Sales Representative

LeRoy Reynolds ***** ***th Ave. Butterfield, MN **120

OBJECTIVE

To secure a position that will present me with a challenge according to my abilities.

JOB HISTORY

Pastor

First Mennonite Church of Butterfield

Butterfield, MNStart Date 12/1996 To Present

Oversee all church services.

Renewed contact with people who had left the church.

Started a Bible study in neighboring town.

Have seen 20% growth.

Broker/Dispatcher

STS LLC

Comfrey, MN Start Date 12/01/05 End Date 04/31/09

Duties Performed

This position required me to have good customer service skills and driver relation skills.

This position has sharpened my interpersonal and communication skills in order to answer

calls and inquires.

My self-motivation and ability to deliver results, as well as my ability to work proficiently within

a team as well as individually has helped me succeed in this multi-tasked fast-paced

environment.

My duties also required a great sense of urgency and superior problem solving skills.

Communicate with all levels of employees. Be responsible and professional.

Financial Advisor

Waddell & Reed Inc.

Mankato, MN Start Date 06/07/04 End Date 11/1/05

Duties Performed:

Daily prospecting (cold calling).

Teaching Community Ed Classes on Retirement, Money Management, Estate Planning

Church Consultant

Alanar Inc.

Butterfield, MNStart Date 10/2002 End Date 06/2004

Duties Performed:

Daily prospecting (cold calling) churches to find those preparing to build refinance or

expand.

Persuade those churches in need of funds that Alanar is the best place within the financial

market place to secure those funds.

Supervise the gathering of all necessary financial paperwork.

Lead the church through a successful church bond program.

Throughout the bond campaign I would supervise the brokers, control the blotter, take

reservations. My territory was a 7 state area.

Sales Representative

Agri-Guide Start Date 04/2002 End Date 11/2002

Butterfield, MN

My duties mostly involved maintaining established business relationships, while expanding an

already existing route of advertising for farm implement companies in a free subscription

circular.

Sales Representative

Mankato Truck & Trailer

Mankato, MNStart Date 08/2001End Date 1/2002

My duties consisted of making contacts within the manufacturing industry to sell forklifts.

Owner/Operator

Reynolds Window Cleaning

St. James, MNStart Date 02/1998End Date 09/2000

Bought an existing Business.

Tripled the sales within four months.

Sold the business in Sept. 2000 for 600% more than I purchased it for.

Sales Representative

Bishop Business Equipment

Omaha, NEStart Date 03/1996End Date 12/1996

My main responsibility was to bring a strong presence to the market place that Bishop Business Equipment is the best choice for buyers of Toshiba, Canon and Sharp copiers and faxes in a six county area of Nebraska.

This was mainly done by cold calling and relationship building.

I averaged the highest gross profit margin of anyone in the company.

I clearly made inroads and captured a larger share of the market place than this territory had previously known.

In September of ‘97 after 6 months with Bishop Business Equipment they promoted me to a more productive territory

Memorial Counselor

Westlawn-Hillcrest Cemeteries

Omaha, NEStart Date 09/1995End Date 03/1996

My main responsibility was the selling of graves, vaults and markers pre-need.

70% of my time was spent cold calling.

I was the number one salesman in the company my second week in the industry and remained within the top 10 nationally for 3 months running.

I was given the opportunity to give a sales seminar at all three cemetery locations resulting in a 15% increase in sales.

EDUCATION

Biblical HumanitiesBachelors of Science

Grace UniversityDate Completed: 05/1993

SKILLS

Motivating Others, Leadership, Sales, Cold Calling and Closing

NOTES

Seminars: How to Cold Call (I day seminar) November 18, 1996

Get Motivated Seminar (1 day Seminar) September 23, 2003

Books Read & Studied:

203 Ways to be Supremely Successful in the New World of Selling (John R. Graham)

Red-Hot Cold Call Selling, Prospecting Techniques That Pay Off (Paul S. Goldner)

Prospecting Your Way To Sales Success, How To Find New Business By Phone (Bill Good)

Be Your Own Sales Manager (Tony Alessandra Ph.D., Jim Cathcart, John Monoky Ph.D.)

The Art Of Closing Any Deal (James W. Pickens)

Prospecting The Key to Sales Success (Virden J. Thornton)

Words That Sell (Richard Bayan)

Letters That Sell (Edward W. Werz)

Relationship Selling (Jim Cathcart)

How I Raised Myself From Failure To Success In Selling (Frank Bettger)

How To Make Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)

Who Moved My Cheese (Spencer Johnson, Kenneth H. Blanchard)

Most all of Zig Ziegler books.

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