James F. Kaufman
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Port Clinton, Ohio www.linkedin.com/in/jf james.f.kaufman@gmail.
PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
Entrepreneurial executive with a proven ability to build direct and
indirect sales teams within Inc. 500 companies across multiple and diverse
sales channels to record setting results.
PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES
Channel Planning Distributor Relations Competitor Analysis
Sales Team Training Trade Show Planning Project Management
Sales Team Formation Forecasting CRM Implementation and
Distributor Key Account Oversight Roll-out
Recruitment
Client Relationships National Account Business Development
Salesforce.com Development Quickbooks Pro
Zoho.com CRM Training Curriculum
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Sales Training Developed employer's first formal sales training
curriculum for use with the field sales force,
North American dealers, and International resale
partners.
Familiarized sales force with products, market
channels, and sales processes.
Used to onboard new dealers, International
Resellers, and internal sales support staff.
CRM Implementation Introduced Salesforce.com into a $12 million
sales revenue organization and rolled it out to
30 individuals.
Allowed the whole organization insight into the
sales and production pipeline for the first time.
Acted as system administrator and oversaw
periodic optimization for 2 years.
Sales Leadership Led sales organization through its first $10
million year earning company Inc. 500 recognition
Led 6 sales reps and 8 International sales
partners selling into countless B2B and direct to
consumer channels including 4 National Big Box
Golf Retailers.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Impact Business Design Group, LLC, Perrysburg, OH, Partner/Co-Founder,
April 2010 to Present.
Impact Business Design Group is a sales consulting firm specializing in the
formation of sales teams and market introduction in the golf technology
markets, and small business turn-around. It has represented Foregolf
Limited, OptiGolf, and Bogolf Limited to establish a market and resale
network for indoor golf simulators globally.
aboutGolf Limited, LLC, Maumee, Ohio, February 2006 to August 2010.
Positions held: Manager of Corporate Affairs, Sales Agent, Sales
Operations Specialist, World Wide Sales Manager, Director of Sales
Operations, Assistant Vice President of Sales & Marketing.
aboutGolf Limited is a world leading in the manufacture and sale of indoor
golf simulators. 45 employees. $12 million in annual sales.
http://www.aboutgolf.com
MTB Oxygen & Equipment Company, Toledo, Ohio, Sales Manager, January 2005
to January 2006.
MTB Oxygen is a local supplier of medical and industrial compressed
packaged gas. 3 employees. Annual Sales of $200,000. Privately held
corporation.
World Group Securities, Columbus, Ohio, Registered Representative, February
2002 to December 2005. Recruited and trained financial advisors and
marketed financial services.
American Express Financial Advisors, Worthington, Ohio, Financial Advisor,
July 2001 to December 2001
RELEVANT SKILLS
Sales Management
. Responsible for the day to day sales operations including pricing and
final contract approval of a firm yielding revenues in excess of
$10,000,000 three years in a row.
. Directly supervised 10 sales agents covering the US & Canada and
coordinated 8 International Resellers across the globe on sales
operations, training, and logistics.
. Developed a dealership program to expand firm's sales efforts from
local reps to a North American dealer network.
. Participated in the pre-show planning and was responsible for the
coordination of the on-site participation and sales logistics of 4
major trade shows each with budgets in excess of $300,000
. Developed channel profiles and market plans to introduce products and
services to under developed channels.
Sales Training
. Coordinated sales training and sales logistics for 10 International
Resale Partners.
. Responsible for the facilitation of training on new products and new
product features.
. Planned and facilitated all sales meeting training and logistics.
. Developed an on-boarding manual to familiarize new Manufacturer's Reps
with product offerings and market channels.
. Created, facilitated, and delivered both classroom and distance
learning training curriculum.
. Coordinated the creation of a companywide intranet for the purposes of
training and development.
General Management
. Led the site selection project for a new 30,000 sqft corporate office
location.
. Managed the service initiatives of a global technology firm directly
managing the Customer Service and Technical Service departments.
. Coordinated global logistics for product delivery and installation
. Liaised with product suppliers on component production to ensure
proper supply of long lead time items.
. Performed search and screened "C" level candidates for openings.
. Managed the A/R collections process
. Managed monthly financials through Quickbooks Pro.
. Coordinated the sourcing, selection, and negotiation for company
insurance and retirement plan benefits.
. Negotiated new supply relationships for client resulting in over a 10%
reduction in product costs as well as securing 30 day buying terms.
EDUCATION
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
BBA, Finance 2001
VOLUNTEERISM
Kiwanis International, 1992-Present. Past Distinguished Lt. Governor, Club
President, District Conference Chair, District Education Training and
Development Chair, Certified Club Leadership Education Instructor.