Sales Manager

Christopher S. O’Brien

abhlqg@r.postjobfree.com, (***) 679 - 4942, 3377 Valleycrest Drive Southaven, MS 38672

Education:

Bachelors degree The University of Memphis/Graphic Design June 2008 - December 2010

Professional Sales Experience:

Berman Industries - Chicago, Illinois June 2002 - May 2008

Position - National Sales Manager

Company Description - Berman Industries specialized in the design, manufacture, and transport of home décor

• Responsible for sales to the company’s largest customer in addition to two mid-sized accounts

• Daily communication with customers to increase satisfaction

• Developed promotional product for Big Box retailers to hit specific price points

• Determined item specific price points and profit margins

• Extensive experience with international sales

• Creative design experience

• Created a tracking system for managing projects and orders

• Extensive knowledge of quality control

• Managed and trained overseas Chinese sales support team of 12 people

• Met and maintained healthy relationships with factories

• Organized meetings with account sales reps to create excitement and grow revenues

• Researched and staged showrooms for customer meetings

• Performed comprehensive retail price reviews in order to stay competitive in the market

Design Experience:

• Interned with inferno creative from August of 2010 till January of 2011

• Interned with The Center for Multimedia Arts at The FedEx Institute of Technology From May

till August of 2010

• Extensive experience working with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Fireworks,

Dreamweaver, and Flash

• Broad knowledge of all Microsoft office programs

• Excels at designing websites with XHTML and CSS

References are available upon request

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