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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Develop market strategies that identify sales and purchasing opportunities while increasing sales and profit margins in the specialty and complimentary products categories in multiple states.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Responsible for all inside sales personnel and processes as well as setting the strategy for the retail showroom experience of customers looking for gypsum, drywall tools and accessories while meeting or exceeding all the established targets set forth by the company. Secondary to those duties, I work with other facilities within our company's holdings to assist with complimentary product offering and inventory, price negotiation, and asset management as well as consulting with many of our vendors on product development on future national product releases to the industry.

Nashville, Tn

AMES Taping Tools is the nation’s leading provider of automatic taping and finishing (ATF) tools, supplies and training to the professional drywall finishing industry. With a network of more than 110 company stores and franchised locations throughout the United States and Canada, AMES supports residential and commercial interior finishing contractors with the industry’s largest tool rental operation.In 1939, AMES invented ATF tool technology and continues to leverage its industry leadership to improve the professional drywall contractor’s speed and productivity.Customer Focus: Customer service and training have been cornerstones for AMES since its founding nearly 80 years ago, when Bob and Stan Ames traveled to jobsites helping contractors understand the time-savings and efficiency advantages offered through automatic taping technology. Today, the company continues to educate tradesmen about the productivity benefits of automatic taping tools through product knowledge training and demonstrations available at the job-site or our corporate training center in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Ask your AMES dealer for details.Simplicity: AMES’ flexible tool rental program allows customers to rent only the equipment needed for a particular job. The fully calibrated-tools are always job-ready, allowing contractors to minimize down time. Poorly maintained tools are not only a drag on profitability, but a liability that inevitably results in substandard quality, time-consuming repetitions or job site-injuries.Support Network: As the original drywall “superstore,” AMES offers contractors the most comprehensive selection of drywall finishing tools, supplies and equipment. Conveniently located AMES stores offer branded and private label hand-finishing drywall tools, supplies and accessories –making AMES a “one-stop shop” for interior finishing contractors.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Manager of the top selling store in the country. We identify consumer needs, anticipate trends in the market and provide solutions to our customers in the most cost effective way possible. Our clients remain loyal to our store and actively participate in our new customer referral program. I have generated revenues that have far out paced my budget for the past 3 consecutive years setting the sales records for monthly and yearly sales that have stood for many years while achieving the highest revenues for a store in the history of the company.

Atlanta, Ga - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Working out of Atlanta, Georgia heading up the US sales division. Company designs, engineers and manufactures retail displays and merchandising programs for product manufacturers and retailers around the world. Additional duties included driving additional consumer engagement through merchandising by analyzing market conditions, competitive analysis and category insight. Clients included Dollar General, Walgreens, Wal-Mart, Target, Duane Reade, Time Inc., Best Buy, Family Dollar, Big Lots, and others.

Atlanta, Ga

I successfully planned and executed large scale marketing/media plans across the US and Canada. Worked with many advertising agencies and the largest publishers and broadcast networks in the world on some of the largest advertising accounts in the US. MBI was listed by Inc. 5000, Fortune Top 50 Media Companies, Top 25 Advertising and Marketing Agencies in Atlanta business publications. I focused on selling large scale advertising programs in consumer magazines, network television and network radio. Created the company’s sports marketing division and successfully generated over $50,000,000 in NASCAR sponsorship revenue alone. Clients included account such as Kingsford, CertainTeed, Red Bull, Patron Tequila, Farmers Insurance, AFLAC, Coca-Cola, Atkins, Slim-Fast, WPT Poker Tour and Motorola. I worked with media such as ESPN, Hearst publications, Time Inc, Penguin Group, Random House, CBS Broadcasting, Fox, CNN, USA Today, Conde' Nast and others.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Maintained a 150 person, outbound sales call center as well as 50+ outside sales professionals during my time at DANKA. We offered strategies to Fortune 500 company locations in the 7 state territory I managed that offered document management and imaging solutions for complex office environments.

Memphis, Tn

Serving as a regional manager with US largest furniture retailer after proving myself as a store manager for a year. I had management oversight of over 18 stores in the region, totaling over $28,000,000 in annual sales plus over $40,000,000 in annual finance income. Maintained the planogram, management training and acquisition programs for the region during this time.

Studied Business, Marketing And Business

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