Vincent Cripps
Dartmouth, NS
902-***-**** *******.******@*****.***
www.linkedin.com/in/vincecripps
Sales Trainer & Manager
Team Management Presentation Design
Sales Training Recruiting & Hiring
Coach Customer Service
Work Experience:
Sales, Colonial Honda, Halifax, NS 2014 – 2015
Established relationships with new customers
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Maintained contact with existing customers through meeting, emails and by
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phone.
Advised customers regarding payment options; loans and leasing
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Effectively took care of relevant paperwork.
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Maintained familiarity with new/used cars and stayed updated regarding
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competitor’s products.
Kept up to date on changes in pricing, leasing programs, different incentives, and
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on going campaigns
Sales Manager, Target Mobile, Vancouver, BC & Halifax, NS 2013 - 2014
Creating & managing the sales team
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Developing their abilities as a common sales force
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Setting & tracking monthly sales goals, creating a metric structure, and following
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up with monthly SMARTS
Providing in person, and group training session to hone sales skills
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Tracking sales and metrics
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Sales Team Leader, Pardon Services Canada, Vancouver, BC 2011 – 2012
6 Month Contract
Creating & managed the sales team by refining our search parameters for the
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designated sales roles, and developing their abilities as a common sales force
Setting & tracking monthly sales goals, creating a metric structure, and following
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up with monthly SMARTS
Developing a corporate culture with policies & procedures with the desire to
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grow the company to a much larger contact center. Outlining the specific roles of
individuals within the sales department
Creating the Sales Hiring & Training manuals by developing a step by step
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guideline for the hiring procedures. With designated questions, desired qualities
and qualifications. As well as a step by step handbook on the customized
POS/Data Management software. Including sales tactics and suggested wording
p roduce User’s Manuals, FAQs, and Knowledge databases
Providing in person, and group training session to hone sales skills and proper
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phone etiquette
Tracking sales and collections daily, through a BI Spreadsheet I had created to
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document set metrics
Sales, Future Shop, New Glasgow, NS 2009 – 2011
Managing the Home Theater Department
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Creating the audio/visual department, both in sales techniques as well as the
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physical department, including Operational TV and Speaker Displays
Developing Business and Sale relationships with Samsung and LG
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Training the sales staff on how to sell with knowledge of the products with
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weekly sales meetings and one-on-one teach outs
Creating a comparative sales reference binder, with the benefits, features, our
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prices, and our competitors prices. Along with Selling Tips and Suggested
Wording, FAQs, and Knowledge databases
Coaching new employees on sales techniques
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Running sales meetings on “How to Sell new items, new technologies,
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financing, install and extra warranty services with a 'learning is fun” approach to
teaching
Setting department sales goals and handling specialized pricing for 'Last Of' and
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'Clearance' items
F inancial Consultant, Investors Group Halifax, NS 2007-2009
Operating my own financial planning practice
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Selling mutual funds and insurance; both personal and group
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Advertising, marketing and prospecting new clients
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Developing and conducting relevant financial educational seminars t hroughout
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the province
Corporate Trainer, Capital One, Moncton, NB 2005 – 2007
Retention sales training new employees (20-30 participants per class)
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Trained and coached new hires t o operate customized POS/Database
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m anagement systems
Training the other Corporate Trainers,the Retention Management Team, as well
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as Retention Executives and the VP of Retention
Created a new Retention sales course, implementation and development to an
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international level. To improve sales rates and new hire attrition. Including
Teach-Out Modules, Learning Games, Knowledge Databases, Suggested
Wording, E-learning Tutorials, Webinars and Sales Techniques
Assistant Trainer, Xwave & ClientLogic, Moncton, NB 2004 - 2005
Training Classes of 20-30 participants per class on customized ERP systems
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Trained Up-selling modules for a Bell’s ISP division. IE Higher speed internet,
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anti-virus, firewall software
Trained and coached new hires t o operate customized POS/Database
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M anagement systems
Assistant Trainer, Rogers Wireless, Moncton, NB 2002 – 2004
Training Classes of 45-60 participants per class
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Trained and coached new hires t o operate customized POS/Database
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m anagement systems
Trained Up-Selling teach outs, IE: Hardware upgrades, Family Plans,
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a nd Additional Services
Train the Trainer course completed
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FISH! Trainer certified
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Created step-by-step procedures for 'System Outages' with appropriate wording,
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FAQs, and knowledge database
Contract Trainer, Dunn & Bradstreet, Moncton, NB 2002
6 Month Contract
Created and implemented a new training program for Collections department
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that successfully reduced attrition
Created User manuals for customized POS/Database Management systems with
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FAQs, Knowledge Databases and Suggested Wording
Worker, MacDonalds Restaurants, Moncton, NB 1995 – 1997
• Created and filmed a series of instructional videos on corporate policies and
procedures on how to make MacDonalds restaurants more secure for their
employees
Achievements
• Created and filmed a series of instructional videos on corporate policies and
procedures on how to make MacDonalds restaurants more secure for their
employees (1996)
• Implemented a training course for new recruits while employed with Dun &
Bradstreet's Collection department (2002)
• Created the process known as the “Lost and Stolen Program “for Rogers Wireless
(2003)
• Created the process how to handle “system outages” for Rogers Wireless and e-
learning tutorial (2003)
• Awarded the President’s Choice award for delivering exceptional service to my
coworkers at Rogers Wireless (2003)
• I had achieved “Employee of the Quarter” for the 4th Quarter of 2010 and 1st
Quarter of 2011, I was the number one salesperson in December nationally, and
the number three salesperson in January for Future Shop (2010/2011)
Education
Accounting & Finance, Oulton’s Business College 1999 – 2000
IFIC 2007 – 2010
LLQP 2007 – 2010