RICHARD BELOCK
Metro Atlanta, Georgia - 678-***-****
abg0kz@r.postjobfree.com / http://www.linkedin.com/pub/richard-belock/9/6a7/253
Qualifications Summary
- Highly motivated sales professional with more than 15 years of experience
in building strategic relationships with key client contacts
- Effective communicator using cumulative sales skill set to identify
opportunities.
- Adept in conveying the specific benefits of products / services to
targeted customer, critical in yielding interest and securing business
transactions.
- Ability to generate award-winning ideas proven both unique and innovative
by organizational standards within both the financial services and consumer
products industries.
- Exemplifies prominence within the areas of inside/outside sales, customer
service, and product knowledge.
Key Achievements/Competencies
. Exceeded monthly sales goals between 90% and 116% (November 2011 through
April 2012)
. Recipient of Top Revenue Award with more than $2MM in balance transfer
sales.
. Utilized random contacts (more than 350) to effectively secure sales
transactions at a double-digit rate of closure (approximately 10%).
. Surpassed standards within sales quota system, achieving revenues of
$236K per month.
Sales ? Effective Communicator ? Strategic Business Relationships ? Team
Leadership
? Problem Resolution ? Product Knowledge Education ? Financial Services
Professional Summary
COMCAST CABLE (ATLANTA, GA) 2011-
2015
Inside Sales Specialist
. Excelled in the role of inside sales specialist, targeting services
upgrades for existing customers within Comcast database.
MBNA / BANK OF AMERICA (KENNESAW, GA) 2001-2009
Customer Marketing Account Manager
MBNA Corporation was a bank holding company and parent company of wholly
owned subsidiary MBNA America Bank, N.A., prior to being acquired by Bank
of America in 2006.
. Maximized customer contact by soliciting balance transfers, the "up-sell"
of additional bank products, and effectively providing complaint
resolution.
. Responsible for accurately processing necessary adjustments on client
accounts.
. Developed optimal customer relationships, resulting in customer
satisfaction and increased sales.
MBNA (BOCA RATON, FL) 1997-2001
Outbound Telesales Specialist
MBNA America Bank N.A., a major issuer of credit cards, operated a call
center in Boca Raton, employing more than 950 associates.
. Contacted new and existing customers, effectively educating each about
their current accounts, providing explanation of the benefits of MBNA
programs, ultimately resulting in account upgrades, balance transfers,
and the sale of additional financial services.
. Developed efficient process for handling approximately 300 calls per day,
ensuring the attainment of targeted incentives each month.
. Effectiveness within this role led to the appointment onto a task force,
creating the procedural initiatives and processes by which the balance
transfers segment was added to the menu of services within our
department.
. Attainment of a recognized level of proficiency led to selection by
senior staff to become a certified peer evaluator with telesales
associates as well as a mentor/trainer for new employees.
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CRANE PRODUCTS (BOCA RATON, FL) 1993-1997
Inside Sales representative
For over 135 years, Crane Plumbing is one of the best-known manufacturers
and distributors of plumbing fixtures and specialty plumbing products in
North America for residential, commercial, and hospitality channels of
distribution.
. Initiated, negotiated, and completed sales transactions for regional
supplier of specific plumbing product lines.
. Successfully developed strategic relationships with the decision makers
within client organizations through timely communication measures and an
insightful understanding of their ever-changing needs, therefore,
expediting the overall sales/revenue process.
. Developed a network of industry specific relationships that culminated
into new business opportunities.
. Achieve organizational ranking as a top sales performer, consistently
attaining incentive and bonus targets on a monthly basis.
SAFARI REPRODUCTION (GREAT NECK, NY) 1990-1993
Business Manager
The Safari Reproduction organization designed and distributed
exclusive/specialty merchandise to department stores, theme parks, zoos,
and through mail order delivery system. The primary theme for such product
lines were wildlife prints converted to lithographs, then imposed upon
specialty products (glassware, vinyl-based items, etc).
. Managed specialty merchandise organization, which included the training
and leadership of sales team.
. Initiated and developed relationship with such organizations as Saturday
Evening Post, National Audubon Society, and Ringling Brothers in order to
offer merchandise through the unused advertising space within their print
materials (mail order / direct ship to customer).
. Developed additional venue options for sales and distribution to include
specialty merchandise marts.
Education
New York Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
Professional Awards / Recognition
MBNA Southern Region Top Performer Award - 2002
MBNA Atlanta Activation Inward "Premier Top Performer" - 2003