Brian Douglas Sanford
***** ** **** ** ( Ocala, Fl. 34481 ( Cell: 352-***-**** (
*************@*****.***
OPERATIONAL SALES MANAGER
Value Offered Years of experience leading sales organizations and teams to
exceed revenue and profit goals.
Specialized skills in B2B technology sales to
diverse-industry clients.
Expert relationship builder, channel developer, negotiator
and sales strategist.
To apply my marketing, sales, and interpersonal skills in an
environment that values business relationships, creativity,
and the pursuit of personal excellence.
Key Skills Market Strategies Territory Startup &
Business & Channel Development Turnaround
Sales Team Training & Strategic Partnership
Management Building
Complex Negotiations & Sales Key Account Management
Cycles Forecasting & Market
Analytics
Career Hearst Media Services/LocalEdge
Progression Google Certified Digital Media Agent/Management Trainee
2013 to Present
SEO/SEM campaign advisor
Yahoo behavioral targeting advertising campaigns
PRWEB and Website sales development
Train and manage Junior Consultants
Centurylink-Diversified Link
Residential Sales/Premise Manager
2011 to 2012
Door to door sales of PRISM TV, Internet, and Phone
Premise and territory manager
Train and manage Junior Consultants
Garrasan Publishing, LLC DBA THEHOMEMAG of Central Florida
Franchise Owner/Publisher/Sales 2008 to 2010
Manager
Assume responsibility for the profitability of the branch
Interview and Hiring Process
Implement Training development, supervise and market target
strategies
Prepare branch budgets
Lead A/R collection efforts
Control expense budgets within range
Approval on advertising contracts
Member of networking functions
Branch Cross Selling
Managing Marketing Distribution List-USPS
YellowBook USA
Advertising Consultant (Management Employee)
2006 to 2008
Generate sales of new business customers for YellowBook
Yellow Pages and YellowBook.com
Manage and increase new and existing accounts
Produced top grossing results with sales awards
Train and manage Junior Consultants
Verizon Information Services
Advertising Consultant (Management Employee)
2003 to 2006
Generate sales of new business customers for Verizon Yellow
Pages and SuperPages.com
Manage and increase new and existing accounts
Consistently ranked among top three sales consultants
Train and manage Junior Consultants
IDS Telecom, West Palm Beach, FL.
Senior Account Manager
2002 to 2003
Generate sales of local phone service, long distance, and
data needs for business owners.
Manage new and existing accounts.
Palm Beach Auto Mall, West Palm Beach, FL
Internet Sales Manager/Nissan, Jeep, Chrysler, Mazda,
Infinity, Toyota 2000 to 2002
Sold and delivered over 100 cars monthly.
Co-founder of one of the top producing internet sales offices
in the country.
Generated and managed sales via phone and internet.
Original founding member of the CarsDirect Hudson Project.
Stewart Toyota, North Palm Beach, FL
Sales and Leasing Consultant
1996 to 2000
Generated car sales in excess of $1,000,000 annually.
Consistently ranked among top three sales consultants.
Addressed a variety of customer requests and inquiries as
Customer Service Rep.
Achievement Awards
Highlights
YellowBook USA award and vacation giveaway winner
Four time Quota Club Winner for Verizon Superpages and
SuperPages.com
Driver of the year, Sports Car Club of America, Dixie Region
1994
Racing Class Champion 1992
Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival Actor 1995
Education Florida State University-Tallahassee, Florida
B.A., College of Arts and Sciences, 1992- 1996
Major: Philosophy Minors: Nutrition and Fitness/Theater
Languages Expert written and verbal fluency in English with exceptional
public speaking skills
Technology MS Office (Word/Excel), Magazine Manager Database