Supervisor/Management

ANDY K. WIGGINS

**** ** *** **. **** Lauderdale, FL 33311

954-***-**** (Home)

954-***-**** (Mobile)

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CAREER OBJECTIVE

Seeking a career position where I can utilize my educational background, work experience,

and work ethic to create a positive impact on the success and growth of the company.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Territory Sales Manager Mohawk Industries

June 2007- June 2009 Marietta, GA

• Managed product lines for 81 Home Depot stores.

• Worked with Store Managers, Specialty Sales Managers, Assistant Manager, Pro Sales, Department Manager, and Sales Associates.

• Helped in maintaining proper inventory levels, product knowledge training, and merchandising to meet each individual stores needs while promoting product lines.

• Tracked store sales to increase sales projections; help eliminate inventory short falls, and create business opportunities.

• Submit reports to my Regional Sales Manager on weekly basis, and participate in quarterly meetings with executive management on sales and improving national account sales.

• Conduct training for individuals, classroom, road shows, and expositions.

• Understanding other manufacturers products and procedures, and how they relate to our products.

• Home office working with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook. Territory covered the east coast of Florida (Palm Coast to Key West including the Orlando market) which required 60% out of town overnight travel.

Sales Specialist Lowe’s Home Improvement

April 2006-May 2007 Pompano Beach, FL

• Top sales producer in store with the highest closure/ low claims rate.

• Managed the entire scope of my projects from sales, inventory, design, and installation.

• Worked with clients and installers through the entire project process.

Store Design Manager / Contract Hamway Flooring

August 2005-December 2005 Pompano Beach, FL

• Development of first retail store for family company whose focus was sales and installations with new home construction companies.

• Brought in lines from Mohawk Industries, D&B Tile, Rainbow Tile, Tile & Stone, and Sicis.

• Created store with meeting room, sales offices, electronic media, computer design capabilities, and in-home design services. Presented the stores design, installation, and other innovative concepts through out the entire two story complex.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued)

Territory Sales Manager Innovative Stone

July 2004-June 2005 Hauppauge, NY

• Managed a unique product line that simplified the design process but still followed the design trends of today.

• Worked with Store Managers, Assistant Manager, Project Manager, Department Manager, Designers, and Sales Pro’s at EXPO Design Centers.

• Conduct in store training for individual or classroom setting. Held product events at store level to show the uniqueness of our product line but the simplicity of creating a design.

• Understanding other manufacturer’s products and how our products could be implemented into their lines.

• Submit weekly reports to the National Accounts Manager.

• Home office working with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook. Territory consisted of all 54 EXPO Design Center stores nationally, which required 90% out of town overnight travel.

HOME DEPOT CORPORATION

Department Manager EXPO Design Center

May 2000 – July 2004 West Bloomfield, MI

• Managed areas of hard surface, décor, and expediting.

• Provided weekly, monthly, quarterly, and seasonality reports with Store Manager and Assistant Manager.

• Worked with manufacturers and distributors to merchandise sales floor; train sales staff; and help installers with installation process.

Trainer Home Depot

November 1997-May 2000 Maple Heights, OH

• Helped in creation of classes and training materials for the Ohio market prior to online training. Classes consisted of product knowledge, installation process, and selling skills. Brought in vendors and manufacturers for product specific training. Traveled to Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois to conduct Train the Trainer seminars.

• Store visits – 10% off site training. Visit stores to see if store management had any concerns or needs regarding training. Would be present at all new store openings to assist management and sales associates.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts Political Science

Graduated: May 1988 University of Akron – Akron, OH

REFERENCES

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