Manager Sales
Resume:
Gerald Bogan
Antioch, Tennessee
**********@*****.***
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
• Excellent organizational skills that increase productivity
• Excellent customer service skills that build strong customer rapport and enhances customer satisfaction
• Extensive experience in sales, accounts payable, and collections
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
STRENGTHS
• Exemplary management skills and experience
• Able to sort through chaos and confusion and bring order to any situation quickly
• Enjoy working independently and as part of a team
• Great communication skills
WORK EXPERIENCE
Copywriter – C.M. Bogan Gallery July ’13 – Present
Responsibilities:
• Create web content
• Create blog content
• Create press release content
Resident Manager – Derby Self Storage, Nashville, TN April ’03 – June ‘13
Responsibilities:
• Managed all property maintenance of 700+ unit facility
• Managed client rental agreements
• Managed maintenance of computer system and data base
• Developed and initiated local online marketing plan
Manager – AAA Self Storage, Nashville, TN February ’02 – April ‘03
Responsibilities:
• Managed construction oversight of new facility for owner
• Located potential problems with facility design and made suggestions to avoid problems
• Created and wrote the company Standard Operating Procedures book for owner
• Managed construction loan payables
General Manager – Diversified Logistics, Nashville, TN June ‘99 – February ‘02
Responsibilities:
• Created daily traffic flow of inbound product through 500,000 square foot terminal
• Scheduled the loading of product in outbound trucks and rail cars
• Ensured that Postal documents and manifest documents were correct and issued with each load
• Supervised 24 person team working three shifts
• Ensured safety and training of all employees
• Conducted safety inspections of facility and equipment
Commercial Sales – The Floor Store, Nashville, TN May ’94 - March ‘99
Responsibilities:
• Issued bid quotes from blue prints of commercial jobs
• Suggested upgrades and alternative products to designers of projects
• Oversight of assigned contractors to install products at job sites
• Networking to locate potential projects to bid materials on
Outside Sales – Custom Fabrication, Nashville, TN Oct ’90-Dec ‘93
Responsibilities:
• Create and issue estimates for solid surface commercial counters to hotels and restaurants
• Ensure that fabrication department work meets customer requirements and expectations
Monarch Tile Manufacturing, Anaheim, CA July ’85 – Sept ‘90
Responsibilities:
• Distribution center management
• Inventory control and ordering from manufacturing facility to distribution center
• Hiring and training of warehouse staff of 9 people
• Hiring and training of showroom staff of 2 people
• Hiring and training of commercial outside sales staff of 3 people
• Maintaining relationships with customers and retail centers
Sales Representative - Bradshaw Inc. North, San Jose, CA April ’82 – April ‘84
Responsibilities:
• Locate and present pet food product line to non-conventional customer base
• Create and maintain database of all veterinary offices, veterinary schools, professional kennels in the Northern California and Northern Nevada market
• Establish and maintain relationships with existing product distribution points
• Fulfill all obligations of pilot program contract
Production Manager - KodeKey Electronics, Inc. Concord, CA January ’79 – March ‘81
Responsibilities:
• Manage manufacturing facility of electronic speedometers for commercial use
• Supervise the repair of returned and defective product
Military Service – United States Navy March ’69 – December ‘77
Honorable Discharge-Senior E-6 pay grade-Viet Nam veteran
EDUCATION
Chapman City College, Chapman, CA
Diablo Valley College, Concord, CA
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
ULC Seminary, Sacramento, CA
REFERENCES
• *References Upon Request*
REFERENCES
• BRENDA SHUMATE – DAKM, Vice President & Office Administrator
Prior Manager 800-***-****
• BRIAN GOOD – COMPANY, Vendor
Prior Vendor 615-***-****
• DENISE JONES – COMPANY, Trainer
Prior Manager 682-***-****
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