Anthony Gardner Email & Phone Number

Peoria, Il, Us

Erie, Pa, Us

• Manage the recruitment process for new agencies in Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, North Carolina, and Western Pennsylvania.• Responsible for 65 new agency appointments through networking and selling the ERIE Value Proposition to various agencies across ERIE’s footprint.• Collaborate with 5 Branch Managers and 28 District Sales Managers to ensure recruiting and onboarding goals are accomplished.• Responsible for the development of District Sales Manager’s recruiting skills and holding accountability discussions when necessary if there is lack of growth or goals aren’t being met. • Assisted in process improvements for the submission of new agent candidates.• Develop District Sales Manager’s leadership, management, and conversational skills outside of recruiting to help them become well rounded in their role. • Led the company rollout of LinkedIn Sales Navigator to assist in overall recruiting efforts. • Created the Contender Program and assisted in the development and improvement of various programs to create multiple channels for candidates to gain agency experience.• Collaborate with L&D, Legal and Project Management Teams to improve training, onboarding, and offer new tools for field employees and agencies to use in their day to day.• Assist with the development of newer District Sales Managers to ensure they are prepared to work with new and established agencies.

Erie, Pa, Us

• Led 19 agencies throughout Central and Eastern Illinois• Oversaw the growth of $7M in total premium and 27% growth during my tenure• Had 3 agencies win a Sprint trip for the first time and another agency win their first ELITE Trip for their agency.• Built strong relationships with my agencies that led to high agent satisfaction scores with many of those relationships being still strong today. • Held accountability discussions with underperforming agencies while recruiting in the same areas to help the overall growth of the district. • Developed a new process to bring underwriting into the recruiting process which led to multi-channel input and assisted in the selling of the ERIE Value Proposition. • Led company wide discussions on competitor updates and intelligence to assist in company’s overall recruiting efforts.

Peoria, Illinois, Us

Woodland Hills, Ca, Us

-President's Council Winner 2018 and 2020!-Fully Licensed Property, Causality, Life and Health along with Securities Licenses 6, 63 and 26-Registered Principal who conducts financial audits of customer’s financial accounts in Agent’s offices-Oversee the recruiting process of new agents for about 1/3 of Illinois -Schedule, conduct interviews, and assist candidates through the recruiting process -Prepare business plans and financial statements with candidates to help them gain approval from territory offices -Meet and assist current Agency Owners and staff on a regular basis regarding issues within their agency and work with them to help solve problems. -District was awarded President's Council Award for 2018 for finishing in the top of the company!

Assistant Boy's Basketball Coach to the High School Team

Southfield, Michigan, Us

-Full cycle recruiting of IT, Engineering, and Professional positions for various clients. -Utilized Boolean search and job boards (Monster, CareerBuilder, Dice) to source qualified candidates.-Conducted phone screens with various candidates to ensure candidates met or exceeded client standards.-Built and maintained relationships with prospective candidates.-Negotiated compensation and benefits packages with candidates.-Responsible for scheduling and preparing candidates for interviews with clients.

St. Cloud, Mn, Us

-Manage a multi-county territory selling a wide variety of office technologies from copiers, printers, VOIP phone systems, document management systems, audio video systems, network services, database management, and various other forms of technology-One of 10 managers to the corporate social media page that analyzed data returns from marketing campaigns and providing demographic results that help us better understand how to obtain clients in new territories-Ran teaching/training sessions on how to effectively read data returns from Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and created new marketing strategies that led to an increase of 1,000 new subscribers in a 5 week period -Proactively seek new clients everyday by utilizing LinkedIn’s Sales Navigator, Illinois Business Registry, NJPA, Hoover, and Discover.org then analyze the collected data and reach out to business owners that fit our desired demographics -Manage an internal Salesforce and SharePoint database of 500+ prospective clients by keeping detailed notes on my daily activities and updating forecasts/pipelines for key accounts-Accepted a position with the Chamber of Commerce’s Ambassador Program for being a proven leader in my field and the community

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

- Led a sales team that was awarded a “Top 50 Stores” award two years in a row for additional revenue brought into the store - Conducted onboarding classes for new employees by focusing on guest service, punctuality and appearance- Responsible for 1-on-1 training with 35+ team members by demonstrating how to accurately complete assignments through continuous teaching and coaching conversations - Built relationships with 25 vendors and business partners to maintain product inventory streams on a monthly and annual basis by having bi-weekly meetings to discuss their performance metrics and develop a corrective action plan if needed- Oversaw the store as Leader on Duty 3 times a week by providing daily tasks to employees, handling any guest’s concerns, ensuring proper safety procedures are being followed, and by reaching payroll and sales goals that are set daily by corporate

• Oversee a team of 20 non-exempt employees and a daily budget of $1,000 to accomplish operational objectives• Researched and implemented a security ID system to foster enhanced security as bench-marked by Fortune 500 companies•Identified fraudulent employee activity within the membership database and reconciled the behavior, generating an additional $2,000 in monthly association fees

Bachelor Of Science, Business Management & Administration- Human Resoruces/Marketing

Associates Degree, Arts & Science

High School Dipolma