JASON DESMOND
Franklin, TN. **064
-- OBJECTIVE --
Seeking managerial position in order to directly make positive impact with company, willing to relocate.
-- SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS --
· Effectively works alone & as a corporately as a team member.
· Unique & effective technique in sales, training & management.
· Top-notch professional in appearance, presentation & productivity.
· Extensive practical hands-on experience in all levels of Management.
· Motivated & enthusiastic about developing good relations with client & staff.
· Over fifteen years of successful experience in direct sales of a range of products & services.
· Consistantly had great collections with over 500 accounts at Rent-A-Center.
-- RELEVANT SKILLS --
SALES, NEW ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT SKILLS
· Increased every company's revenue & sales through market research, promotion & raising up exceptional staffs.
· Successfully increased productivity & sales by more than a 75% average every company affiliated with over a 15 year period.
· Consistently raised others for promotions & had lowest turnover.
· Received Manager of the Year several times from two different companies.
· Top 1% in sales with S & K Menswear.
ADVERTISING, MARKETING, DISTRIBUTION
· Have success in increase in sales by focusing on customer service, improving distribution services.
· Handles all aspects of order taking & processing.
· Brought back restaurant from dead & tripled its sales within first year right out of college.
· Keeps accurate, current computer records of inventory, international suppliers, brokers, shippers, etc.
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
· Served as District Mananger for CitiGroup:
Coordinated product information & distribution for 50 field representatives & major accounts.
Promoted products at trade shows throughout the region.
Handled face-to-face contacts with new & established customers.
· Oversaw the production of advertising & its placement in major trade publications.
· Led the Southeast in customer service while General Manager of Natron Corporation (Pizza Hut).
-- EMPLOYMENT HISTORY --
2005 - Present
District Manager / General Manager
S & K MENSWEAR
Company went bankrupt.
1997 - 2005
District Manager / Sr. Associate
CITIGROUP
Health issues in the family.
1994 - 1997
General Manager
RENT-A-CENTER
Was offered a better opportunity.
1993 - 1994
General Manager / Assistant Manager / Shift Manager / Driver
PIZZA HUT
Looking to challenge myself more.
1990 - 1993
YN3 (E4) / AN (E3) / AA (E2) / AR (E1)
UNITED STATES NAVY
Desert Storm Veteran Received Honorable Discharge
-- EDUCATION --
Continuing Education, USN, Business Administration
Central Texas College, Business Management
Dickson County Sr. High, Diploma