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1958 Oak Crest Lane

Sulphur, OK 73086

Home:  580-622-4605

Cell: 580-369-1709

Email: george@gwkrainmaker.com

 

 

Professional Experience  

 

October 2003- present                        Independent Sales & Marketing Consultant                       Sulphur, OK

 

Independent Sales & Marketing Consultant

Job Description 

·         Provide sales consulting, training, & telephone sales outsourcing services to small businesses.

Qualifications

·         Practical experience recruiting, screening, & interviewing thousands of telesales candidates resulting in the hire of 62 sales people.

Accomplishments

·         Helped customers identify inefficiencies in their selling processes while increasing sales through targeted cold calling campaigns.

·         Built & managed a team of 35 telesales representatives working in a virtual environment.

·         Developed & established successful business processes for three essential business functions; recruiting, training, & selling.

 

 

June 2006- present                                        Sales Trainer/ Presenter                                  Sulphur, OK

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from Dr. Dennis Deaton, founder & President

Quma Learning Systems

Sales Trainer/Presenter

Job Description 

·         Provide sales training and coaching to individuals as well as small to medium sized businesses.

Qualifications

·         Experienced motivational speaker/ sales trainer for Quma Learning Systems in Mesa AZ since 2006.

·         Accomplished public speaker having produced and delivered seminars on topics ranging from Pest Control to Sales & Marketing to Fitness & Nutrition.

Accomplishments

·         Creator of the Sales Training Is Dead program. A 12 -module curriculum of Sales Performance Coaching that teaches a different sales behavior or activity through practice and repetition each month over the course of a year. 

·         Have presented to groups as large as 300. Developed & established successful business processes for three essential business functions; recruiting, training, & selling.

 

 

April 2005- September 2007                             Lifestyle Center of America                               Sulphur, OK

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from Jim Pinder, former VP of Operations

at Lifestyle Center of America

Director of Sales

Job Description

·         Responsible for managing the sales operations of a $4.8M/year non-profit wellness corporation including setting & achieving aggressive revenue goals, p & l responsibility.

·         Hiring, firing, training, coaching & motivating salespeople toward exceeding sales goals.

Qualifications

·         Specialized telesales coaching abilities. Demonstrated mastery of the sale of services, memberships, & intangibles through the telesales process. Conveys ideas simply and effectively. Proven communicator & exceptional motivator.

Accomplishments

·         Grew revenue by $1.8M in first 12 months (60% year over year growth).

·         Recorded record year over year revenue increases in 12 out of 12 months.

·         Improved closing percentages from 2% to 18%.

·         Reducing cost of sales by 30% vs. previous year.

·         Built & implemented a comprehensive selling process from ground zero including creation of metrics for forecasting, inbound/outbound sales activity, & process improvement.

 

 

May 2000- June 2003                                            Monster.com                                        Maynard, MA

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from Kevin Jones, former

Regional Sales Managerat Monster.com

Award Winning Account Executive

Job Description 

·         Responsible for new customer acquisition & existing customer retention.

·         Initiated outbound telephone calls to sell Monster’s Internet recruiting products & services.

·         Effectively used Internet & other resources to prospect for contacts & opportunities across targeted industries.

·         Obtained & grew network of referrals within, as well as outside of, existing client base.

·         Built & maintained a pipeline of 2-3 times monthly quota.

·         Forecast monthly & quarterly sales to within 5% of actual results. 

Qualifications

·         Advanced selling (hunting) skills. Successful track record of achievement selling to Sr. level Department Managers, CEO’s, & CFO’s.

ü       Demonstrated exceptional cold calling ability and consultative sales skills in establishing over $1.5MM in new client revenue from December 31, 2001 through December 31, 2002.

·         Proven relationship building ability evidenced by 84% retention rate (72% department average) & a $3400 average increase in repeat order size (--$165 department average).

·         Expert communication & listening skills. Unique ability to sell intangible benefits, concepts, & ideas validated by the proposal, & closing, of numerous large, complex solutions.

ü       Led Company in both 2001 & 2002 in largest average order size. 

ü       Sold largest solution in department history on three separate occasions.

·         Consistent top producer accustomed to achieving goals.

ü       Led Southeast Region in quota attainment in 2001 at 113% of goal. 

ü       Led entire company in quota attainment in 2002 at 166%.

Accomplishments

·         “Account Manager of the Year” for Monster 2002. Ranked #1 out of over 120 salespeople.

·         2002 Highest total revenue at $3,010,928.

·         2002 Highest percentage of goal at 166%.

·         “Account Manager of the Year” for Southeast Region 2002.

·         Closed largest single sale in Monster Telesales history ($1M dollars) in September 2002.

·         “Account Manager of the Year” for Southeast Region 2001.

·         2001 Highest percentage of goal for Southeast Region at 113%.

 

 

June 1999- May 2000                                Newcourt Financial/ CIT Group                              Westboro, MA

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from Christopher Toney, former VP of Sales

at Newcourt Financial/ CIT Group

Inside Sales/Account Executive

Job Description 

·          Placed cold calls to computer and other business equipment resellers (VAR’s). Sold Equipment Leasing and Finance options to help increase their sales and profit margins.

·         Managed daily workflow consisting of the processing of lease and finance applications from the VAR’s clients through our internal credit scoring and documentation system.

Qualifications

·         Excellent prospecting and cold calling skills. Added more than 40 new clients in first six months.

·         Displayed an aptitude for training VAR's salespeople to increase their sales by leading with a monthly payment option. increased sales within VAR's organizations by an average of 19%.

Accomplishments

·         Ranked #1 out of 18 telesales reps in the Technology Finance Group.

·         Top cold caller on the floor averaging over 100 outbound calls per day.

·         Consistently achieved quota of between $300,000-$600,000 in lease volume per month.

·         Technology Finance Group Persistence Award Winner for 1999.

 

 

Computer Skills      

 

Proficient with PC’s using Windows/MS Office Suite. Expert in navigating the Internet, search engines, & online demonstrations/meetings. Skilled using CRM applications including Siebel, ACT, & Goldmine. Proficient in web design including HTML, FrontPage, & Photoshop.

 

 

Activities & Interests       

 

In addition to spending time with my family I enjoy outdoor activities. I am a fitness freak and Boston sports fanatic.

 

 

   

References

 

Jim Pinder MBA, CFRE     580-369-0506    Former VP of Operations/Lifestyle Center of America     

Jim McIntire                   978-461-8462    Account Executive/Monster.com

Craig Sullivan                 617-519-6792    Sales/Lifestyle Center of America

 

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