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Highly-focused and energetic professional with strong marketing instincts and the ability to secure repeat business through persuasive communication skills and a strong commitment to customer satisfaction. Excellent interpersonal skills; builds lasting business relationships through performance and credibility while focusing on growth and probability. Thrives in demanding environments, adds-value with a skillset that encompasses both a detail-oriented and creative nature. Excellent negotiator; responds to challenges with confidence, determination and commitment and successfully interacts with diverse groups and individuals at all levels in an organization.

Listed skills include Retail, Sales, Merchandising, Customer Service, and 19 others.

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  Sales Representative

  Lipari Foods

  1995 - Present - Toledo, Ohio Area

  Cultivate and nurture strong customer relationships building loyalty and trust with incentives and promotions to maximize the customer’s market share, which in turn increases sales volume for the company. Expand sales by marketing new products through promotions and merchandising materials that included store display formats and product sets, which consistently increases sales volume. Generate new accounts and grow sales of 15,000 products through excellent marketing and promotions, prospecting, customer service and networking with approximately 21 corporate and 20 independent accounts. Manage current accounts ranging from $1.9M to $2.4M annually and open new ones utilizing the full sales cycle, from the initial contact to closing, and follow-through, which increased sales on an average of 60% weekly in 2013. Provide accurate and timely delivery of products to the stores, set up displays and negotiate better placement in prime locations and additional space to merchandise more product. Write orders for business from new and existing customers; establish and maintain relationships with the decision makers to increase volume of orders and maximize profitability.Attend new store sets and openings to develop solid working relationships with new managers for key locations in the stores. Provide a high level of service by resolving customer and product issues immediately; work well with all personalities and handle difficult customers with diplomacy.Demonstrated proven sales ability in achieving the third highest in sales out of 60 sales representatives in the 2011 contest for a free trip to Cancun, Mexico sponsored by the company. Solicit new accounts by identifying prospective customers; created an approach with initiatives that differentiate the company’s products and services from competitors and sell products features, advantages and profitability.

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  University Of Toledo

  Marketing And Sales