James P Bennett
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Career Objective: Communications Specialist seeking senior sales position
to grow business
Highlights:
V Experienced in mass market 50k to 250k and large income driven sales
exceeding M
V Accomplished in pre-sales; cold calling, target and market intelligence;
face-to-face, tenders.
V Mature in post sales ; Provide single point of contact and revenue from
alliances.
V Professional in structuring the team needs and benefits to build
personable client relations.
V Highly skilled in telephone sales for prospecting, closing, customer
service.
Education: Bachelor of Arts, University of Manitoba.
Developmental Sales Training: Professional Selling Skills, Selling Against
the Competition,
Power Based Selling,Interactive listening, Target Account Penetration,
Strategic Selling,
Situation;Problem;Implication;Need Pay Off, (SPIN), Trade Show Selling; Put
It in Writing.
TELUS Communications 1997- July 2014. Business Sales.
Reason for leaving; Call Center moved from Calgary to Montreal
Inside sales B2B
Cold called 25 calls per day with a close rate of 30% averaging 150%
monthly new revenue.
Prospecting to exceed key performance indicators in Voice, DATA, IP,
wireless .
Recipient of Presidents sales Award trips; Puerto Vallarta, Lake Tahoe, Los
Cabos, Quebec City.
Trained new hires in best sales practice
Prepared large network or managed system sales for offices with 50 to 250
employees..
Manitoba Telephone System Mobile 1987-1996 Communications Specialist.
Reason for leaving - Corporate re-brand MTS Mobile to Mobility.
FTF Grow market share to all government levels.
Established vendor management sourcing to all Federal departments
Coordinated contract negotiations and managed market share to soul source
growing market share to 100% MTS to provide province wide inter agency
system.
Designed systems and provided sales leadership to colleges and maximum
security institutions .
Honored by Awards from Mayors office City of Winnipeg, RCMP. Selkirk.
Motorola Canada 1980-1986 Account Executive.
Reason for leaving- Corporate decision move from field to dealer sales.
FTF field sales in Municipal/Federal, Agricultural, Petroleum.
Advanced territory install base and Motorola specific requirements in Major
and market account.
Motorola Canada Master for highest Canadian sales, 189% target and Diamond
Level Achiever.
Developed original dealer territorial dealer program for pricing,
promotion, product.
Motorola Canada Antigua sales trip.
Activities; Tai-Chi, Running, Swimming,Hiking.
Volunteer Experience; TELUS Community Ambassadors