SARAH E. BENSON 330-***-****

**** ******** **. acer1b@r.postjobfree.com

Hubbard, Ohio 44425

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Innovative and results driven sales leader focused on achieving exceptional outcomes and exceeding goals.

Proven sales growth, relationship building, clinical consultative track record in the healthcare sales

environment. Excellent strategic planner with the ability to facilitate objectives in a team environment.

Exceptional communication and presentation skills, both oral and written

Proven success record in product rollouts, quarterly promotional sales and act ive account growth

month over month

Excellent time management and organizational skills

Strong commitment to diversity and community capacity building

Special events coordinator for Relay for Life “Team Rachel”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

11/07-Present POST ACUTE CARE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

Medline Industries, Inc., Chicago, Illinois

Responsible for cultivating relationships and sales within my territory that reaches Ohio, West

Virginia and Western Pennsylvania.

In depth knowledge of the post-acute care market which includes home health care agencies,

hospices, long term care facilities and home medical equipment dealers.

Call point focus at the Administrator, Director of Nursing and Medical Director level as well as

purchasing agents.

Vast experience in presenting proposals, pricing negotiation an d product selection.

Effective time management and an entrepreneurial spirit have created a working environment that

is full of challenges that drive me to succeed.

Program based sales experiences and successes.

Monthly lunch and learn presentations and Educare programs to coordinate and facilitate with the

opportunity to earn CE units.

Regular training with John Hirth and his program Selling Dynamics Since 2007

08/06-11/07 REGIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER

Simon Roofing and Sheet Metal, Youngstown, Ohio

National company with locations throughout the US.

Trained in wide variety of commercial roofing systems unique to Simon Roofing.

Develop relationships with key accounts in Cleve land, Pittsburgh and Youngstown areas.

Travel extensively between the three markets.

Promoted service sales and large reroof opportunities.

Work closely with team to successfully build relationships in a market formerly untapped by Simon

Roofing.

06/05 – 08/06 INSIDE SALES

Technology Imaging Services, Inc. Boardman, Ohio

Basic knowledge of nuclear medicine products and procedures.

Service the nationwide customer database and process orders.

Involved in product logistics and seeing that customers are current on NRC licensure.

MAC based software.

Worked both warm and cold calls to build relationships and aid in the process of stocking hot labs

and creating new labs for clients.

01/04 - 05/05 MAINTAINED HOME AND FAMILY

01/03 - 12/03 ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

SBC Global Services Cleveland, Ohio

Bringing back business customers who had left the SBC network.

One time sale.

Business to business.

Developing customer base through cold calling and networking. Daily conference calls. Monthly

quotas.

06/99 - 11/02 ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

Tele-Solutions, Inc., Youngstown, Ohio

Selling Ameritech Business Services and PBX phone systems for Inter -Tel (INTL) and Samsung,

U.S.A.

Developing customer base through cold calling and networking.

Managing all aspects of sale including order processing, installation, trai ning, and billing and

maintenance issues.

Controlled training, proposal production, and the entire Ameritech order process.

All aspects of customer service from answering telephones to technical support to scheduling

service calls.

Maintained customer database.

EDUCATION

Youngstown State University

Bachelor of Arts June 1999

Major: Communications Minor: Marketing

References available upon request.

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