Russell E. Bubba
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Currently seeking a sales/sales management position where my extensive experience, initiative, and interpersonal skills will be used for maximizing revenues while promoting strategic customer relationships.
SKILL HIGHLIGHTS
New Business Development Salesforce Trained Pipedrive Proficient
Consultative Sales Exemplary Trainer Excellent Communication Skills Strategic Selling Trusted Advisor C4C Proficient Power BI Super-User Key Account Management Experienced Road Warrior
WORK EXPERIENCE
April 2025-Present
City Wide Facility Solutions
Facility Services Manager maintaining 60+ accounts in the South Carolina region. Responsible for supervising cleaning teams and holding them accountable for the facilities they service. Building and maintaining relationships with the clients to ensure customer retention. Increasing the scope our services to build revenue.
June 2024-April 2025
Pronotice Group
Working as the director of sales for a start-up redistribution company based out of Florida. Responsibilities include leveraging my experience and relationships from past professional experiences to help a new company break into the redistribution business selling restaurant disposables such as cutlery, napkins, cups, and gloves.
May 2022-April 2024
Remcoda
Sales Director
In charge of growing the business for a new start up company that imports restaurant disposables, gloves, pizza boxes and a variety of consumable products. Concentration on Afflink/PFG membership.
January 2020-May 2022
Cascades Paper
Sales- Business Development Manager
Managing a territory of Network Marketing customers in the US sell AFH towel and tissue. Training sales reps and cementing relationships with the distributors. Concentration on relationships with Hillyard, Envoy, and Imperial.
Power BI Super-User
September 2018-November 2019
Marcal Paper - Elmwood Park N.J.
Regional Director-Away From Home Sales
Manage a territory within the northeastern quadrant of the US selling towel, tissue, and napkin products to distributors and re-distributors in the away from home sector. Responsible for developing and maintaining strategic high level relationships with both re-distribution companies like Imperial Dade and brick and mortar janitorial organizations.
April 2004-September 2018
vonDrehle Corporation – Hickory, NC
National Account/Regional Sales Manager
Managed a territory from VA to ME selling towel and tissue products to distributors in the industrial sector
Responsible for maintaining and growing national accounts throughout the country namely Cintas, ZEP, MSC,
Mission Linen, and G&K services
Make end-user calls and conducted training classes for both national account and industrial customers while developing new industrial accounts in the geographic area
Travel nationwide as the buying group coordinator for the SSS brand of towel and tissue
Increased sales by at least 12% each year for 11 straight years.
September 2003-April 2004
Unifirst – Maplewood, NJ
Service Manager
Responsible for the service of 300+ uniform customers in Northern NJ
Supervised 8 service sales representatives
September 2002-July 2003
MacIntosh Services - Bethlehem, PA
Sales Representative/New Account Development
Designed and implemented a hygiene program for a small linen and uniform company
April 1999-May 2002
Omni Services RUS/Sanis - Allentown, PA
General Manager/Market Sales Manager
Started as a sales representative, promoted to General Manager in 4 months
Promoted to Market Sales Manager 2 years later
Responsible for sales/service and operations in PA, NJ, and NY
January 1991 – April 1999
Lonestar Steakhouse and Saloon - Easton, PA
Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse - various locations in CT, NY, PA
Red Lobster - various locations in PA, NY, MA
Restaurant General Manager
Responsible for all aspects of the operation of kitchen, bar and dining room
Motivated and managed a staff of 100+
Responsible for forecasting sales and business plansj
ACHIEVEMENTS
Sales representative of the year 2010
President of the ESOP committee for 2 years
EDUCATION
East Stroudsburg University BS Hospitality Management
Notre Dame H.S. Easton, PA