Sales Manager

•••••CAREER SEARCH•••••

I am seeking a position with a professional advancement potential, in a challenging, yet cooperative work enviroment. I offer broad professional experiences and expertise; adaptive and creative problem solving; inventive ideas; personal initiative; effective communication and analytical skills, and quality client services which can be utilized to strengthen and develop a high performance team.

•••••PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS•••••

QUALIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPED SKILLS:

* Customer Relations and Partnerships•••••* Implementing/Assignment of Goals
* Financial Management and Planning•••••* Operations/Distribution Management
* Budget Forecasting and Planning•••••* Personnel Hiring/Training
* Inventory Control and Ordering Process•••••* DSD and Route Sales Operations

•••••PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE•••••

GREEN MARKETING, Inc. SPOKANE, WA.••••• ••••• (••••• PRESENT)
SALES MANAGER: (FULL LINE BEVERAGE BROKERS)

Developed/trained and drove Distributor base to •••••+ accounts and customers
Class training and sales development of sales brochures and customer order forms
Assisted in key account headquarter calls and quarterly business reviews
Active in trade shows, equipment installs, and overall distributor/customer training

AMERICAN SREL BUILDINGS MOORHEAD, MN.•••••••••• •••••(•••••)
REGIONAL SALES MANAGER: (STEEL BUILDING MANUFACTURE)

Was Regional Manager over a five state area and ••••• member sales team
Was responsible for a •••••% sales increase in new building construction
Designed steel buildings with IBM/Steel building software
Responsibilities included: sales, warehouse inventories, store inventories, sales, training/hiring
Extensive trade show experience

DAKOTA GOURMET WHAPETON,ND.••••• (•••••)
SALES MANAGER: ( FULL LINE SNACK AND NUT MANUFACTURE)

Was top producer in the Company increasing sales •••••+%
Spearheaded the team for trade shows, fairs, special events that increased sales by •••••%+
Hired and managed a broker/distributor network for the USA and Canada
Assisted in development of bi-lingual packaging for the Canadian market
Developed and wrote corporate sales promotions for wholesale and retail markets

BRECKENRIDGE SCHOOL BRECKENRIDGE,MN.••••• (•••••)
CHAPTER 1 TEACHER (MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER)

Taught first and third grade reading
Taught third and sixth grade math to students with below average learning
Coached eighth grade football, ninth grade basketball, and fifth and sixth grade track



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Supervisor at Valley Lake Boys home: responsible for ten teenage boys (•••••) who were either
Theyre from drug convictions, felony theft, or neglect


BLUE STAR CONSTRUCTION BISMARCK, ND. (•••••)
SALES MANAGER (METAL BUILDING AND TRIM MANUFACTURE)

Did the board work and design details for all metal buildings and custom trim
Arranged preliminary bids, purchasing, and shipping of work materials
On contract to: Carefree of Colorado-Mechanical design and drafting of motor home after market
Accessories related to hydraulic lifting systems
On contract to: Synthes Corporation USA, Colorado-Designed loading systems for a laser etching
System for medical applications and products by use of AutoCAD systems

ELECTRI-WIRE, Inc. and AORIST ENTERPRISES BROOMFIELD,CO. (•••••)
SALES AND DESIGN (DESIGNED MEDICAL CABLE PRODUCTS)

Designed medical application cable products and interconnect systems for EKG-O2 machines
Wrote Material lists and assembly procedures for cable products and O2 monitors
Designed tools for the various manufacturing processes
Responsible for quality control inspections of incoming materials
Served as employee involvement facilitator and trainer in training, education, force field analysis
And statistical process control
Aorist Enterprises was an engineering job shop we held several contracts with


FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORT COLLINS,CO. (•••••)
DRAFTING AND DESIGN TEACHER

Taught basic drafting and design strategies to engineering students
Reviewed and graded students drawings and designs for accuracy
Provided individual instruction and assistance in career goal selection and placement




•••••HIGHLIGHTS•••••

Experienced in sales, technical management, strategic planning, sales and marketing
Adept at customer service and developing long term relationships and sales growth
Results-oriented individual who surpasses objectives by achieving goals and sales numbers
Keen market sense with the ability and sense to resolve problems quickly and effectively
Team player that is able to open new markets, make cold calls, and expand all business
Excellent at time management and itinerary planning, expense management and reporting
Effective at public speaking with excellent written and oral skills


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•••••EDUCATION•••••


NORTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, WAHPETON,ND (•••••)
Operation and set-up of engine and belt drive lathes, vertical and horizontal milling machines
Operation and set-up of doall surface grinders, turret lathes, and heat treatment ovens
Operation and set-up of welded shield metal arc, flux core arc, gas metal arc, and O2/fuel welding
Wrote NC and CNC programs for vertical milling machines
Familiar with powdered metallurgy process, finishing operations, and manufacturing processes
Major: Machine Tooling

FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FORT COLLINS,CO (•••••)

Trained in basic and advanced drafting technology
Trained in trigonometry, plane, solid, and descriptive geometry
Trained in •••••point perspective drawing, assembly drawing, section drawing, and ink on mylar
Major: Mechanical Design



•••••OTHER INTERESTS•••••


Hobbies and interests include: fishing, coaching, boxing, football, baseball, archery, hunting
Computer literate with Microsoft •••••, Excel, Power Point, and Word

Excellent Health•••••Married Physically Active Relocation Possible






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