Christopher Schlentz
Email: ********@***************.***
Address:
City: Ridgefield
State: WA
Zip: 98642
Country: USA
Phone: 360-***-****
Skill Level: Any
Salary Range:
Primary Skills/Experience:
Results-oriented highly organized & talented sales professional who effectively multi-tasks and balances customer needs with company demands. Efficiently builds loyalty and long-term relationships with customers, while consistently reaching sales targets. Highly effective at negotiating and closing sales of significant consequence in addition to 'bread and butter' type business.
Educational Background:
High School Dipolma from Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 1/2001 to 12/1999 (Marketing)
High School Dipolma from La Center High School, Bellingham WA 1/2001 to 12/2012
Job History / Details:
Summary
Results-oriented highly organized & talented sales professional who effectively multi-tasks and balances customer needs with company demands. Efficiently builds loyalty and long-term relationships with customers, while consistently reaching sales targets. Highly effective at negotiating and closing sales of significant consequence in addition to 'bread and butter' type business.
Highlights
Trained in business development
Goal-oriented
Detail-oriented
Adept at closing sales
Exceptional time management
Analytical problem solver
Team leadership
Accomplished in relationship selling
Core Strengths
Consistent track record and ongoing ability to create new business and increase sales volume.
Keen ability to listen to the customer, decipher what their real needs are, and deliver a custom tailored message to each particular client that results in high sales success and a win/win situation for both the company and customer.
Unique ability to visualize, recognize, and act on short term and long term objectives for the company resulting in the ideal balance of achieving quarterly sales quotas and increasing future business through long term development processes.
Experience
January 2011 to December 2012
Pacific Air Consultants, Inc. La Center, WA
President
Managed total company operations for small family business. Grew total sales volume in recession hit industry from $ 1.1 million to $ 1.5 million while reducing long term debt to $ 200K from $ 400K.
June 2009 to January 2011
Pacific Air Consultants, Inc. La Center, WA
Vice President of Sales and Administration
Saved company from Bankruptcy during recession. Maintained and improved sales volume during recession. Improved relationships and coordination with key vendors. Reorganized staff with more effective producers including replacement of key personnel such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, project manager, and job foreman in small family owned business.
June 2008 to June 2009
Pacific Air Consultants, Inc. La Center, WA
Oregon Territory Sales Representative
Managed and maintained sales operations in sales territory heavily hit by 2008 recession.
January 2000 to June 2008
Pacific Air Consultants, Inc. La Center, WA
Puget Sound and Alaska Territory Sales Representative
Grew direct sales in Puget Sound sales territory from $ 300K per year to $ 800K per year. Developed new sales territory in Alaska with annual sales revenues for contractor sales in Alaska region (above and beyond Puget Sound region) totaling $ 200K- $ 300K per year.
August 1997 to January 2000
Pacific Air Consultants, Inc. Cheney, WA
Inside Sales Associate
Developed new sales leads and qualified sales appointments for outside sales representatives from the Washington State Manufacturer's register by cold calling companies in the fabrication, food processing, aerospace, and woodworking industries. Created 5-10 new qualified sales appointments per week while working part time during college.
June 1995 to January 2000
Enviro-tech International Las Vegas, NV
Entrepreneur
Developed network marketing business part time after high school and throughout college by demonstrating product that washes cars without water. Over 4 years working part time during my studies, I was able to recruit 80 distributors in six states and accumulate over $ 100K in total group product sales.
Education
1999 Western Washington University Bellingham, WA
Bachelor of Arts Marketing
Degree in Business Administration with concentration in Marketing.
1995 La Center High School La Center, WA
High School Diploma
Extra Curricular activities include: Jazz Band; Guitar