Sales Executive

Ed Zahnle

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Business Administration/ Sales / Development

Bilingual Spanish sales and account management professional. Navy veteran who has held managerial and executive roles in the military as well as the private sector. Extensive experience as a commercial insurance sales executive, as well as communication skills developed as an elementary school Spanish and Math teacher. Successful at responding to pressure with tact and utilizing past experience to reach and surpass company goals.

Skills

Commercial Lines Client Relations Sales

Bilingual Spanish Educator US Navy Veteran

Trucking Coverage Account Management Building Relationships

TYR, Inc., Portland, OR December 2016- May 2018

International Food Trader

In role as a food trader, responsibilities included making phone calls prospecting international and domestic industrial/commercial food accounts.

Work also took me to Central America and the Caribbean on a trade mission with the USDA undersecretary for international trade.

Secured relationships and delivered products to clients from suppliers in Canada, Mexico and South America.

Maintained relationships with fright brokers, shipping and trucking companies managing the freight contracts on all deals.

Choice One Insurance Inc., Portland OR March 2013-November 2016

Commercial Line Insurance Producer

Successfully established and executed a sales strategy for a sales office in Portland, Oregon.

Oversaw the growth of my book of business to over 2 million dollars in commercial trucking clients. Focused on over the road trucker operations from single owner operators to small sized fleets.

Gained a great rapport with the Spanish speaking trucking community.

Payment Systems, Los Angeles, CA; Las Vegas, NV; Miami, FL June 2008-March 2012

Merchant Account Sales Manager

Employed as an independent sales contractor, using sales and communication skills, to open and establish accounts for English and Spanish speaking business owners.

Secured new business accounts in new territories including: California, Florida, Washington

Wrote the first ever contracts for Payment Systems in Idaho and Nevada.

Education

California State University Northridge, B.A. Humanities 2009

Military Service

US Navy Service 1996 – 2001

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