Carl Thornton
Tampa, Fl **615
Phone: 727-***-****
Cell: 727-***-****
E-Mail: ***************@*****.***
Executive Profile
Results- driven sales manager with 12 years experience maximizing profit potential for a large scale fitness company through innovation leadership, market research and identification of new business opportunities. Recognized as an effective leader with excellent interpersonal and communication abilities. Work well in diverse team settings, handle multiple tasks and meet important deadlines.
Skill Highlights
• Fluent in communication -written and spoken
• Good convincing power, with a positive approach
• Ability to work calmly in a target based environment
• Highly enthusiastic and energetic
• Posses excellent interpersonal skills
• Highly effective at staff development
• Strategic planning
• Marketing Campaign development
• Revenue generation
Core Accomplishments
Business Development:
• Spearheaded acquisitions of several competitor companies.
• Over saw more than 500 employees at once for both sales and operations.
• Analyzed all aspects of the business and presented to the board of directors monthly along with giving my recommendations.
• Promoted to district sales manager from store manager within two years of my employment.
• Consistently ranked in the top half of the organization for sales as well as other business areas.
• Recognized for achieving the highest percentage of employee advancement in the organization.
• Chosen as one of only five facilitators to facilitate the sales school along with designing the curriculum for the whole organization.
Professional Experience
August 2008 to Lifestyle Family Fitness
February 2012 Tampa, Fl
District Manager of Tampa
Managing over 500 employees in this market
Facilitated all schools (Sales, and new hires) for all markets in the organization. Responsible for generating 50k in recurring dues minimum, on a monthly basis. Controlled all costs and expenditures for each store in the market. Rolled out new initiatives for the organization to the field
December 2006 to August 2008
December 2002 to December 2006
December 2001 to December 2002
January 2001 to December 2001
March 2000 to January 2001
Lifestyle Family Fitness
Tampa, Fl
Area Sales Manager of Polk County
Improved revenue 30% year over year for 2 years in a row.
Changed culture of the stores to become profitable and customer service driven. Recruited and developed all new sales staff for each store
Lifestyle Family Fitness
Tampa, Fl
District Presale Manager
Over saw the opening of our new locations
Responsible for recruiting and developing all staff to prepare for the store opening. Partnered with each stores community to help build awareness with cross marketing for the store that was opening.
Built the member base to 2500 to 3000 members so store could open profitable.
Lifestyle Family Fitness
Pinellas, Fl
District Manager of Pinellas Market
Over saw 5 stores in the Pinellas Market
Responsible for driving the revenue for the Pinellas market. Developed incentive programs to help performance increase
Lifestyle Family Fitness
Tampa, Fl
General Manager
Grand opened the flag ship store for the organization in the Tampa market. Exceeded the revenue plan every single month for 11 months in a row. Over saw all aspect of the stores operations.
Lifestyle Family Fitness
Tampa, Fl
Sales Consultant
Was the # 1 sales person for 6 months in a row.
Help train new sales staff
Promoted to manager with just 6 months in the industry.