Michael Halbig Email & Phone Number

Scarborough, ME, US

Scarborough, Maine

Portland, Maine Area

I am a Sales professional able to drive product growth, sales performance, and financial results with an empowering team-based leadership style.

Portland, Maine Area

• Managed assigned territory consisting of over 300 supermarkets, mass channel, dollar/value channel and pharmacy accounts.
• Hired trained and supervised part time merchandising staff of over 75 responsible for merchandising all American Greetings products within assigned account space.
• Developed and maintained strong working relationships with store management.
• Planned and conducted account calls to increase sales of American Greetings products to achieve financial goals.
• Presented sales reports to store management to show the success and profitability of our departments, with the goal of gaining continued support and best placements for all authorized programs.
• Achieved “Company Pacesetter” status for consistently exceeding sales forecast, retaining merchandisers and meeting budget requirements.

Portland, Maine Area

• Increased and maintained sales in an established account base of ~85 independent retailers selling social expression products.
• Generated new accounts by converting independent accounts from competitive social expression products to Carlton cards.
• Planned and conducted established account calls and prospect account calls with the objective of increasing sales of American Greetings/Carlton card products. Reviewed space allocation for sales analysis.
• Grew the territory by 44% in less than two years.
• Consistently exceeded sales forecast and new business sales goals.