Michael Monteleone Email & Phone Number

Freehold, New Jersey

- Works as financial advisor to product buyers by demonstrating strong interpersonal and negotiation skills. - Acts as primary support to sales and client teams to execute deals that benefit the customer and the dealership. - Delivers a customer first service that makes the experience and buying process timely and enjoyable.- Shows deep understanding of finance and credit principles by developing and nurturing strategic alliances with lending banks, optimizing loan terms and increasing approval rates by 30%.- Demonstrates strong knowledge of aftersales products that results in increased sales of protection products for customers. - Responsible for managing the funding of deals from each lender to ensure that the dealership target interest is met and recovers outstanding balances from customers. - Develops and implements tailored financing solutions, including leasing and loan options, which increased customer satisfaction scores by 25% and boosted sales revenue by $2 million annually.

Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States

- Responsible for managing the sales team, working with the Service and Parts departments and ensuring 100% customer satisfaction from buyers. - Increased overall sales revenue by 25% annually through strategic planning, implementation of targeted marketing campaigns, and effective leadership of a sales team of 20 representatives.- Exceled in dealership operations, including local marketing and advertising, store merchandising, sales enablement tools for the manufacturers Reps and negotiating with bank lenders. - Led the training of sales teams in customer service & sales strategies, which directly increased monthly revenue by 20%.- Demonstrated knowledge of basic accounting and budgeting by increasing gross profit and cutting spending where possible. - Pioneered the development of monthly incentives and contests to motivate the sales staff and increase revenue per capita.- Used advertising and marketing tactics to increase monthly traffic including overseeing Website design, creating Social Media content, increasing SEO and SEM of dealership in our market. - Exemplified strong organizational and communications skills through interactions with and participating in company meetings and sharing best practices to increase revenue for all the dealerships under the corporate umbrella. - Prepared sales reports and monthly revenue reports for the corporate office, analyzing target demographic and increasing brand loyalty percentage. - Handled customer service issues with professionalism and care, established effective customer service processes to encourage positive client experience and measure the dealership's effectiveness.

Freehold, New Jersey, United States

- First priority was supervising and motivating salespeople to achieving sales quotas.- Responsible for monitoring individual productivity and performance.- Support role in promoting and encouraging strategies to sell cars and other vehicles: incentives, discounts contests.- Responsible for organizing schedules and ensuring 100% attendance rate.- Assisted in training, interviewing, hiring, and setting sales goals; managed sales staffing and onboarding to enhance quality of resources and execution of sales programs.- Established annual and monthly objectives for unit sales, gross profits, expenses, and operating profit.- Accountable for ordering/acquiring new- and used-vehicle inventory OTOB; increased sales revenue by 20% through strategic inventory plans, utilizing market analysis tools and sales forecasting models to anticipate customer demand.

New York, New York, United States

- Assisted two Managers and two Directors of East Coast Sony Picture Publicity department.- Served as press contact for Online and College outlets.- Responsible for booking, filling, and overseeing all New York publicity screenings. Including working with the MPAA to secure All Media dates. - Conceived and maintained the New York Publicity Calendar and responsible for creating film talent schedules.- Arranged and oversaw travel for Talent and Executives while in New York.- Acted as daily breaks coordinator surveying every NY Publication. - Instrumental in developing marketing campaigns for Academy Award nominated films.- Responsible for providing all major Broadcast outlets with film materials and guidelines per the airing agreements.- New York Publicity finance and budget responsibilities.- Worked red carpet at all New York Premiers as well as arranged transportation for each talent in attendance. - Generated press coverage from New York based Newspapers and broadcast outlets for all New York film Premiers.- Responsible for maintaining the press database for all New York based newspapers, magazines, broadcast, and online outlets.- Traveled with film talent during press tours, press junkets, and publicity stunts to walkthrough and rehearse each engagement.- Recruited, trained, and supervised a team of department interns, enhancing productivity by 25% and ensuring efficient support for senior publicists through streamlined workflows and 'all hands' philosophy.- Coordinated and executed over 15 media events annually, leveraging media relationships to secure coverage in top-tier publications, contributing to a 25% increase in client visibility.

Greater New York City Area

Middletown, New Jersey, United States

- Monmouth County, NJ weekly newspaper (Circulation 10,000)- News writer – covered local politics, school boards, features, crime and general reporting- Broke front page stories on local politicians - Covered local theatre as the paper’s critic and other Arts and Entertainment stories- Contributed photos with some regularity

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Activities and Societies: Outlook - Entertainment Editor

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