Marketing/Sales Rep.

CHRISTOPHER MOORE

**** *** ******* **** • Petal, MS 39465 • 601-***-**** • *****.********@*****.***

Summary

Dedicated, performance driven, sales professional with a passion for developing long lasting customer relationships and meeting/exceeding sales quotas. Possesses a background in technology coupled with creative marketing and is driven by sales. Dynamic, articulate communicator with a consultative sales style, strong negotiating skills, excellent problem solver. Excels in uncovering customer needs, providing solutions, handling objections and closing the sale.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration May 2012

Major: Marketing

The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

Experience

Hattiesburg American (Gannett Publishing) Hattiesburg, MS

District Manager December 2012 to June 2015

Promoted to district manager within a year and regularly stood-in for general manager. Started as sales/advertising manager.

Managed 100+ employees daily, in charge of all sales and marketing operations, service of our products, payroll, distribution, customer service and all customer accounts. Also was in charge of hiring and firing of employees/subcontractors.

Rekindled dwindling relationships with our major chain clients. Frequently meet with clients to ensure a long lasting relationship. Setup promotional offers and advertisements in stores weekly.

Grew business clientele by 40% within 2 years. Created a solid advertising plan in stores which lead to increased sales in new and existing stores.

Home Depot Hattiesburg, MS

Appliance Sales Specialist September 2008 to November 2012

Kept close relationships with appliance vendors and customers leading to more traffic, more sales and cost reductions for the customer.

Awarded top sales associate 2009-2011.

Appliance sales team held regional sales award for district 3 years in a row.

Frequently called upon by customer service to handle customer complaints, even if problem was in a different department.

Howard Technology Solutions Ellisville, MS

B2B Account Representative November 2006 to May 2008

Sales/Account representative in education covering three states: North Carolina, Georgia, Alaska. Reseller of over 950,000 items.

Competed in an aggressive tech market to win bids with schools and universities. Made cold calls frequently to new customers daily and built long lasting relationships with clients.

Assessed customer needs to build the best possible computer package at the lowest price. Made a name for Howard in other states.

Most noted for developing long lasting relationships, excellent communication skills, and communicated features and benefits in an easy to understand format.

Sears Hattiesburg, MS

Appliance Sales Specialist January 2002 to October 2006

Consistently met monthly quotas, even during our worst quarters.

Built a large, client base that followed me to other stores. Used a variety of advertising strategies including word-of-mouth, social media and e-mail advertising to gain customers and generate more revenue.

Received customer service award, quarterly sales reward, and warranty award for most extended plans sold.

Additional Skills

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access). 120 wpm. A++ computer hardware and software, networking, medical systems, SPSS, CADD, 3D modeling, Dreamscape, Webinars, Video Conferencing, Audio/Video Editing, Adobe Photoshop, SPSS, Servers, Networking, DOS, Windows 93;95;2000;XP;7;8 Healthcare EHR, Data Entry, Cisco, Social Networking.

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