Professional Experience
Sales Counselor
Preplanning counseling services
Sales of prearrangement needs
Networking to establish future opportunities
SSAB Americas 06 / 2010 – 02/2022
Operator
Steel manufacturing Industry: Equipment calibration, maintenance, and testing
Certified in the operation of various heavy equipment and machinery
Re-allocate to complete backorders
Process, cut testing samples for steel plating
Annual OSHA training and quarterly reviews.
Certified to operate a 50-ton overhead crane
Eliminate backlog orders
Burn bed operation, process plates, cutting samples for lab and maintain quality control
As Loader, would decide the timing and logistics of which customers are to be filled
for train and LTL shipping
As Pulpit operator, calls in material to be processed, monitors computer diagnostics
of furnaces, temperature, rate of flow, etc.
Elegant Windows / Elegant Shutters 02 / 2000 – 05 / 2010
District Sales Manager: Mississippi, Alabama, Florida Panhandle
Sales, Marketing, Training customer base for wholesale distribution of window treatments and related products for three state territory
Promoted to Regional Manager, responsible for analysis and management of six state team
Consistently ranked in top ten percent of nationwide sale force
Salesperson of the year, 2006, 2008, 2009
Annual leadership training mentor program
Increased territory with aggressive sales strategy from $1.3 million to $4.9 million during tenure
Increased customer base from 78 total accounts to 230 total accounts during tenure
Assisted in training and support of those newly hired to the company
Winner of prestigious Gold Cup team 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
Education
Spring Hill College – Mobile, Al BA Organizational Management and Communication
McGill – Toolen High School - Mobile AL