KAREN L. JORDAN
Trophy Club, TX 76262
817-***-**** (Home) / 734-***-**** (Cell)
*****.********@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
. A highly driven Sales Professional with more than 20 years experience
in business development in diverse industries such as transportation
and relocation, real estate and marketing, and document management
solutions.
. Experienced in B2B Sales and Fortune 500 Corporate Accounts with
Budgets in Excess of $1M.
. Passionate, articulate and confident presenter with extensive
experience presenting products, services, and concepts to groups of
any size.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CORRIGAN MOVING SYSTEMS
An Agent for United Van Lines, Lombard, IL
Director, Business Development
2008 - 2010
Experience includes working with Fortune 500 and Universities to provide
full scale relocation services to their employees on a local, national and
international basis, and to be a competitor in the Chicago marketplace.
. Achieved over 300% of target goal in excess of $1M by developing for
national accounts innovative, personalized programs for each client by
identifying opportunities that reduced costs, and provided additional
benefits to the transferee and their family.
. In the first calendar year in Chicago, out of 14 markets measured by
Corrigan, led this office to a #2 ranking in sales goal attainment for
the company.
KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY/MARKETPLACE HOMES LLC, Plymouth, MI 2004-
2007
Real Estate Agent - Marketing Specialist with Market Place Homes
Licensed Real Estate Agent and member of the National Real Estate
Association
- Development of marketing plan televised in local media and on ABC
news, still being utilized.
- First year productivity was $2M, a 300% increase for any member at the
Market Place Team.
NATIONAL SCREEN AND GLASS COMPANY, Westland, MI 2002-
2004
Business Development Manager, North American Sales
Responsible for sales of screen and glass replacement products with local
apartments, condos, and hotel locations and a multitude of hardware
nationwide from there warehouse. They sold window glass and windows
locally, but their primary profit center was screens, and the goal was to
increase that market on a national level. Screens could be made on sight,
relatively inexpensively, and could be shipped directly to the customer
from the site. The task was to revive approximately 50 file cabinets for
viability of what was left as customers, as there were no computers, and to
develop a new market base.
. Initially worked with the programmers, building new customer
databases, developed marketing strategies and targeting a core market
for utilization of screen sales to colleges and universities.
. Began a swift campaign of hiring nine (9) new sales people with high
energy and new ideas.
. At the end of the first two (2) years, produced a revenue increase of
450%.
. Additionally, developed key account management, P&L Budgeting,
coaching and mentoring.
TOSHIBA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, Farmington Hills, MI
1999-2002
Director, Major Account Sales
Worked in a solution selling using a Six Sigma certified program called
EnCompass to assist clients in develop a more efficient, economical
solution in meeting their document management solution environment. As a
leader of this group, I was responsible for identifying target
opportunities, responding to and completion of rfp's. First level of
contact to all accounts in response for call to action, and follow up. As a
leader of this group, developed and promoted team building and
organizational leadership.
Responsibilities included completion of technical reports on current
equipment cost and utilization, support, procurement and outsourcing costs,
in addition to reviewing all new technology with client.
. Through tenacity in building new business, securing customer loyalty
and forging strong ongoing business relationships, exceeded sales
goals in excess of 100% in my first two (2) calendar years, being
presented with Sales Awards in Chicago for 2001 and 2002 as a top 25
sales person for the company.
EDUCATION / TRAINING / AFFILIATIONS
. Henry Ford Community CollegeUniversity of Michigan, Dearborn
Degree Studied: Liberal Arts, Transportation
. National Real Estate Institute Real Estate License -
Certified Buyers Agent
. Toshiba University Levels 1-6 Training in Major
Account Sales
. ICC Movers & Warehouse Association
. Professional Women's Club of Chicago
. Human Resource Management Association of Chicago
. Chicago Relocation Council
. Executive Breakfast Club of Oak Brook
. Naperville Chamber of Commerce