Terry Bliss Email & Phone Number

United States

Northern California

• Managed Western territory of brand baby products for buybuyBaby, Babies R Us, Target, REI and Independent Specialty Baby Stores throughout the US western region: AZ, CA, HI, NV, OR, UT and WA. • Developed customized training sessions for multi-million-dollar national retailers and trained store associates/managers so they could better assist their customers and increase product sales. • Strengthened brand recognition by providing accurate, reliable, and useful information on child passenger safety. Efforts enhanced employee knowledge base and sales strategies.• Generated a 25.1 percent increase in sales throughout 2017. • Assisted in the growth of my regions sales; which averaged $1.1 million per year in 2012 to $3.9 million per year in 2017.• Cultivated relationships between company and store management to establish a larger brand footprint among store product offering. • Conceptualized and implemented merchandising tools that tremendously improved product visibility and increased sales.• Assisted with specially-assigned projects from senior management to track and analyze competition and presented monthly summary of activity.• Contributed to an overall better understanding of sales trends and helped to forecast sales activity for upcoming months.• Successful implementation/execution of national new product launches and transitions, industry events/trade shows, sales promotions, child seat safety checks and product recalls.• Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician

San Marcos, California

• Assisted buyers through the entire process of their new home purchase; from choosing floor plan and lot, through home loan and closing of escrow.• Recognized on numerous occasions by division president for working well as a team player with sales partner, in-house lender, construction, customer care, design center and escrow company relations.• Secure buyers through self-marketing strategies, including visits to local real estate offices, caravan pitches; touching prospects weekly through phone calls, emails and personal notes; turned referrals into buyers; visited local businesses and conducted numerous model previews resulting in over $29 million in sales.• Seasoned new home sales industry professional (nine years). Accomplished at prospecting, meeting and exceeding sales goals; managing and closing escrows with precision and grace; all while keeping harmony in a demanding and fast-paced sales environment.• Exceptional at prospecting, building and maintaining relationships• Polished negotiator and proven closer• Manages and closes escrows with precision • Successful at obtaining referrals to increase sales• Proficient with all real estate documents and able to effectively guide buyers through the purchase agreement with ease. • Knowledgeable with the construction process, understanding blueprints, plat maps, soils reports, government documents, HOA documents, financing, escrow, title and market trends.