Rufus E. Johnson, Jr.
**** ** ******** *****, ****** City, MO 64151 913-***-****
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EDUCATION: BS in Management/Marketing, Cum Laude
Park University
PROFILE: Proven Sales & Marketing Solutions Professional with
expertise in building and leading high performance sales
teams. Trademark skills include cultivating executive level
client relationships by establishing consultative
partnerships and delivering relevant solutions with
measurable results. Clientele spans the SMB, Fortune
100/500/1000, Federal & State Government, Healthcare, IT,
Education, and other B2B models.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
10/13 - Present Summit Publications [pic]
Kearny, Missouri
Position: Outside Sales Representative - Media Consultant
. 100% Commission-based position
. Cold calling on area businesses and presenting solutions
for Online, Mobile, and Print media
. Utilizing a Face-to-face consultative approach with (SMB)
Small to Medium size Business owners to understand their
overall Integrated Marketing and Advertising Strategies
. Day-to-day canvassing of distribution areas and vertical
markets to leverage media solutions
7/07 - 9/12 Premiere Global Services, Inc. [pic]
Olathe, Kansas
Position: Sales Director - Business Markets
. Responsible for and revenue growth of PGI's Sales and
Collaboration Services, Cloud Computing, and Software as a
Service (SaaS) solutions
. Tasked to significantly increase current revenue levels
across the entire market nation through cold calls and up-
sells to existing clients
. Led a team of Account Managers to Market Dominance through
Virtual Meeting Expertise and Value Based Selling.
Evidenced by Revenue Growth resulting from the capture and
retention of customer capital by accurately determining
their communication needs, effectively demonstrating our
SaaS, Audio & Web Collaboration expertise, and effectively
delivering value via our solution portfolio
. Created and maintained customer relationships at the C-
Level: CEO, CFO, CIO, CTO, etc.
. Hired, training, coached and retained new talent and
evaluated team performance and moved resources to growth
areas
. Leveraged forecasting, pipeline management (Salesfore.com),
and demand generation skills to achieve sales and revenue
objectives
. Product portfolio includes PGi GlobalMeet & iMeet, Adobe
Connect, Cisco WebEx, Microsoft Live Meeting & Lync,
Brainshark, and ON24
> Accomplishments:
. Delivered 134% of YTD Sales Plan 2012, 120%
in 2011, 111% in 2010, 105% in 2009, 102% in
2008
. Led 100% of Sales Team Members to Sales Plan
. Produced 2 Chairman's Club Winners in 2010 &
2011
3/06 - 7/07 PAS Technologies - (Austin Nichols Technical Search) [pic]
Kansas City, Missouri
Position: Sr. Collections Analyst - Technical Recruiting
Consultant
. Responsible for providing full life cycle recruiting
support to the business enterprise including: quality
control of requisitions by working with hiring managers to
create quality and accurate job descriptions and
specifications.
. Served as the National HR lead in facilitating the
recruiting & staffing initiatives supporting manufacturing
plants in MO, OK, OH, AZ and FL
. Identified, sourced, and interviewed, qualified internal
and external candidates for Executive, Mechanical &
Industrial Engineering, Production, Accounting, and
Customer Service positions within a global manufacturing
environment
. Partnered with engineering managers to continuously improve
the recruiting process based on company growth plans and
averaged at least 8-10 production line hires per a month
exceeding expectations
. Collaborated with HR staff to negotiate and extend offers,
worked with candidates from acceptance to hire to ensure
sustained levels of interest and placement
. Created processes to track, analyze, and report pre & post-
employment trends and other Talent Acquisition KPIs to
executives and managers as needed
2/03 - 11/04 CitiCards, Kansas City, Missouri[pic]
Position: Vice President - Sales Operations Manager
. Responsible for managing and directing the day to day
operations of a fast paced, high volume, sales and customer
service Call Center
. Directly managed and evaluated 7 Unit Managers,
supervising 120 - 150 customer service/sales associates
utilizing CTI, ACD, IVR, and CRM tools to meet/exceed KPIs
. Worked cross functionally within site and division on
corporate project initiatives
. Ensured ongoing product and process training of
managers and associates
. Managed efficiencies with WFM for staffing the center
to meet fluctuating call demands
.
2/02 - 2/03 APAC Customer Services, Waterloo, Iowa [pic]
Position: Operations Manager
. Managed and evaluated the Operations of client
programs for Harrah's Entertainment, Fleet, and Bank of
America with multi-site responsibility within the Call
Centers
. Responsible for the program management of 225
Representatives, 11 Supervisors, and 2 Assistant Operations
Managers utilizing CTI, ACD, IVR and CRM tools to
meet/exceed KPIs
. Developed internal client care processes resulting in
the highest program satisfaction rating
. Ensured client contractual and KPIs are met/exceeded
. Collaborated with WFM to improve staffing
efficiencies to meet fluctuating call demands
> Accomplishments:
. Improved Client Care process resulting in the
highest Customer Satisfaction Rating (CSR)
since the inception of the program (99%)
. Obtained Outbound business due to increased
client confident
. Received Quality award from client for
superior results
10/00 - 1/02 Sprint Corporation - (BNG), New Century, Kansas[pic]
Position: Manager - Inside Sales & Service (Promotion)
. Fiscally responsible for managing a National Sales &
Service Contact Center within Sprint's North Supply
Business Network Group (BNG) of 100 Representatives, 10
Team Managers and Management Staff utilizing CTI, ACD,
IVR, and CRM tools to meet/exceed KPIs
. Coordinated the planning, development,
implementation, reporting, and evaluation of marketing
campaigns within an Inbound and Outbound Customer
Interactive Sales and Fulfillment Center supporting an
80,000 product line
. Performed root cause analysis in resolving complex
customer problems and facilitated resolution through
superior levels of customer satisfaction for continued
acquisitions, loyalty, and business growth
. Collaborated with WFM to develop, benchmark, and
implement call routing strategies based on representative
skill levels to maximize efficiencies and improve customer
experiences
. Assured customer satisfaction through maintaining
best-in-class service standards
> Accomplishments:
. Achieved 110% of a $60MM sales and revenue
plan in 2001
10/99 - 9/00 Sprint Corporation, Overland Park, Kansas[pic]
Position: Corporate Product Manager (Promotion)
. Planned, directed, organized and managed product
testing for Sprint's Next Generation, Web-based,
Integrated, On-demand Network (ION) platform
. Facilitated inter-departmental, cross-functional
teams to indentify testing risks and formulate mitigation
strategies going forward
. Managed deliverables of various Primary and Detailed
Testing Conditions (PTCs) & (DTCs)
. Managed and evaluated 4 staff managers who were
process owners and change agents
10/97 - 9/99 Sprint Corporation - (LTD), Overland Park,
Kansas[pic]
Position: Sales Manager (Promotion)
. Responsible of managing a sales team within Sprint's
Local Telephone Division (LTD)
. Successfully increased revenues by leveraging
switched & dedicated voice, data, and wireless company
products and services to B2B customer segments resulting in
new accounts, increased loyalty of the base, and Winbacks
of lost accounts
. Product portfolio consisted of switched & dedicated
voice, data, and wireless products and services (Centrex,
ISDN, BRI, PRI, T1, VPN, ATM, Messaging and Wireless)
.
. Managed ongoing, complex customer relationships
through value proposition resulting in the capture of full
wallet share revenue potential
> Accomplishments:
. Delivered 121% of Plan in 1998 & 143% of YTD
Plan in 1999
. Led 100% of Sales Team Members to Sales Plan
. Produced 1 President's Club Winner
9/95 - 9/97 Sprint Corporation - (CSG), Overland Park, Kansas[pic]
Position: Program Manager (Promotion)
. Managed Sprint's Consumer Services Group (CSG) lead
distribution lifecycle process
. Responsibilities included the procurement, periodic
hygiene, segmentation, distribution, and analysis of
Sprint's internal Consumer lead database of 250MM records
. Conducted site visits with external Call Center
Vendors to monitor lead expectations
> Accomplishments:
. Increased lead quality 3% month over month
11/90 - 8/95 Sprint Corporation - (BSG), Kansas City,
Missouri[pic]
Position: Alternate Channels Supervisor
. Managed Sprint's Business Services Group (BSG)
National Alternate Channels program consisting of
Associations, Affinity & Agent Groups, and Affiliates
within the switched & dedicated services platforms
. Worked with Corporate Marketing to plan, develop,
implement, and monitor special programs designed to
generate revenue in non-traditional sements
. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify
and resolve customer issues
> Accomplishments
. Delivered 121%+ of Plan in 1991 - 1995
. Led 100% of Sales Team Members to Sales Plan
YOY
. Received President's Club Award
. Produced 2 President's Club Winners
TECHNOLOGY PROFICIENCY:
. Proficient in the use of the Internet and in the application of Microsoft
Office Suite of application including Word, Excel, Access, Visio, Outlook
and PowerPoint
. Hands on experience with Siebel, Oracle, Crystal Reports, Lotus Notes,
NetSuite, PeopleSoft, Aspect, Nice, Kronos, Metracare, Tesla, and
Salesforce.com
References furnished upon request