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Pleasant View, Tennessee

651-***-**** (Mobile)

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www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-

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Top Skills

Training & Development

Sales Management

General Management

Kenneth Harris II

General Manager

Pleasant View

Experience

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.

General Manager

2014 - Present (7 years)

Mall of America

Volvo Heavy Truck Group

National Account Manager

March 2013 - November 2014 (1 year 9 months)

I am accountable for our business relationship with large national fleets. These include FedEx, FedEx Ground, North American Movers, Allied Movers, SIRVA and others. When new equipment is needed or older equipment is being retired I offer cost effective solutions to the business need. Boyer Trucks

Senior Commercial Account Manager

January 2012 - February 2013 (1 year 2 months)

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Boyer Trucks is one of largest commercial Ford truck dealers in the United States. I was responsible for for a number of large fleet conquest sales. My efforts resulted in sales of Ford commercial trucks to companies that had not been doing business with Boyer Trucks. I also designed and implemented a new marketing plan for our Isuzu product line.

I-STATE TRUCK CENTER

Account Manager-Commercial Truck Sales

February 2009 - January 2012 (3 years)

Responsible for building and maintaining a strong business relationship with fleets and local companies. I provided cost effective, high quality business solutions through our product lines of Freightliner, Sprinter and Isuzu commercial trucks. Accounts included the largest utiliy and newspaper fleets in Minnesota, amoung others. I also was responsible for starting up the sales operation of a new Sprinter dealership in Blaine, MN. Astleford Equipment Company, Burnsville, MN

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Sales Manager for Navistar and Isuzu Commercial Trucks 2007 - 2009 (2 years)

Burnsville, MN

Areas of responsibilty included:

-Directing activities of the sales department with the goal of driving sales and gross profit margins.

-Managing inventory levels to match anticipated sales.

-Training

As a selling manager I also had a hands-on relationship with fleets and local business owners that used trucks in their day to day operation. Bill Heard Commercial Enterprises

Director of Fleet & Commercial Operations

2001 - 2007 (6 years)

Nashville, TN

Bill Heard Chevrolet in Nashville was one of the largest Fleet and Commercial dealers in the United States. With commercial and fleet sales in excess of 1,000 units annually we provided equipment solutions to many Fortune 500 companies and local fleets and business that operate in the south central region.

Kansas Truck Center, Wichita, Kansas

GENERAL MANAGER

1998 - 2000 (2 years)

I was responsible for the operation of a full line Freightliner dealership. Introduced the new Sprinter product to the Kansas market. Northland Freightliner, South Saint Paul, MN

General Manager

1992 - 1997 (5 years)

Started up new Freightliner medium duty dealership along with full service and parts operation for class 8 trucks.

Education

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Business Administration, Speech Communication · (1971 - 1975) NADA Dealer Academy

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Automotive/Truck General Management · (1985 - 1986) Landmark Worldwide

Head Coach of the Introduction Leaders Program for Minneaplis/St. Paul Center · (2011 - 2016)

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