PAUL KONIGSBERG
Woodbury, CT 860-***-**** ******@***.***
SALES MANAGER WITH ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET
Strategic Sales Planning • Relationship Management • Business Support
PROFILE SUMMARY
Dynamic, results-driven sales professional with huge experience in retail store management, developing and training sales team on strategies and customer service delivery. Grew company revenues from $8.5m to $20m in gross sales; increased sales team by 300%. Demonstrated success driving revenue growth while providing visionary sales leadership in highly competitive markets. Leverages strong blend of business operations expertise with strengths providing solutions and thinking outside-the-box to meet a wide range of business support, operations continuity and planning requirements.
CORE COMPETENCIES
High-impact Sales Presentations
Territory Startup & Turnaround
Forecasting & Market Analysis
Revenue and Growth Management
Budget Administration / P&L Management
Contract Negotiation & Presentation
Staff Development Programs
Team Leadership, Coaching, and Mentoring
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Branch Manager Bath Fitter, Hartford, CT Nov 2017 - Present
Conceive and implement innovative weekly promotional campaigns to drive new sales.
Coordinate and collaborate on high-level "outside the box" approaches to drive business growth and meet challenging goals.
Create and nurture a well-balanced, diverse, focused team through motivation, leadership, training, and establishment of sales process as the foundation for business success.
Coordinate all office trainings and operations including budgeting, P&L, AP, HR duties and vendor/provider relationships.
Market Sales Manager Lowes Home Improvement Sep 2013 - Oct 2017
Provided direction to the In-Home sales program within an assigned market area to ensure the achievement of sales, margin, close rate, and average goals.
Received over 30 direct reports that generated over 20 million in sales.
Consistently grew sales by 20% annually.
Participated in continuing education to keep current on both technology and selling techniques.
General Manager Sturdy Home Improvement, Springfield, MA May 2011 - Jul 2013
Spearheaded efforts towards company's achievement, and recorded sales amounting to +$1m/month and a 40% increase after my first three months.
Managed and supervised middle management, construction managers, project managers and 15 direct report sales representatives.
Maximized profits through continuous improvement in streamlining and introducing systems and controls in production.
District Manager Oasis Outsourcing - New England Region, Farmington, CT 2008 - 2011
Grew division's staff from startup of one to five sales reps and increased profits by 20% in record time within first three quarters of operation.
Collaborated with my team in the first year and attained 120% of sales quota in both WSE and sales gross profit.
Managing Sales Director OEM America, East Hartford, CT 2004 - 2008
Senior Sales Consultant OEM America 2003 - 2004
Vice President of Sales Allstate Management 2002 - 2003
Regional Director Allstate Management 2001 - 2002
Senior Area Manager International Profit Associates, Buffalo Grove, IL 1999 – 2001
EDUCATION
Dale Carnegie, Stamford, CT
Doctor of Chiropractic Bachelor of Science in Business Admin
Logan Chiropractic College, St. Louis, MO
Boston University - Boston, MA