Sales Representative

**** ****** ******** ** • TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA 34688

727-***-**** (CELL) / 727-***-**** (FAX) • ***.******@*******.***

RONALD R. POWERS

EXPERIENCE

**** - ******* ** **** ******* Largo, Fl.

Tampa Bay Area Sales Representative

Duties include sales & marketing of Florida Importer / Distributor’s Single Estate Fine Wines from France, Italy, Spain, Argentina & Chile throughout the Tampa Bay area. Target markets are wine & liquor stores, wine bars, banquet halls, restaurants & bars. Responsibilities include scheduling and conducting wine tastings as well as restaurant wine dinners, creating new relationships & opening new accounts, maintaining existing accounts, monitoring accounts receivables.

2003 - 2009 Coronado Stone Products, Inc. Simpsonville, SC.

Florida Manufacturer’s Representative

Duties include managing all sales and promotion of manufactured stone and related products for the State of Florida construction market.. Responsibilities include qualifying and opening up distributors statewide, training and working with their sales force, CEU Architectural presentations, tracking projects statewide, working construction reports, calling on general contractors, builders, developers, and installers of manufactured stone and related products. Duties also include managing the national account for Darden Restaurants, which entails completing all take-offs and direct quotes to Darden for Olive Garden, Red Lobster, and Smokey Bones restaurants in the U.S.

2001 - 2003 Florida Tile Industries, Inc. Lakeland, Fl..

Sales Representative

Duties include sales and promotion of ceramic tile, porcelain tile, travertine and natural stone, and related accessories from manufacturer’s distribution location in Lakeland to the builder, designer, and installer throughout the greater Tampa Bay area.

1990 - 2001 Alpha Tile Distributors, Inc. Tampa, Fl..

Sales Representative

Duties included sales and promotion of ceramic tile, porcelain tile, natural stone, and related products to the construction industry. Territories included Tampa Bay area, Florida Panhandle, and Southwest Alabama.

1988 - 1990 Paver Systems, Inc. Orlando, Fl..

Manufacturer’s Representative

Duties included sales and promotion of interlocking concrete pavers to architects, builders, developers, and installers. Sales / Marketing territory included West Coast of Florida.

1983 - 1988 Coloroc Materials, Inc. Tampa, Fl..

Sales Manager / Sales Representative

Duties included sales and promotion of brick, natural stone, and related masonry products to the construction industry. Duties also included training and overseeing sales efforts of sales persons.

EDUCATION

1 years - University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio

General business classes

Graduated from Bedford High School - Lambertville, Michigan

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