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Sales Representative

Location:
Decherd, TN
Posted:
April 03, 2019

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Lindsey Huffhines

*** ***** **

Decherd, TN *****

423-***-****

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Senior sales executive with 8 years in the Hearth industry and over 12 years in manufacturer's rep industry specializing in the Tool, Hardware and Seasonal categories.

Account management expertise Including Amazon, The Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart, Tractor Supply and Wayfair. Extensive knowledge in E-commerce sales and operations, EDI software and Microsoft applications such as Server and Exchange.

Proven, self-taught innovator specializing in new initiative success and sales growth

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

United States Stove Company – South Pittsburg, TN 5/2010 - Present

Sr. Director of E-Commerce

Develop and Implement First of its Kind E-Commerce strategy within the company

Develop and manage all product content and GDSN

Develop and oversee video production for customer facing training videos

Ownership of complete Online presence North America

Ownership of Online and In-store relationships with National Accounts such as The Home Depot, Lowe’s, Amazon, Costco, Wal-Mart

Develop and manage all social network sites for company

Work closely with CEO and VPs on new products

Manage team of 3 for E-Commerce order processing and Account management

Coordinate development of new Website for 150th year anniversary

Work closely with CEO and National Sales Manager to handle Largest Corportate account

Cross functional interaction with Engineering, production and other departments for new product development

Planning and execution with Sales teams for Trade shows such as HPBA and NHS

Forecasting for Global Ecommerce programs

Accomplishments:

Sales growth from $0 to over 25% of Company Revenue

Double Digit YOY sales increases each year

Record Sales growth – 40% increase in 2018

35% YOY topline growth with Amazon

Gained successful in-store business with Lowes

Gained several in-store tests with Home Depot

Largest growth segment in company

Largest E-Commerce Presence in the Industry

Developed Partnership with Edgenet for data accuracy and delivery

First Vendor to Launch on Tractorsupply.com with $1M in sales growth in 3 years

Promoted to Sr. Director of E-Commerce Sept. 2018

CDH Associates – Brentwood, TN 8/2004 - 5/2010

National Service Manager/IT Director

Regional territory manager calling on stores in a national retail chain and building relationships with store managers, team members and Regional managers.

Provide training on products to store personnel and managers

Work in distribution center as product disaster recovery with various manufacturers

Work alongside CEO assisting in Sales and setup of product

Work Tradeshows dealing with setup and management of up to 20 booths

In-store merchandising and new Planogram creation and implementation

Accomplishments:

Monthly recovery visits led to fewer product outages and increased sales in my territory

Training of heating products led directly to sales increases in the category for our Vendors

Advanced to be National Service Team Manager

Increased service team scope from 3 to 10 employees

Successfully managed several High-profile resets and product re-works resulting in our vendors winning more business

Developed IT director role to implement Exchange and other programs

All-4-One communications – Nashville, TN 9/2001 - 8/2004

Sales Representative

Uncover and close sales to local business and individuals

Sales and service for several different brands of Wireless phones

Develop and Implement Sub Dealer program

Accomplishments:

Successfully opened and managed branch location which surpassed Main location in sales

Implemented and Managed windows server 2003 for industry specific software

$100,000 in annual sales: Sub dealer network was first of its kind in Middle Tennessee – Generated over $100,000 in annual sales

Xspedius Communications– Nashville, TN 9/2000 - 9/2001

Account Executive

Research, discover and contact local businesses for Local Business telephone services

Startup Company in the Market – Grow market share

Helped in establishment of a startup company

Accomplishments:

Closed several new multi-line accounts

Dell Computer – Round Rock, TX - Nashville, TN 6/1999 - 9/2000

Sales Representative

Entry level call center sales of computers in Home Sales Department

Recruited from Round Rock sales team to start new call center in Nashville, TN

Train and mentor new personnel

Accomplishments:

Met or exceeded quota by over 50% every month

Trained over 100 new employees

Consistently in top 20 out of 500 sales reps

Several achievement awards including personal award form Michael Dell.

OTHER KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION:

Amazon Advertising Accredited

Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) Certified

Self taught Microsoft Windows admin

Self taught Windows server 2010 (setup and managed 2 servers)

Self taught MS Exchange 2003, 2010, 2013 (setup and managed 2 servers and 4 domains)

EDI software and Online EDI systems such as SPS commerce and Commercehub

Self taught Adobe Photoshop

Self taught GDSN

CORE SKILLS

Product Content Creation

Retail Portals – Amazon Vendor Central, Home Depot IDM, Edgenet (Syndigo), Wal-Mart Retail Link

GDSN Content management

Crossfunctional Collaboration

EDUCATION

Mass Communications Major, Public Relations Minor, Midwestern State University– Wichita Falls, TX, 1995-1999 – 120 Hours towards BA Degree

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL – AUSTIN, TX, Diploma 1995

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Non-Profit work

oFranklin County Soccer Association

Coach, 2010-present

League Treasurer, 2011-2015

League President, 2015-2018

Accomplishments:

Grew league to over 600 registered children in 4 years

Managed field expansion from 2 to 4

Organized building of field house

Worked with local city officials on regular basis to further league

Managed annual non-profit budget of $50,000

oGood Samaritan Food bank

Monthly volunteer and instrumental in Christmas food deliveries

oFranklin County Swimming

Starter

Lead Technology expert

NON-PROFESSIONAL LICENSING

National Grade 8 Soccer Referee

National F licensed Soccer coach

USA soccer Grass Roots licensed Coach

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