Kevin B. Haskins

*** ***** *** ******* * Stone Mountain, GA 30087 * 678-***-****

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Career Objective

Seeking a sales or management position, offering strong leadership and the

ability to cold call, position with clients to understand business needs

and recommending products and services to solve business problems that

drive sales and profits.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Possess broad-based skills in the Print business focused on sales,

marketing, communications, and plant management with the experience of

handling almost every facet of the business. Highly energetic, innovative

and resourceful sales and marketing professional with a track record of

fifteen plus years generating new business and devising winning strategies

and increasing sales to build a company's brand, highlighting the power of

advertising Recruited by several companies to lead sales and production

efforts to drive profitability. Recognized for building trust-based

relationships with clients, centered on understanding business needs and

developing innovative advertising solutions to drive sales.

Skills For Creating Business Value

? Strong Negotiator ? Sales/Marketing Expertise ?

Coaching/Mentoring

? Key Account Management ? Excellent Communications Skills

Career Highlights

PMI Communications Company Atlanta, GA

2010 - Current

Plant Manager

Highly sought out and recruited to join a start-up company to head both

sales and operations of a marketing and communications print company. Led

the company in sales and production of Point of Sale materials to support

company's advertising, marketing and communications goals and objectives.

Significant Accomplishments:

. Assisted in the negotiation of (2) major clients for both Kroger and

General Mills, winning multi-million dollar contracts

. Established the company's infrastructure with recruiting and hiring

the entire staff for sales and production

. Created a budget to manage both capital and expenses for the company

. Handled all daily operations, managing a staff of (12) employees and

two sales account executives

. Negotiated vendor contracts and volume discounts for acquisition of

production supplies and equipment

Brown Industries Dalton, GA

2007 - 2010

Account Manager

Significant Accomplishments:

Recruited by the Vice President of Sales to develop sales opportunities and

launch a new market in metro Atlanta. With no accounts and through cold

calling, established a new account base, generating sales of almost $1M

annually.

. Cold called on ad agencies and corporations, winning major contracts

with accounts, including, Arby's, Assurant, Chick Fil-A, Home Depot

and Georgia Pacific

. Built successful client relationships that resulted in winning new

business and built client loyalty to drive sales

. Managed 2 customer service reps, responsible for daily operations

processing POs, and providing excellent customer service that

differentiated our company

. Based on performance excellence received several letters of

commendation

Kevin B. Haskins

495 Royal Oak Terrace * Stone Mountain, GA 30087 * 678-***-****

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Harris Interactive Media Company Stone Mountain, GA

1998 - 2006

Sales Manager

Initially hired into customer service, handling daily production orders

from advertising agencies and supporting multiple sales people. Ordered

all materials and supervised every facet of manufacturing. Also, interfaced

with all clients to ensure impeccable customer service. Prepared all job

estimates and costs throughout the development of a project's lifecycle and

authorized all costs to financially manage all projects. Within two years

promoted into sales as Account Executive, responsible for a base of

accounts with annual billing of $200K annually.

Significant Accomplishments:

. Significantly increased sales and built a module of accounts billing

increasing billing from $200K to over $1M annually

. Won the company's prestigious sales award in 2000, President's Club,

in the first year of sales

. Consistently recognized year over year for acquiring the largest new

clients, including Coca Cola, Randstad Staffing, Cox Enterprises, and

The Martin Luther King Institution, to name only a few

. Consistently met and exceeded all sales quotas

. Promoted to Sales Manager 2004 based on performance excellence

. Requested to handle both Sales Management and Plant Operations

simultaneously to continue to drive sales and to keep operations

efficient with the departure of the Plant Manager

. Responsible for running operations with 70 employees, daily

production, handling bids and contract negotiations

. Successfully managed a $2.4M annual budget for the plant and stayed

within all parameters to ensure company goals were consistently met

. Responsible for working with sales to provide all company job

estimates, generating $10M annually in sales

. Monitored all details of the project throughout the manufacturing

process to ensure highest quality standards and specifications were

met

Education

Attended Ohio State University for two years pursuing a Business Degree.

Worked Full-time and attended college part-time to pay for 100% of college

expenses. Proficient in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and

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