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Sales Customer Service

Location:
Portland, OR, 97206
Posted:
June 15, 2011

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Resume:

Sarah L. Noble

***********@***.***

503-***-****

SALES/MARKETING MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT

Dedicated professional with broad experience in sales and marketing

support/management, developing staff, training coordination, and leading

teams. Works effectively and respectfully with people at all levels of an

organization and with diverse populations. Proven skills in personnel and

project management, customer service, sales and marketing support, training

staff, and making strategic decisions. Exceptional problem-solver with the

keen ability to assess needs, access resources, and implement action plans.

Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills.

Areas of Expertise:

. Accounting (Funding/Quality Control Review)

. Ad Hoc Reports

. Auditing

. Corporate Escalations

. Creation of Training Guides

. Customer Service

. Claim Processing

. Marketing/Business plan Creation and Development

. Merchandising (Retail)

. Process Development

. Program Management

. Reconciliations of Charge-backs

. Sales Forecasting

. Sales/Marketing Support

. Siebel/SAP Pricing/Order Mgmt.

. SharePoint

. Staffing Coordinator

. Train Sales (Sales Operations)/Marketing Teams

. Training Coordination

Computer Skills: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Internet

Explorer, SAP, Seibel, Business Objects

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sales Support Representative, Meet Comp Team Lead (Account Management)

MarketSource/Hewlett-Packard, 2005 - 2010

Valuable resource person who works inclusively with managers, sales reps,

financials, and upline management to establish vision and strategy in

delivering product quality and value. Team Meet Comp Lead for 28

Sales/Marketing Resource Representatives. Managed seven retail accounts for

Hewlett-Packard and back-up four major accounts providing multiple tracking

reports for Sales and Marketing.

. Managed Accounting/Reconciliation (payments and report generation)

efficiently processing and reconciling invoices to monthly budget

reports.

. Utilized market knowledge to provide innovative product direction working

cross-functionally to develop product lines, meet deadlines, and achieve

net sales, net margin and department objectives. Conduct category

analysis based on sales history for an accurate business forecast on

multiple product lines.

. Diligently researched charge-back causes before issuing payments.

Successfully processed weekly, monthly, and yearly charge-backs and

reconciliations for seven retail vendors.

. Designed a new meet comp process that is now implemented by the entire

SRC double checking pricing and designating staggered expiration dates to

prevent products from falling out. New process helped drive revenue with

financial accountability and accuracy on product shipment.

. Facilitated multiple meetings on streamlining the entire meet comp

process; trained new-hires and existing employees on all new and improved

processes. Provided mentoring and motivation for all new hires, co-

workers, and management.

. Implemented process control review before payments are made to the

customer with defined auditing structures and verification of payment

history. Prevented double payment of claims by more accurate account

management.

Transport Specialist/Scheduler - Mountain Retreat Secured Transport,

Gresham, OR 2001 - 2002

Performed all general office and administrative duties in the sale of

transports to family members, hospital staff, counselors, and mental health

facilities to securely transport patients to mental health facilities

throughout the Pacific Northwest. Coordinated scheduling and staffing of

each transport on a daily basis

. Developed and maintained account strategies with all hospitals and mental

health facilities.

. Effectively communicated all presales processes to families, hospital

staff, counselors, and law enforcement.

. Managed transitions for all new and old accounts.

. Maintained key relationships with hospital staff while increasing the

sales of transports.

Administrative Assistant and Security, Pinkerton/Burns, Portland, OR

2000 - 2004

Provider of specialized security services for U.S. Government agencies and

their contractor companies with leadership and administrative support to

the Intel campus in Hillsboro.

. Developed and coordinated training for other Security professionals and

administrative support.

. Delivered high quality customer service.

. Provided outstanding administrative support to the

Security/Marketing/Sales departments.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration - Marketing Marylhurst University,

Marylhurst, OR, 2008

Bachelor of Science, Business and Management Marylhurst University,

Marylhurst, OR, 2005

Certificate of Conflict Resolution and Mediation Marylhurst University,

Marylhurst, OR 2009

Maintained 3.54 GPA throughout academic career with the following relative

sales and marketing coursework:

Business Strategies

Marketing Research

New Product Development

The Global Marketplace

International Marketing

Marketing Management



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