JOHN ANDERSEN
CELL 405-***-**** ********@***.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Salesman
Indian Nation Wholesale (Oklahoma City, OK) July 2008 – December 2020 Called on up to 80 convenience stores in the Central Oklahoma area. Responsibilities include:
Build healthy business relationships and establish good communication with all retail customers
Work collaboratively with customers and establish their needs and designed solutions
Leveraged relationships with accounts to sell new products
Engaged in regular call frequency on assigned retail accounts to sell product, gain distribution, merchandise, and stock product
Executed all company goals to enhance the sales, distribution, shelf space, display coverage, and merchandising of all brands carried by Indian Nations
Helped design product displays; execute placement of signage and other merchandising material to ensure maximum visibility in all assigned retail accounts
Identify merchandising opportunities at account and make recommendations to the customer
Regularly replaced merchandising material at customer accounts to coincide with marketing programs
Maintained designated back stock area at customer location; ensure area is organized and free of trash
Maintained product freshness standards in assigned retail accounts by monitoring and rotating stock regularly
Attended daily meetings (morning and/or afternoon) with Area Sales Manager to discuss market opportunities and challenges
Communicated all sales and merchandising opportunities or challenges (product placements, out of stocks, out of code), as well as any competitive activity, to Area Sales Manager
Always projected a friendly, professional image
Warehouse Manager
Indian Nation Wholesale (Oklahoma City, OK) April 1998 – July 2008 Warehouse Supervisor. Responsibilities include:
Managed all warehouse inventory for Indian Nations Wholesale
Maintained and tracked product inventory levels to ensure the proper counts and quality maintained.
Ensured all inventory in correct locations
Operated electric pallet jack
Supervised six employees
Warehouse Associate
Ballengers Furniture (Oklahoma City, OK) November 1997 – April 1998 Warehouse associate responsible for shipping, receiving and delivery of furniture. PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE
Mr. Mitch Taylor, Sales Manager
Indian Nation Wholesale
Phone: 580-***-****