Sales Manager

DWANE O'NEAL CHURCH

*** ****** ***** 864-***-**** Mobile

Spartanburg, SC 29301 ***********@***.***

Objective To secure a dynamic senior management position leading an

organization by marketing and selling products within a

competitive business market.

Demonstrated achievements in: Key account relationship

management, strategic sales and market planning, new

product launch success, sales training and associate

development, global sourcing, and an aggressive and goal

driven leader.

Experience Sept. 2009-Present Unifirst Corporation -

Simpsonville, SC

Territory Sales Representative

Responsible for all new account sales and prospecting for

new facility services and rental uniform business for an

assigned territory. My territory covers the areas of the

upstate of South Carolina; Duncan, Moore, Woodruff,

Simpsonville, Greenville, Fountain Inn, and Mauldin with

Spartanburg and Greenville counties. Unifirst is the 3rd

largest rental uniform company in the US.

Feb. 2008-Sept. 2009 Ranyal Textiles -

Spartanburg, SC/Karachi, Pakistan

North American Director of Sales

Responsible for all sales and account management for

business in the US, Mexico, and Canada. Ranyal Textiles

is a privately owned Pakistani manufacturer of table

linens, bed linens, terry towels, and other various

textile products. I am solely responsible for the supply

chain management of all accounts for North America.

Jan. 2005-Dec. 2007 Johnston

Textiles, Inc. Valley, AL

Vice President - Specialty Products Group

Managed the start of an entirely new business unit for

Johnston Textiles. Responsible for the development,

marketing, branding, and sales for a new venture for the

company. Was also given the responsibility for both

Napery and Career Apparel businesses to manage all sales,

technical support, and marketing functions.

Developed and made ready for manufacture a new family of

fabrics for career apparel.

Initiated a new advertising and branding campaign to

launch the company into the industrial apparel market.

Grew sales at target accounts by 20% increasing revenue

for our business.

Oct. 1983- Dec. 2004 Milliken and

Company Spartanburg, SC

Senior Account Manager 1996-2004

Responsible for the account maintenance, sales, delivery,

pricing, quality, and advertising for laundry chains

within the Rental Uniform Business. Responsible for over

20 domestic and international accounts.

Responsible for training of all new sales associates for

the Rental Uniform Business.

Helped introduce spun polyester to the rental uniform

market.

Milliken 2001 "Salesperson of the Year". Increased sales

at major targeted account from $0 to $7 million in one

year.

Product Manager 1995-1996

Assigned by the division president to establish a new

business venture for the Fashion Fabrics Group. Created

new and unique products for the healthcare markets.

Introduced barrier fabrics for medical uses into the

Rental Uniform Business.

Placed electro-static dissipative fabrics at targeted

accounts.

Senior Territory Manager 1991-1995

Managed the western territory for the Laundry Services

Team for the Napery Business. Duties included the pull

through sales and technical support for all states west

of and including Utah, Alaska, Hawaii, as well as Alberta

and British Columbia, Canada.

Technical and sales support for over 140 industrial

laundries.

On the team responsible for the development of spun

polyester napery fabrics.

Duties included sales training, value added selling, and

processing training of commercial laundry sales

organizations.

Process Improvement Engineer 1989-1991

Managed the production and development functions for

dyeing of polyester fabrics. Responsible for the

management of three production shifts and administrative

associates.

Managed the launch of a patented process into production

for patterning drapery and decorative fabrics.

1989 Neo-Con convention winner of "Best New Fabric

Design" pattern in Show.

Assisted with the ISO-9000 process certification.

Research Associate 1983-1989

Responsible for the design of conceptual engineering

plans of many proprietary processes for the research

group. Managed many drafting and equipment installation

projects.

Responsible for all computer aided drafting and design

education services.

Delegated as the Research Draftsman for all patent

pending submissions.

Education University of South Carolina

B.A., Computer Science and Business Administration.

Attributes/Hobbi Golf, reading, travel, spending time with my family

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References

Mr. Frank Helland Director of Sales - Aurora Textiles (706)

332-5745

Mr. Dennis Brown VP Operations - Jensen USA 704-***-****

Mr. Jay Hellegers VP Sales - Raytex Industries (516) 635-

0703

Ms. Kim Lancisi Owner - Medical Transcriptions 864-***-****

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