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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, client services and creating new opportunities.• 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.