Sales Manager
Resume:
Alford Wood
Arlington, TX 76006
**********@*****.***
EDUCATION
South Grand Prairie High School
Honors Graduate 1993; Summa Cum Laude
Tarrant County Junior College
Attended 1993-1994; Business Studies
EXPERIENCE
Sales Specialist | Harlow Filter Supply, Dallas TX
2010 - Present
Sales specialist for one of the largest and oldest filtration supply companies in the United States. Providing sales and service for local, web, and international customers. Duties include inventory, quality inspection, vendor management and internal sales support for outside sales staff.
General Manager | MLT Management, The Electric Cowboy
2009-2010
General Manager and chief operator of large format dancehall and nightclub. Responsible for all aspects of business including employee recruiting and training, payroll and benefit administration, ordering and inventory management, customer relations and new client development, marketing and strategic planning, competitive market analysis, as well as all financial activities including profit and loss tracking and forecasting, account statement balancing and reconciling for a 25-employee and $150K/month operation.
Further duties include HR administration, conflict resolution, vendor management, budget analysis, and DJ & music coordinator.
Ordained Minister – Service beginning in 2004
General Ministerial Duties included both performing ceremonies for weddings, baby dedications, baptisms, funerals, and the facilitation of counseling services for individuals, marriages, families.
Family Ministry Pastoral responsibilities included managing all aspects of the ministry, ranging from early elementary ages, through middle, junior and senior high school students, dedication to personal follow-up required in nurturing the moral and spiritual development, coaching, and counseling of students, to benefit both students and their families.
Staff Administrator Responsibilities included facilitation of curriculum and lesson planning, volunteer recruitment, team building and equipping.
Mansfield Community Church| Student Ministries Pastor 2008-2008
Staff Associate Pastor duties included the oversight of Elementary, Middle, and High School ministries. Due to economic changes the church closed their doors and ceased to operate at the end of 2008.
New Beginnings Church | Student Ministries, Worship Pastor
2004-2008
Family/Student Ministry Leader and Pastoral Staff Administrator continued use of skills required for those responsibilities, as previously stated.
Additional Worship Pastor Responsibilities included again the effective use of strong leadership skills used in managing a team of 13 volunteers in all aspects of preparation for each Praise Service. These duties ranged from the administrative management of scheduling rehearsals, purchasing necessary materials, and coordinating plans with fellow ministerial leaders, to the musically gifted and creative aspect of musical arrangements, and the ability to play instruments.
Delegate to the Southern Baptist Texas Convention chosen to represent the church in the process of drafting and deliberation of various issues and policies, and voting on amendments as applicable, as a voting church member.
SBC Southwestern Bell Telephone |Maintenance Contracts and Technical Sales Specialist/ Convergence Sales Mgr.
2000-2005
(2004-2005) Maintenance Contracts Specialist/VOICE: Management Level Marketing position responsible for North Texas Region customers’ voice telecom hardware maintenance contracts. Duties included contract administration, semi-annual port count consolidation, RFP response generation and new business acquisition, and margin run rate and competitive analysis.
(2000-2004) CPE Technical Sales Specialist/Convergence Sales Manager: Management level marketing position responsible for the acquisition and retention of customer base in the North TX SPC footprint. Duties as Product Specialist focused on Nortel Networks and Avaya voice customer premise equipment (CPE), call center hardware and software as well as development and deployment, IVR design and integration, large scale PBX/Key System hardware deployment, VOIP/IP Telephony implementation.
Additional responsibilities included product demonstration, customer relations, as well as teaming with others in product development, management, and distribution.
ACHIEVED SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Leadership Principles: possessing the qualities of leadership such as good character, commitment, vision, integrity, values, and self-discipline, and combining them with the skills necessary to guide myself and others in working together to achieve progress.
Decision-Making Abilities: able to think and respond efficiently in all aspects of leadership and management, in such things as making purchases, utilizing policies, coordinating plans and actions, personal relations, or other areas requiring action.
Successful Communications Skills: able to positively relate to others, promoting successful comprehension and cooperative response in problem resolution during conflict or crisis in any given situation.
Teaching Abilities: effective in illustrating concepts conducive to individuals’ personal level of learning
Team-Building Abilities: gifted to confidently equip and encourage others in their willingness and desire to work together toward a common goal or achievement
Knowledge & Experience: opportunities in a variety of vocational positions in which to train and work in specialized customer service, mid-level to managerial sales and marketing, as well as qualified leader in ministry.
CHARACTER QUALITIES
As a man of strong faith, I am centrally focused on my beliefs and in lovingly meeting my responsibilities to my family and those I have the privilege to meet and to serve. I feel that I am easy to relate to, and have a kind and caring demeanor. Personal integrity and dedication naturally assist me in my consistent goal of being well-equipped to fulfill my duties in every capacity. I am one who is humbly willing to serve and always eager to learn.
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