PEGGY L. BROWN
Redlands, CA 92373
208-***-**** cell or 909-***-**** home
*******@*****.***
Summary: Management/Sales/Marketing professional with 35+ years progressively responsible
experience in various fields. Demonstrated ability to motivate sales force, increase sales, develope
advertising campaigns and sales promotions.
Qualifications:
Designed, created, developed & operated successful businesses.
Documented & maintained records within Company, State & Federal Regulations & Guidelines.
Met strict deadlines daily and weekly, made decisions on a daily basis that strongly impacted the
company.
Purchased, received, & kept tight inventory control of merchandise.
Hired, trained, coached, supervised, scheduled, motivated & developed quality Sales Managers &
Employees using several methods.
Provided quality customer service & assistance, knew their product needs, monitored their
preferences, resolved their complaints.
Understood new information or materials by studying and working with them, analyzed ideas and
used logic to determine their strengths and weaknesses, combined several pieces of information
and drew conclusions, expressed ideas clearly when speaking or writing.
Communicated with people from outside the organization, developed & executed successful
Advertising & Public relations.
Accurately input sales into computerized cash registers, handled returns & scheduled home
deliveries.
Used Computer accounting software to record, store & analyze information, to perform A/P, A/R,
Banking & Reports.
Calculated, budgeted, balanced & managed both accounts receivable & payable.
Prepared, made & reconciled bank deposits, checked statements for accuracy.
Administered and followed thru with Debt Collections.
Compiled, computed, processed data for payroll checks & company expenses.
Computed & filed taxes for both employees & company.
Made quick, precise adjustments to machine controls & Implemented the selling of outdated
equipment.
Professional Experience
Self-employed- Owner/Operator 20+ Years
Mortgage Banking, Retail & Wholesale Stores,
Alternative Health Spa, Consulting, Construction Contractor,
Home & Lawn Care Service, Property Mgmt.,
Online Advertising & Marketing
Employment:
Retail Stores- Management / Sales 8 Years
TUMI
NEX
Sears
London Fog
Fred Meyers
The Deb
Motherhood Maternity
Restaurants – Management/Sales 8 Years
Arby's
The Chalet
Hong Kong
Blue Garden
Corrections/Social Services-Management 4 Years
Oregon Correctional Institute
Polk County AFS
Capitol View Health Care Center
Birch St. Manor
Bookkeeper/In-House Accountant 1.5 Years
Gomes School Bus Transportation
Volunteer & Organizations:
Downtown Association- President
Chamber of Commerce -Committee Chairman
S.A.E.-National Instructor
Honorary Member of National Quill-n-Scroll
Education:
Portland Community College - Portland, OR. – Administration
Beverly University - Portland, OR. - Administration,Social Services & Activities
Barrish-n-Barrish University - Newburg, OR – Administration, Social Services & Activities
References:
Available upon request