Brought on board to spearhead sales and business operations while opening new showroom and establishing company's presence in Las Vegas. Formulated and executed powerful marketing plans to boost sales growth by 104% from last year. Successfully surpassed sales targets by an average of 18% during first two quarters of 2010.Exercised strong procurement abilities to source product both domestically and internationally, conducting vendor negotiations based on price, product quality, and reliability.Traveled to Brazil to personally inspect product prior to contract negotiation and finalization. Drove full project management for design and construction of showroom and slab gallery, effectively adhering to strict schedule and budget parameters. Exhibited significant staff development talents to train and educate personnel in standard operating procedures, evaluate job performance, and oversee discipline and terminations as needed. Proficiently controlled $4M inventory comprised of 4,500+ slabs of natural stone and engineered slabs.

Steadily advanced through a series of promotions to most recent role as Branch Manager, generating $20M in 2007 sales revenues while maintaining profit margins of 33%+.Championed efforts to produce a record-setting $2M per month for three consecutive months.Applied dynamic leadership capabilities toward coaching, supervising, mentoring and motivating sales representatives in securing, servicing, and maintaining 200+ accounts. Directed five department managers in overseeing efforts of 50+ employees and played key role in hiring, training, coaching and supervising high-performing personnel.Successfully trained, developed and led three peers to earn promotion to Branch Manager.In earlier sales manager role, propelled revenues from less than $200K per month to peak at $1.2M.Consistently earned outstanding annual revenues for both sales and inventory performance.