Sales Manager
Resume:
David Lingholm
*************@*****.***
Detroit, MI 48208
Skills:
• Relationship building, relationship based selling, proposal writing, blog writing, social media,
networking, volunteer management, employee management, pipeline management
Experience:
June 2009-Present:
ADT Security Services
Madison Heights, MI
Custom Home Services Specialist
• Consistently achieve an average installation price above office average
• Close at least three self-generated sales per month
• Produced over $30,000 in recurring revenue in the first half of fiscal year 2010
October 2008-March 2010:
Basso Design Group
Troy, MI
Account Representative:
• Closed $17,000 in new business within my first month of employment
• Developed protocols for a social media practice within the firm
April 2008-March 2009:
BNI of Michigan
Washington Twp., MI
Director
• Support chapters build their word of mouth marketing network
• Help develop new chapters of BNI
• Assist in training new members and chapter officers to help them build successful word of mouth
marketing campaigns
September 2005-September 2008:
ADT Fire and Security
Madison Heights, MI
Residential Security Specialist
• Sold over 118 percent to quota in my second full year, earning Centurion Club honors
• Led our local office in Self Generated sales for the 2007 fiscal year
• Trained all new sales team members in ADT's Model Sales Call
• One of two local sales representatives to qualify to design security systems for federal judges
• Consistently performed in the top five of local representatives for percentage to quota
April 2004-August 2005:
The Kroger Company, Great Lakes Division
Livonia, MI
Assistant Store Manager
• Responsible for working with up to 120 union employees in three different stores
• Responsible for the hiring and training of new employees
Responsible for preparing for inventories, writing sales budgets and implementing new productivity
•
measures
• Managed stores ranging in sales of $250,000 to $600,000 per week
April 2001-July 2003
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit
Southfield, MI
Development Director
• Responsible for raising over $200,000 in a part-time grant writing capacity
• Increased revenue from annual dinner by 64 percent from 2001 through 2003
• Increased revenue from signature fundraising event from $57,000 in 2002 to $130,000 in 2003
• Successfully launched local portion of national volunteer recruitment campaign
• Managed development committee and a committee of former mentors who produce such events as
holiday parties, summer picnics and yearly volunteer recognition dinners
• Represented the agency at several corporations as a member of the United Way’s Speakers Bureau
• Recruited and organized community volunteers to assist with various agency functions
April 2000-April 2001
New Passages
Pontiac, MI
Development Director
• Successfully wrote several proposals that brought over $250,000 in contracts
• Implemented the first profitable golf outing fundraiser for the organization
• Completed a full database conversion to Giftmaker Pro
January1999-February 2000
The Kroger Company of Michigan
Livonia, MI
Assistant Store Manager
• Part of a store team that returned a store to consistent profitability, specifically in the Deli and Bakery
departments
• Successfully implemented store level Kroger Plus Card marketing plan
• Responsible for store level Year 2000 readiness
May 1998-December 1998
Levin for Congress
Warren, MI
Database Coordinator
• Managed database for $1.3 million campaign
• Managed volunteers during the preparation of campaign mailings
• Responsible for accurate and timely filing of Federal Elections Commission reports
• Assisted with all campaign fundraising events
Education:
Oakland University
Rochester, MI
Bachelor of Arts-Political Science, May 1998
Graduate of the Dale Carnegie Sales Advantage and Human Relations courses.
Volunteer Experience:
• Coach (teaching assistant) in the Dale Carnegie Sales Advantage and Human Relations courses
• Board Member, First Unitarian-Universalist Church of Detroit; Maple Valley Memorial Scholarship
Foundation; Advisory Board Member, Operation: Kid Equip; Social Media Club of Detroit
Contact this candidate