Project Manager Sales
Resume:
JAMES KEVIN EAKES_________________________________
Hedgesville, WV 25427
**********@*****.***
Career Objective:
Results-driven Project/ Sales Manager eager to contribute dynamic work ethic along with superior
analytical, business development, and leadership skills toward supporting a progressive organization in
maximizing financial and operational performance
Profile:
1. Offer 14 years of project and sales management experience, with expertise in operations
management, sales and marketing, team building and staff development, and business consultation
2. Demonstrated ability to direct all aspects of business operations with a solid record of increasing
productivity, brand awareness and bottom-line profitability; successfully identify and capitalize on
opportunities to penetrate and develop highly competitive markets
3. Cost-effectively develop and administer operational and project-specific budgets; establish short-and
long term goals and implement action plans to achieve corporate objectives
4. Recruit, hire, train, and lead top-performing support teams; strategically plan and coordinate workflow
and human resources for optimal coverage while containing labor costs
5. Design and produce highly effective marketing collateral including direct mail pieces and print,
TV, radio, and online advertising; extensive experience creating ads for The Wall Street Journal, The
Washington Post, and other top-tier newspapers
6. Depth of knowledge in the land development arena with an expansive network of contacts;
cultivate long-standing relationships with county and city officials, engineers, surveyors soil scientists,
land planners, and other real estate specialists
7. Exceptional communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship management skills
8. Proactive team player equally productive in independent and collaborative environments; flexible
for travel
~Key Achievements~
1. Brought on board at National Timber Partners to bring a large, under-performing
development into a profitable and sustainable sales development. Immediately rose to
#1 in sales nationwide.
2. Brought on board at LGI Development to manage all aspects of operations for new West
Virginia acquisition, leader of sales team, trainer
3. Turned around underperforming business and steadily grew annual revenues from $3M
to $37 M within a four-year period: led Hunter Company to attain profitability
4. Brought on board at Timberline Land Company in a sales position and immediately rose
as the top leader in the industry; promoted into management within 1 year of employment. Traveled
extensively and drove inter-state business expansion efforts
Education:
East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina
BA in Psychology 3.4 GPA
Experience:
Present:
Sales & Marketing: Self Employed
Sales Manager, Marketing Executive, Thunder Enterprises
2011
Project Manager
National Timber Partners 2011
Sales Manager,
LGI Development 2007-2010
Project Manager, Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Hunter Land Co 2001-2007
Sales Manager, Sales,
Timberline Land Co 1998-2001
Territory Sales Manager,
USCO Hughes Supply 1995-1998
Inside Sales,
Ferguson Enterprises, 1994-1995
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