Steven Shelton

**** ***** *********** ***

Greenfield, WI 53221

262-***-**** - adlpzj@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: I am seeking to strengthen a business development and marketing team using the skills and education I have acquired

Summary: I am a skilled proposal writer with solid marketing experience and an adept eye for detail. I have roughly 7 years proposal development experience, 5 years sales experience, and in each have enjoyed success. I have been employed in various non-career positions since 2013, and am seeking re-entry into professional sales and marketing

Skills Developed/Experience

Programs Used: SAP, MS Office Business, Quark, Adobe Suite, CRM

Platforms: HTML, WYSIWYG

Concepts Used: JIT, Kanban, Continuous Improvement

Proposal Development – 7 years

Business Development – 5 years

Technical Writing/Communications – 5 years

Client Services – 5 years

Procurement/Supply Chain – 2+ years

Contract Development – 2 years

Current Employment

Hesier Chevrolet – Product Specialist – West Allis, WI March 2020 – present

Top three in dealership every month with 94%+ CSI

Choice Hotels – Front Desk/Auditor – Kenosha, WI November 2017 - present

Employment History

Lynch Chevrolet – Product Specialist September 2019 – March 2020

FMC Technologies – Proposal Coordinator – Chicago, IL Nov 2013 –Dec. 2013

Imagetec, LLC – Sales – Lincolnshire, IL July 2013 – Nov. 2013

Sales/prospecting – led office in sales in third full month, all new business

Gas Technology Institute – Proposal Administrator – Des Plaines, IL August 2011 – May 2013

Worked with government, municipal, and commercial bidders on gas technology product and project development

Worked in conjunction with scientists and management to assemble bids

Awarded “Above and Beyond Award” 2012

Worked alongside contracting and legal to secure contracts

Premier Systems, Inc – Contract Proposal Writer - Telecommute March 2011

Worked with ownership and Subject Matter Experts to complete project RFP, including project management

Completed work satisfactorily two weeks ahead of schedule

Cooper Power Systems – Senior Proposal Analyst – South Milwaukee, WI July 2007 – October 2008

RFP analysis and bid preparation – FastTrack Bid Program

Bid costing, terms and conditions assimilation

Bid tracking, reporting, meetings with engineering, and subject matter expert clarifications

Boucher Imports – Account Executive – Racine, WI October 2006 – July 2007

Averaged 9 units per month, above the national average and store average

TriTech Corporation of America – Technical Sales Writer – Waukesha, WI

Proposal and bid development, complete cycle, including sales - $5MM sales 2005

Marketing collateral development, including website maintenance

Various Gap Employment

Valvoline Instant Oil Change – Customer Service Representative December 2018 – June 2019

Was first or second entire Midwest in sales ticket average and quantity March-June

West Shore Marine – General Seasonal Labor – Contract/Seasonal August 2017 – November 2017

Manpower Temporary Agency – General Warehouse – Contract/Seasonal April 2017 –May 2017

Honda of Kenosha – Service Advisor Dec 2016 – February 2017

Security Personnel Inc – Gate Guard May 2016 – October 2016

Jiffy Lube – Assistant General Manager August 2015 – April 2016

Education

University of Wisconsin, Whitewater graduate

3.7 GPA (credits transferred from Western KY University, University of Kentucky, and Austin Peay State University) – 144 credit hours - BA English Literature, minor in Philosophy, 24 credit hours in teacher education

Gateway Technical College

3.9 GPA – Technical Communications, 33 credit hours (36 total credit hours in Tech-Com)

Professional References

Rick Barribeau –Instructor at Gateway, Racine, WI – 262-***-****

Wayne Issleb – General Manager, Choice Hotels – 262-***-****

Daryl Smith – Coworker, Heiser Chevrolet – 414-***-****

Jason Clark – Coworker, Heiser Chevrolet – 414-***-****

Suzanne Elliot – Manager, Coworker, Lynch Chevrolet – 262-***-****

Danny Garcia – Coworker, Lynch Chevrolet – 224-***-****

Personal References

Teresa Lenaerts – Pharmacist – 414-***-****

Jaime Crisci – Cook, Racine WI – 262-***-****

Melissa Lybek – Nurse, Madison, WI – 908-***-****

Scott Westerbrook – Sales Lead, Boucher Imports – 262-***-****

JoAnn Culbertson – Business Analyst, Milwaukee, WI – 720-***-****

Contact this candidate