Member Team Baseball Coach
Resume:
CHRIS A. GEORGE
St. Louis, MO
advff8@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
Professional sales representative with proven skills in building relationships and achieving substantial revenue gains through aggressive, organized sales initiatives looking for opportunity with industry expansion that provides an environment which leverages my knowledge and experience to drive sales and revenue goals.
• New Business Development • Account Management • Consultative Sales • Branch Management
EDUCATION
University of Missouri-Columbia, Bachelor of Science, Consumer Economics (Personal Finance), 2003
Big 12 Student Athlete (Baseball)
ATHLETIC COACHING
Rawlings Tigers Baseball Organization
Head Coach 08/17- 08/19
Served as a coach who has had an experienced professional career, and whom set an example as a mentor to high school amateurs who are pursuing college baseball.
Travel Midwest cities during summer for player exposure and to meet with college coaches of all divisions to assess player talent. Have direct interactions with college coaches all over the United States.
Spent winter months has a personal instructor for players from ages six to twenty-one training them physically and mentally to be future prospects in baseball.
Used my knowledge of instructing from being an understudy to Major League Baseball coaches during my days as a player, pass this along to younger skilled players.
Bishop DuBourg Head Baseball Coach 02/19-05/19
Head Coach
Head Varsity Coach to my alma mater with main emphasis in rebuilding program that was under duress from years before.
Established new positive identity in strengthening morale with high school baseball players whom were part of the program from years past.
In charge of budgeting, scheduling, practices, games, and overseeing the discipline of our student athletes not just in sport but in the classroom.
Work with student athletes as an advisor, and guidance assistant with issues surrounding the current high school environment.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Sales and Internal Operations) 08/21-07/22
TKC Holdings Keefe Company, Earth City
Operations Specialist to Distribution and Receiving
Work in a versatile role whether it would be, loading or unloading third party trucks, or to maintain inventory counts in a 600 million dollar daily distribution outbound center.
Worked and certified on a counterbalance Raymond electric forklift.
Part of a ten member team who worked together daily in our tasks.
Can lift up to 100 lbs. if needed my job consisted of carrying at least 50 lbs. on a daily basis.
Ability to use Oracle system, Office, and other programs from previous sales jobs, if needed.
Looking for a better opportunity that is closer, and a positive atmosphere for growth.
Broad Building Supply, St. Louis 03/16 – 05/17
Territory Sales Representative
Central focus was to start the R&R sales campaign with Therma-tru door line to the remodel companies and large companies in the metro area. Besides sales, spent majority of time at homeowners’ location or company warehouses filing reports for defective product or other problematic issue that stalled product being finalized. Kept in good relations as an intermediary between our customers and Broad considering the many unforeseen issues that had occurred during Broad’s venture into a new market strategy.
Celluphone – Verizon Master Agent, Midwest Region 02/08 – 02/16
Account District Manager
Responsible for outside sales/dealer recruitment and management for Verizon products and services, targeting independent retailers in Kansas, Missouri, and west Illinois. Cover the largest territory for Verizon small business owners in the Company. Manage and coordinate regional sales, marketing, and operations. Manage relationships with 10 Verizon area account managers assigned to different parts of my region.
Increased market share five times of what it was before acquiring the Kansas-Missouri territory
Assisted Verizon in acquisition with Alltell wireless with the largest customer base in the U.S. (KS)
Captain’s Club winner (2009) for having best production numbers (1st out of 10) in Midwest Region
Top Sales Rep in regional market for over 27 months in a row. Region includes 12 states and 10 reps
84 Lumber Company, St. Louis, Springfield, Kansas City 03/05 – 01/08
Manager
Manager of $7 million lumberyard in Blue Springs, MO and $6 million yard in Bolivar, MO. Monitored all sales and operations; including supervising up to 8 outside sales reps, and promoted relations with key accounts. Primary focus: Contractor accounts. Responsibilities included: P&L, Budgets, Business Planning, Purchasing, Inventory Management, and Team Recruitment & Training.
Stayed profitable in 2006 despite a 25% decrease in new homebuilding by increasing market share 40%
Began with entry level position, promoted to manager in 18 mos with no previous experience in industry
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETICS
Baseball Player, Greek Olympic Baseball Team (03/03 – 03/04)
Selected as one of thirty Greek-American players to represent Greece for 2004 Olympics
Worked as an instructor to Greek citizens serving as a representative for Major League Baseball
Baseball Player, Houston Astros, Houston Texas (06/99 – 02/02)
Pitcher for Houston Astros minor league system
Attended various charitable functions and events as a representative for the Astros organization
Learned the importance of being a team player, self-discipline, and hard work
REFERENCES
Jason Abernathy- former Area Manager Celluphone
Scott Neels- former Salesman 84 Lumber
Aaron Jaworowski- CEO of Rawlings Tigers Baseball Organization
Steve Bettelach- Athletic Director- Bishop DuBourg High School
Kevin Juenger- Clinical Oncology Specialist at Astra Zeneca
Jim Fish- President and CEO Waste Management
Kevin Regan- President Bishop DuBourg High School
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