career profile

 

offer more than 12 years solid work history as a sales professional focusing on account management, regional territory business development, and achieving weekly and monthly revenue goals. possess excellent customer service, sales presentation, and market research skills.

professional experience

 

ben arnold sunbelt, ridgeway, sc                                                                       08/2003-present

commissioned salesman

     oversee business development initiatives for wine and spirit sales for a regional territory covering aiken, edgefield, north augusta, batesburg, saluda, and wagner.

     conduct market research to identify potential clients and perform sales calls on grocery, wine shop, package store, and restaurant and bar establishments.

     manage and service over 50 accounts by conducting weekly calls to achieve monthly quotas, helping customer keep up with current market trends.

     collaborate with customers to maintain adequate inventories for 1 to 2 weeks.

     create deal structures to obtain special order rates by partnering with strategic industry suppliers.

     consistently achieve 20%-28% increase in sales every year since employment began. 

 

carolina sales associates, lake wylie, sc                                                        08/2002-07/2003

sales service

     managed and serviced a sales contract for lowes home improvement warehouse and taught plumbing product knowledge to lowes employees for stores throughout the atlanta area.

     processed special orders for represented brands.

 

trayco, inc., florence, sc                                                                                            12/1998-03/2001

commissioned salesman

     acquired plumbing supplies for state, federal, and local government entities as well as privately owned facilities for a regional territory including arkansas and texas.

     assisted maintenance shops keep accurate inventories at reduced operational costs.

     identified and acquired hard to find parts with minimal turnaround time.

education

 

university of south carolina-aiken, aiken, sc

bachelor of arts in psychology, 1998

activities

 

outward bound school,   morganton, nc

instructor development practicum, 1997

     instructed in conflict resolution and experiential education was instructed in proper techniques of high angle rescue, swift water rescue, and wilderness activities.

     instructed to be entry level mountain climbing instructor, high and low ropes course manager, expedition manager, navigation (both night and day).

     took out youth at risk on five day expeditions in the mountains with in pisgah national forest.