Sales Manager

James Blain Cornelius

**** ** ***

Corinth, Mississippi 38834

662-***-**** (home)

662-***-**** (cell)

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

Goals:

To secure a job with a stable company so that one hundred percent of my

abilities can be concentrated with one company.

Skills Summary:

-15 years sales experience (6 years Agriculture Supplies, 9 years

Masonry Supplies)

-Working in manufacturing of brick and block to lower cost and be more

efficient

-Building relationships with new customers to grow market share in new

areas, in addition to

growing market share in existing areas

-Promoting new products in the market place for diversification

Employment:

Owner/General Manager, Mid-South Stone Products L.L.C., Corinth, MS (2004-

present)

-Sales of retail/wholesale brick and limestone over 6 states

-Responsible for the day to day, and yearly financials

-Coordinating daily jobsite and yard deliveries

Managing Partner, Crossroads Block L.L.C., Corinth, MS (2005-present)

-Managing 8 employees

-managing all operations in manufacturing plant, making 1,000,000

concrete masonry units per

year

-Responsible for sales of masonry units, wholesale and retail

-Responsible for the purchasing and inventory of manufacturing

materials

-Responsible for company financials

-Responsible for proformas and operating budgets

Owner/ General Manager, Allie Kat Trucking L.L.C., Corinth, MS (2004-

present)

-Responsible for all aspects of a small trucking company

-Responsible for company financials

-Coordinating freight logistics, inbound and outbound

Managing Partner, Old Towne Brick L.L.C., Corinth, MS (2003-2008)

-Managing 35 employees

-Running day to day operations in manufacturing plant, making

8,000,000 clay brick per year

-Responsible for sales, wholesale and retail over 4 states

-Coordinating freight logistics, inbound and outbound

-Responsible for company financials (taxes, payroll, accounts

payable, accounts receivable etc.)

-Responsible for yearly budgets, operating cost etc

Personal Farming Operation, Corinth, MS (1985-2004)

-Responsible for day to day operations of small beef cattle operation

-Responsible for all aspects of a 300 acre row crop operation, from

budgeting, ground

preparation thru harvest and marketing of grain

Plant Manager, Corinth Brick Company, Corinth, MS (2001-2003)

-Managing 35 employees

-Quality control

-Running day to day operation, manufacturing 5,000,000 clay brick a

year

Row Crop Consulting, Cornelius Agriculture Consulting, Corinth MS (1997-

2001)

-Row Crop Consulting (Cotton, Soybeans, Corn and Grain Sorghum)

-Developing farm budgets, soil sampling, and crop recommendations

from ground

preparation thru harvest

Outside sales and Row Crop Consulting, Alcorn County Co-op/S.F. Services,

Corinth, MS (1995-1997)

-Outside sales of Row Crop supplies (seed, pesticides, fertilizer

etc.)

-Outside sales of Animal Health Products in addition to Feed sales

-Row Crop Consulting in Northern Mississippi, and Southern Tennessee

Education:

Mississippi State University, Starkville MS (1991-1994)

-Bachelors of Science (Animal Science)

Northeast Mississippi Community College, Booneville MS (1989-1991)

-Business Administration

Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (1996)

Mississippi Board of Plant Industry

-Certified Crop Consultant License

Affiliations:

Mississippi Agriculture Consultants Association, Voting Member (1998-2003).

Mississippi Agriculture Consultants Association, Non-Voting Member (2003-

present).

Alcorn County Cattlemen's Association, Member (1990-2006).

Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, Member (1990-2006).

References available upon request.

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