CHARLES A. BELL

“Charlie”

**** ******* *** ****, *********, NC 28226

C 704-***-**** acqltd@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a Sales Position with a company, offering a competitive product and service and overall stability in the marketplace. Looking for a company offering a professional approach in its sales practices that shows respect to its clients, employees and to the community in which it operates.

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QUALIFICATIONS:

*Sales and marketing experience * Results Oriented Team member

*Excellent written and verbal communication skills * Networking Expertise

*Self motivated * Microsoft Proficient

*Excellent time management skills * Highly Organized

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Allegiance Merchant Services – Charlotte, NC June 2007 - Present

* Developing new accounts in Merchant Services Industry (VISA/ Mastercard /Discover) through sales in the Carolinas, Southeast region and beyond. Always carrying extensive pipeline of business with high closing success rate. Promoted to Sales Manager on March 1, 2013 after many years in field sales. Responsible for large sales force achievements.

Progress Printing Co. - Lynchburg, VA Apr 2003 - May 2007

Southeast VP / Sales Manager

*Working with $60 million Commercial/Catalog printer, handled sales territory and managed all sales reps in NC, SC and GA region. Worked diligently with sales reps to set and achieve goals/quotas. Successfully grew sales from $7 Million to $16 Million in 4 year time frame. I always sold as part of this success and was the first and only rep/manager to ever sell $1 Million in a single month.

Hickory Printing Group

Sales Manager / VP of Sales– Charlotte, NC Jan 1997 – Apr 2003

*Working with $40 million commercial printer, hired to increase regional sales expansion.

Replaced 50% of sales force and increased regional sales by $1.5 Million annually, from $4 million to $12 million in 6 years.

Washburn Graphics / Cadmus Communications – Charlotte, NC Mar 1992 – Jan 1997

*Senior Sales Executive handling multiple accounts and Key Account Manager for First Union Bank (Now Wells Fargo).

Virginia Paper / Zellerbach Paper – Charlotte, NC / Greenville, SC Feb 1982 - Mar 1992

*Built territory from Zero after being left unattended for several years. Sold Fine Papers, C1S Litho, Pressure Sensitive stocks along with Packaging items such as Shrink and Stretch Films to Commercial Printers in Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. Grew sales each year by minimum of 30%.

EDUCATION

Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

BSBA, Business Marketing and Management

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

Tim Hodge – Vice President of Sales – Core BioMed - Charlotte, NC

Mike Thornton – President/CEO – Progress Printing Company, Lynchburg, VA

Russ Alion – President – New Homes Smart Mail, Charlotte, NC

Others: Available Upon Request

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