billing and schedule timely and routine service for existing customers

Blue Springs, Missouri

I worked as a Branch Rental Manager for Enterprise Holdings in several locations throughout Kansas City. In this position, I was a leader in performance management and employee development, creating and maintaining results-driven sales goals, working closely with business partners to develop successful marketing strategies, and consistently providing exceptional customer service to accounts and customers alike.-- Manage all location operations and supervise team to ensure sales, service, and development goals were met-- Develop overall location business and operation strategy-- Proactively seek process improvement to ensure high quality performance-- Establish overall training and development strategy for all employees-- Provide consistent feedback with management to monitor employee sales goals and overall performance-- Conduct the recruitment, interviewing and hiring of location’s employees-- Evaluate, document and confer with management team regarding employee performance-- Forecast future growth of location-- Assess and analyze competitive environment and provide appropriate reports and recommendations-- Develop, plan, and actively monitor sales and marketing efforts to increase and improve business volumes and efficiencies

Greater St. Louis Area

As the Program Monitor of Pathways to Independence, I acted as a lead in all marketing and PR efforts to solicit donations, increase organization presence in the St. Louis community, and develop relationships with potential donors and participants.-- Lead program staff in planning programs/classes and promoting participation in community-based activities-- Manage participant records and disperse to staff, as needed-- Use phone conversations as an instrument to promote independence, community involvement, social skill development and enhancement, leadership, and safety awareness-- Aid Executive Director and guide staff in Public Relations and Marketing efforts to increase donations and program awareness-- Participate in special events planning including fundraisers and board meetings-- Help process communication to and from donors and manage internal donation records-- Manage incoming/outbound mail including billing, donations, and participant documentation

St. Louis, Mo

-- Helped implement a new branding campaign in collaborating ideas and consulting on the development of the project-- Assisted in coordinating the communication/marketing/public relation efforts from the Foundation-- Worked to create effective Public Relations strategies and maintain those connections-- Sought to revamp CFR volunteer program which included training, recruiting, and managing initial contact with volunteers-- Served as first point-of-contact between the Foundation and new volunteers-- Handled the upkeep of the Foundation's database-- Maintained high levels of organization to meet important event deadlines

St. Louis, Mo

-- Aided in partnering with Optimist International in marketing efforts and event coordination-- Organized, supported, and prepared materials for DFR training-- Design office materials including brochures/fliers/graphics