Sales Manager

Paul Meinhardt

**** ** **** ***** - ***** Vista, CA 91915 - Cell 760-***-**** -

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Product/Sales Manager

Key Skills 9 years of experience selling and managing a specific

product for a nationally

ranked manufacturer

Proven track record of driving increased sales in various

channels

Strong command of verbal and written communication

Specialized ability in sales to diverse client base,

along with excellent

relationship building skills

Career Orco Block Company - Southern California 6/2000 -

Present

Progression Progressed through sales representative to Product

Manager to Sales Manager. Took over a market that was

virtually non existent and dominated by several

competitors to now being recognized as an equal to all.

Instrumental in developing, marketing and selling a new

product into the marketplace. Managed and trained sales

representatives into territory. Delivered complex

presentations to engineers, architects and

municipalities.

Pacific Stabilization - Vista, CA 6/1998 - 4/2000

Project Manager with responsibility for sales and project

management of a valued

engineered alternative to traditional paving. Territory

included all of Southern California, and managed the

entire lifecycle of the project from initial contact to

construction end.

Coca Cola Bottling Company - San Diego, CA 1/1996 - 6/1998

Cold Drink Sales Representative with territory management and

sales responsibility

to non-traditional markets. Cultivated own sales leads and

maintained existing book of business.

Arrowhead Water - San Diego, CA 3/1992 - 11/1995

Territory Manager responsible for increasing sales accounts

within market, along with managing and maintaining large

book of business. Proficient at business to business

sales and generating leads in a competitive environment.

Achievements 7 years of progressive growth in competitive

marketplace

More than doubled Allan Block sales in Southern California

Highlights Last 2 years ranked second nationwide in engineering

sales for Allan Block

Introduced a new and profitable product into the marketplace.

Education BS Business (Computer Info. Systems) San Diego State

University 1987

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