Manager Sales
Resume:
Drenner M. Tinsley
jp4x6z@r.postjobfree.com
Rock Hill, SC 29732
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Profile
Strong background in sales, sales management, business recruitment, business development, operations management and human resources. Extensive marketing and advertising skills, communication and a focused team player.
Experience
Shoppes at River’s Edge May 2010 – Current
Business Owner, Manager
• Researched and implemented a business plan based on the current economic climate, identifying
local community needs, consumer trends and market acceptance.
• Converted the floor plan and traffic patterns from a typical furniture retail business, accommodating forty plus merchants with individual and unique requirements
• Recruited prospective merchants and executed lease agreements
• Designed and implemented company website interacting with a developer
• Analyzed spreadsheets, budgets, and cash management
• Buyer, attending trade shows, evaluating consumer trends and market opportunities
• Identifying critical issues, executing results by making sure strategies are carried out, monitoring results, and adjusting as needed
• Creating and sustaining customer relationships, taking action to meet customer needs and responding
to critical customer issues
• Assist merchants to identify and prioritize business needs by offering advice and critical suggestions
Tinsley’s Furniture & Accessories July, 1984 – April, 2010
Business Owner, Manager
• Innovative professional with 27+ years of progressive experience within the home furnishings industry and the skills to drive business growth, capitalize on new revenue potential, and manage all aspects of daily business operations.
• Quick study, with an ability to easily grasp and put into application new ideas, concepts, methods and technologies. Dedicated, innovative and self-motivated team player/builder.
• Exceptional leadership, organizational, oral/written communication, interpersonal, analytical, and problem resolution skills. Thrive in both independent and collaborative work environments.
• Developed strong customer relations, ensured employees provided highest standards of customer satisfaction and quality service at all times
• Increased product sales annually over the past ten years more than fifty percent
• Review product pricing and gross margin goals annually and establish new product pricing
• Conduct new product sales training for the sales force
• Designed and implemented a company website interacting with a developer
• Buyer for $1MM+ business, attending trade shows, evaluating consumer trends and market opportunities
• Assimilated sales force and facilitated information sharing within organization to engage and energize work force, delegating responsibilities
• Implemented warehouse and delivery procedures, scheduling and inventory management
Brendle’s Inc., Assistant Manager
Ellman’s Catalog Showroom, Assistant Manager
Eckerd Drugs Inc. Store manager
Drenner M. Tinsley
jp4x6z@r.postjobfree.com
1805 Willard Court
Rock Hill, SC 29732 Page 2
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Education
• Anderson University, Anderson, SC
Associates Business Degree
• University of South Carolina
• Winthrop University
• York Technical College
South Carolina Real Estate License
Affiliations
• City of Rock Hill Planning Commission, 8 years
• SC Licensed Realtor, The Allen Tate Company
• York County Chamber of Commerce, Past Business Recruiter
• Elder, Westminster Presbyterian Church
Chairman, New Member Assimilation
Chairman Restoration Committee
Chairman Phase III Building Committee
• Two term Diaconate Chairman at Westminster Presbyterian Church
References
Robert W. Hayes 803-***-****
SC State Senator/Attorney
Dr. Shelton Sanford III 803-***-****
Westminster Presbyterian Church/Senior Pastor
Michael Fitzgerald 803-***-****
Executive Vice President Skytech, Inc.
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