National Sales Manager Resume
Charlotte, NC
Career Summary
Experienced, self-motivated, and results oriented sales professional with over 10 years of experience in sales, sales management, client relationship management, and establishing new business territories. Demonstrated results in meeting and exceeding organizational and personal sales and client retention goals as a leader of multi-functional teams and as an individual contributor. Possessing excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment. Highly skilled and experienced in building and maintaining long-term, value based relationships with clients and key stakeholders.
Professional Experience
August 2006- February 2011 Confidential Charlotte, NC
National Sales Manager
- Represented 205 hotels, resorts and 15 Convention and Visitors Bureau partners across the United States for Washington, DC and Southeast Association and Corporate markets.
- Responsible for identifying and cultivating new contacts within the industry through prospecting, networking and trade show events.
- Maintained relationships with destination partners as well as identified potential destinations to add to our portfolio.
- Established Southeast Market presence after relocating to Charlotte, NC. Successfully opened new market through prospecting new and cold accounts, attending events in the Southeast territories and conducting sales missions with our partners throughout the region.
- Utilized industry associations to create brand awareness and increase exposure to our partners.
- Successfully managed database of over 300 clients located throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
- In addition to sales efforts I also took over the role of IT support for all users out of the Washington DC Office.
- Consulted on new technology purchases and provided guidance during system and server upgrades.
- Performed all necessary server maintenance and maintained all software and hardware licenses and warranties.
February 2001 – August 2006 Confidential Fairfax, VA
Account Manager
- Sold prepaid long distance phone cards to over seventy-five international grocery stores, gas stations, check-cashing outlets and other various retail stores.
- Handled business development responsibilities including adding new accounts and managing vendor relationships.
- Handled sales and delivery of phone cards, inventory management and inventory ordering.
- In charge of collection services when any store accounts were past due.
September 1999 – February 2001 Confidential Arlington, VA
Systems Maintenance Technician
- Provided company wide support to users with hardware difficulties. Troubleshoot users on first level software and networking issues.
- Created spreadsheet to track inventory and worked with database to ensure proper inventory levels.
- Perform basic and complex hardware upgrades including adding new hard drives, extra RAM, new motherboards, processors, Network Interface Cards and other miscellaneous hardware.
- Traveled to off site locations to perform maintenance on PCs, laptops and laser printers
Affiliations
- Member of Georgia Meeting Professionals International (GAMPI),
- Carolina Meeting Professionals International (MPI-CC),
- Potomac Meeting Professionals International (PMPI).
- Served as Committee Chair for Potomac Chapter of Meeting Professionals (PMPI) Member Recognition Committee
Computer Skills
Experience with Sage Act 9.0, Wired Contact CRM Software, WinSales, Lotus Notes Email, Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/2003, Microsoft Office Suite, Partition Magic, PVCS Version Manager, PVCS Trakker, Rational Rose, Rational Requisite Pro, Norton Utilities, Norton Ghost, McAfee VirusScan, Kaspersky Internet Security and Adobe Photoshop 6.0.
Education
Confidential University
B.S. Business Administration