Sara Sheppard Email and Phone Number

In addition to running a small business, I was approached to work more directly for one of my clients in a full-time role. I assist with marketing at all 17 of our parent company’s brick and mortar locations, as well as work as the Director of Sales. In this position, I have created a customer base from scratch for the bulk-sales side of the business. Since 2018, I am personally responsible for generating more than $1.7M annually in sales.

I started a consulting firm in early 2018 to assist clients with streamlining their business processes and fulfilling their marketing needs.

Responsibilities are diverse and include service coordination, administrative support, scheduling, customer service, inventory control/reconciliation, cross-functional collaboration, new service contract set up, data analysis, report preparation, database maintenance, billing preparation, invoicing, A/R, month-end processing, and more:−Serve as Branch Quality Deputy and Corporate & Local Employee Liaison. Report to Branch Manager.•Selected to coordinate company-wide training/events and track employees; handle various management functions such as employee issue remediation.•Manage multiple concurrent projects to successful completion in fast-paced, deadline-oriented environments.•Recognized for outstanding production (often completing 4 days of work in only 1 day) and strong relationship building and leadership skills. Achieved stellar bi-annual reviews.

Exceeded organizational expectations and was recognized for strong work ethic, creativity, and exceptional relationship building competencies (earned 40% performance based pay increase).•Assisted in all areas of the hiring process; resume search, candidate interview preparation, employment eligibility verification, data entry, and various administrative/receptionist duties. Reported to Senior Recruiter.•Processed weekly payroll, and coordinated/processed employment eligibility and benefit information.•Sourced/prospected/screened/interviewed qualified candidates. Established and cultivated relationships with both candidates and senior level executives. •Improved processes and increased efficiencies by creating excel spreadsheet and developing workbooks.

Performed full range of sales prospecting, needs assessment, data gathering, and presentations of the company's (Fortune 500) Life & Health Insurance products; utilized a consultative solutions-based sales approach.•Consistently ranked top 5% in sales production and was recognized by senior management for strong work ethic and exceptional relationship building skills.