Robert Carson Email & Phone Number

Elk Grove, California, United States

Sales and Design Consultant at LA-Z-BOY Furniture Gallery

Elk Grove, California, United States

• Sales management, business development, client relations, operations, community events, marketing, and social media.
• Partnering with Charter Schools, School Districts, Office of Education, libraries, local charities and community events.
• Doubling last year’s sales and acquiring three new Charter Schools and adding multiple new School Districts.
• Our goal is to inspire a deeper interest in agriculture and science through modeling, storytelling and engaging interactive educational presentations.

Modesto, California, United States

Sales, design, and financing of custom furniture for your lifestyle.

Salida

• Outside sales managing relationships and provided expertise for city governments, school districts, hospitals, and casinos; that included development of technology road maps, solution deployment, project management.
• Drove efforts that increased company sales to over $14 million.
• $3 million of which I contributed as new business.
• Regularly met monthly quota of $50K in gross profit. Some months Exceeded quota by 200%.

Salida California

• Maximized vendor relationships and distribution partnership while managing a team handling all company-wide quotes, ordering, deal registrations, product procurement and delivery of goods and services.
• Built large scale customized solutions with engineers and maintained project management timelines.
• Handled complex issues that arose and resolved them quickly and efficiently.
• Generated $4.2 million in added revenue through procurement negotiations, deal registration and backend manufacture incentives.
• Managed accounts for all WSCA/NASPO HP and Dell direct business for Gov. / Ed. Equated to over $2 million in revenue.

Modesto, California Area

• Coordinated all sales stages for seven outside sales reps, covering SMB, Enterprise, and Gov. / Ed. accounts and managed all the weekly and monthly client care calls and account reviews
• Maintained vendor relationships with corporate and territory representatives for Cisco, VMware, HP and Dell.
• Accurately forecasted and maintained corporate forecast and pipeline on monthly basis. Maintaining run rate and upside as well.
• Responsible for a majority of the quoting, expo and convention booths, as well as interaction with potential new clients and vendors.

Modesto, California Area

• Procured instructor-driven textbooks, software, electronics; new emblematic merchandise and art supplies while maximizing profits.
• Refined expenditure controls, product receiving, inventory reviews, pricing, invoicing and logistics.
• Continually maintaining over $5 million dollars in sales.
• Member of the Classified Staff Advisory Hiring Committee.

Modesto, California Area

• Directly managed a team of 46 employees at Borders and was responsible for their hiring and career development as well as performance reviews and firing.
• Through marketing and live music event initiatives was able to exceeded Borders sale goals by over $500K.
• Skillfully balanced store demands to inventory ratios to keep stock at optimal levels and return excess product for credit.
• Managed and maintained the highest level of customer satisfaction and customer loyalty due to my staffs overall training and a love for their job.

Modesto And Stockton

• Managed retail stores in Modesto and Stockton California.
• Awarded highest comparative store sales in the District in 1996 and again in 1998 with sales increases of 40 to 45% over all.
• In charge of all hiring, reviews, promotions, and firings as well as loss prevention and store profitability.
• Working with the record labels and local radio stations to hold CD release parties and artist meet-and-greets to drive sales and increase store exposure to the public.

General Studies

General Studies, Music and Arts.

General Studies

Activities and Societies: Sports, Music / Band, DramaFFA, Criminal Justice, Band, Advanced Drama, Football, Track and Field.