Douglas W. Bell
Hillsdale, NJ *7642
Home: 201-***-****
Wireless: 201-***-****
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Sales, Distribution Channel Management, Account Management and
Training Professional with extensive, diversified and consistently
successful sales/management experience; a results driven producer with
a record for creating innovative business strategies to build bottom
line revenue, developing top performing sales organizations, seeks an
opportunity that best capitalizes on this background while offering
further career growth potential.
4/2013 - Mobil Solutions, LLC
Present Partner/President (April 2013 - Present)
. National exclusive dealer for prepaid wireless stores.
. Manage all start up responsibilities including lease
negotiation, COI, build out, fixture ordering and
construction
. Responsible for accessory and all phone ordering for each
store.
. Developing all operational efficiencies
. Hiring and Training of all store personnel.
. Responsible working with real estate to find additional
locations.
9/2012- Epic Wireless, Inc
4/2013 CEO (September 2012 - April 2013)
. Start up National Master Dealer for SIM card based prepaid
distribution model.
. Negotiated contracts with carriers, payment vendors,
wholesalers and accessory vendors.
. Responsible for all day to day operations.
. Established policy and procedures for the entire company.
. Responsible for driving sales and managing P&L.
11/2007 - Metro PCS, Hawthorne, New York
8/2012 Regional VP of Sales, Distribution and Marketing (November
2007 - August 2012)
. Manage distribution and marketing function to assure that
sales and profit objectives are achieved.
. Manage an indirect distribution network of independent
dealers, which can profitably produce fifty percent
subscriber acquisitions.
. Establish and manage company owned stores that profitably
produce thirty percent of planned sub acquisitions.
. Develop and maintain good relationships with local
management of national retailers and support their market
efforts.
. Create advertising and promotion campaigns which produce,
within budget, the planned gross and net ads.
. Manage the development of effective media plan that
maximizes the impact of available advertising funds.
. Integrate all marketing efforts into an effective portfolio
which attains business plan objectives.
. Responsible for all Local Sales Training Curriculum.
1992 - AT&T Wireless Services/ Cingular Wireless, Paramus, New
Jersey
11/2007 Director Indirect Sales - East/NE/NY/NJ (2000 - November
2007)
. Participates in establishing and communicating overall
strategic plans and objectives for the channel.
. Ensure compliance with national channel
policies/procedures, including operations, merchandising,
Standards of Excellence, performance standards, etc. by
partnering with Sales Vice Presidents and Districts Sales
Managers.
. Provide operational direction to District Sales Management,
Regional Program Managers, VP-Sales, and Regional VP's,
sales teams, and facilitates sharing of best practices.
. Provides regular feedback and information to Regional VP's
and Sales VP's regarding sales, CPGA and profitability
results, areas of opportunity, and related strategies to
maximize performance.
. Partner with Regional VP's, Sales VP's to develop
channel/market distribution strategy.
. Participates in establishing staffing objectives and
process, metrics and workforce plans; approves channel
headcount, develops retention strategies.
. Participates in the selection process, establishment of
performance metrics, performance evaluation, and
development of District Sales Management.
. Provides on-going needs analysis to ensure implementation
of training within area to maintain product and service
knowledge, sales skills, and management development.
Technical & Computer Skills
Windows XP, Microsoft Word/Excel/Powerpoint, Access,
Internet Explorer, Oracle, Adobe Acrobat
Education University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
Bachelor of Science in Management. Cognate in Accounting (1991)
Awards AT&T Wireless Presidents Club for Sales Achievement - 1995
- 2004.
1994 and 1995 Circle of Excellence Achiever.