John Stares ***** Lucaya dr Home/Cell: ****.******@*****.***
Tampa, FL 33647
Inside Sales Representative
Goal: To aggressively prospect new clients, maximize sales with a
consultative approach towards product solutions, provide client experience
that exceeds expectations, and creating lifetime business relationships.
Quota-surpassing sales representative Top Sales awards recipient for the
past 6 years Inside Sales. Consistently exceeded monthly sales goals,
ability to sell products based on needs/benefits analysis.
Persuasive communicator; use consultative selling skills to identify
opportunities, overcome objections, build relationships and turn cold
canvassing into sales. Up-selling existing clients with solution based
selling
Tenacious negotiator and closer; adept in conveying the benefits of
products/services and generating customer interest. Able to quickly learn,
master and sell new product offerings. Continue to stay updated on new
product/service offerings that will benefit clients, and continuing
education on offerings to provide customers with information needed to
close the sale and gain the clients business.
Sales Skills
Account Acquisition & Retention Solution based selling
Strong closer Business-to-Business & Business-to-Consumer
Client relationship building Sales
Lead Qualification & Generation
Career Progression
Bright House Networks 2/2006 to Present
Inside Sales Representative
Television, Internet, Network, Telephone sales. New acquisition, upgrade
existing customers, network for additional sales opportunities, retention,
customer relationship-building.
Sales Results:
Top sales representative award recipient for past 6 years (top 5 reps out
of 110)
Consistently exceeded 400 calls weekly, ability to create new business,
upgrade existing client base, and retain/grow customer relationships
Awarded "Employee of the Quarter" (4th Quarter 2010) for all of Tampa Bay
Customer facing representatives.
Consistently proactive towards new approaches to increase clients services
and maximize sales.
T-Mobile 2/2000 to 5/2005
Retail Store Manager
Managed busy South Tampa T-Mobile retail store. Expanded outreach for
business-to-business opportunities. Created relationships with local
business to grow revenue beyond the walls of retail. Top Sales manager in
Data/voice / feature sales for tampa market 2003-2004. Trained sales reps
on prospecting, business sales, market networking, and groomed sales
representatives for future management opportunities.
Sales Results:
First to achieve over a million dollars in annual revenue in a retail store
in the Tampa Market
Promoted to Retail store manager faster than any representative in market
history.
Continuously grew sales based on networking and relationship building
within the community.
U.S. Army 8/1995 to 2/2000
Combat Medic
Served with national guard infantry brigade in Tampa, FL
Education
Hudson high school
1993-1995
Hudson, fl
hillsborough community college
Business Administration/ business management
2000-2003
tampa, fl