RESUME
Effective Sales Representative, Motivator & Trainer
Contact Info: JAMES GILBERT ZIRIN; 14653 SW 145th Place
MIAMI, FL. 33186; 305-***-****
E-mails: ************@********.***
**************@*****.***
Objective: Results driven motivated sales representative seeking a leadership position to help a company reach sales goals and training objectives.
Education: 7/71-6/77 University of Florida
BSBA in Marketing with Honors.
Work
Experience: 1/15/2023 – Present
Paradise Exteriors LLC
1918 Corporate Drive
Boynton Beach, Fl. 334 561-***-****
Contact: Dan Beckner
Position: Senior Sales Representative Outside Sales for
Impact Windows
02/15/2021 -12/1/2022
NewSouth Window Systems
1401 South State Road 7
North Lauderdale, Fl 33068 954-***-****
Contact: Mark Hudak
Position: Senior Sales Representative Outside Sales for
Impact Windows
01/2016 – 02/14/2021
Paradise Exteriors LLC
1918 Corporate Drive
Boynton Beach, Fl. 334 561-***-****
Contact: Dan Beckner
Position: Senior Sales Representative Outside Sales for
Impact Windows
11/09 - Present
How Oranges Are Made, Inc.
14653 SW 145th Terrace Miami, Fl. 33186 305-***-****
Contact: James Zirin
Position: President CEO Outside sales for book, How Oranges
Are Made and Independent Contractor for other companies doing Outside Sales
04/08-10/09 Senior Advisor Corporation
14221 SW 120th Street; Miami, Fl. 305-***-****
Contact: Donald Shelton
Position: Outside sales: life insurance, annuities and long- term health care.
Duties: Sales; lead procurement.
Accomplishments: One of the three top salespersons
07/06-03/08 Bankers Life & Casualty
11310 N. Kendall Drive Suite 308; Miami, Fl. 305-***-****
Contact: Mario Diaz
Position: Outside sales: life insurance, annuities and long-term health care.
Duties: Sales; lead procurement.
Accomplishments: Rookie Agent of the year.
08/05-06/06 National Publishing Company
Position: Outside sales--advertising for plasma boards for local businesses.
Duties: Sales; lead procurement.
Accomplishments: One of the top 3 salespersons in the organization.
01/03-07/05 Florida Solar Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. 800 64-SOLAR
Contact: Scott Kacic
Position: Outside sales of Solar Pool Heating Systems to home owners.
Duties: Sales, lead procurement, customer service.
Accomplishments: Top Salesperson in the state of Florida 2003.
10/99-07/02 City Furniture 90th & US1 305-***-****
Contact: Gary
Position: Direct sales of furniture to walk-in customers.
Duties: Direct sales, follow up calls to clients.
Accomplishments: One of top salespeople at Dadeland location. One of
highest percentage producers in Scotchgard & In Home Service
contracts.
03/92-09/99 Zirin Enterprises, Inc.
d/b/a Kirby Sales & Service
12241 SW 112th Street; Miami, Fl 33186 305-***-****
Contact: Larry Zirin
Position: Kirby Vacuum Cleaner Area Distributor under Factory
Distributor Jeff Thomas of Thomas Enterprises, Inc.
Duties: Recruiting, training and management of telemarketers; direct field
training of sales personnel, development and implementation of sales
strategies; arranging financing, credit approval, motivational meetings
and all dealer job duties including in-home sales.
Accomplishments: Top Area Distributor over 25 times, top salesman in
Distributor organization over 50 months, winner of over 20 Kirby VIP
functions and numerous other promotions.
09/90-2/92 Thomas Enterprises, Inc. 2031 Oakland Park Blvd; Ft. Lauderdale, FL 954-***-****
Contact: Jeff Thomas
Position: Dealer Kirby Vacuum Cleaner
Duties: Demonstration and in home sales of Kirby Home Cleaning
Systems, lead procurement (door to door), appointment setting, phone closing of sales, new dealer recruiting & training.
Accomplishments: Team leader first month, salesman of the year, winner of
Ocala VIP 1st 3 months in business and 4-day vacation to Las Vegas. Promoted to Area Distributor in March 1992.
01/88-9/90 Rosenkrantz, Lyon & Ross Pompano, Fl. Cook Capital Boca Raton, FL Bacchus & Stratton Securities Boca Raton, FL Allied Capital Wellington, FL
Graystone Nash Boca Raton, FL
02/87-12/87 PJ’s Steak & Seafood
3600 SW 50th Avenue; Davie, FL 954-***-****
Contact: Phil Keeler
Position: Direct Sales of custom packaged meat door to door.
Duties: Canvas for new customers, service customers, deliver product and train new salespeople.
06/77-1/87 Zirin Laboratories Int’l. Inc.
199 W. 24th Street; Hialeah, FL 954-***-****
Contact: Larry Zirin
Position: Vice President
Duties: Design & implement a marketing program for the sale of our line
of equine products and over 30 other company’s products, which we
represented in the Veterinary & Agricultural products field, overseas
travel, develop customers and develop a method of inventory control for
faster processing of orders and letters of credit.
Accomplishments: Increased sales of company by 300%.
Developed and implemented international marketing
strategy; supervised the development of a 65-page catalog in
English and Spanish; traveled extensively to Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Venezuela, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic with the
Chamber of Commerce, set up and run trade shows and distribute
catalogs.
Skills: Strong direct-sales background
Self-motivated
Honest
Positive attitude,
Bilingual in English and Spanish.
Direct people skills including teaching, training and motivating.
Degree in Marketing & Business Management.
QBasic computer programming skills.
Ten-years experience with MicroSoft Word.
Can type about 60 words a minute.
Additional Have taken extensive training workshops in Sales withTom Hopkins,
Information: Zig Ziegler and other sales motivational workshops.
References: Provided upon request