Manager Sales Representative

Luis H. Rios Jr. ** Baldwin Drive

845-***-**** Wappinger Falls, NY 12590

917-***-**** Cell *******@***.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

17+ Year Retail / Service Industry Experience. A proven asset to any Sales oriented organization.

• Sales Representative: Lorillard Tobacco Company, New York, NY

• Area manager: GMR Marketing Inc., New York, NY

• Program Manager: News America Marketing Corp., Norwalk, CT

• Manager: Radio Shack Corp., Portchester, NY

JOB HISTORY

• Lorillard Tobacco Company, 03/07 – 05/10 : Sales Representative responsible for managing relationships between storeowners and Lorillard, managing promotional initiatives, securing and maintaining point of purchase displays for customers and contracting new locations. Increased current territory size by 500%

• GMR Marketing Inc., 10/04 – 03/07: Area Manager responsible for market research in the New York City, Westchester and Fairfield county territory. Supervise a staff of 15 researchers. Responsible for staffing, payroll, inventory as well as consolidation and interpretation of research data. Exceeding all performance goals

• News America Marketing Corp., 3/99 – 10/04: Program Manager for Phillip Morris merchandising program. Responsible for hiring, training and day-to-day supervision of News America merchandisers hired to merchandise the Phillip Morris tobacco line of products. Primary liaison between News America and Phillip Morris management.

• Radio Shack Corp., 3/93 – 4/00: Hired as a manager Trainee. And quickly promoted to Store Manager after successful completion of all requirements; from electronic certification, open / close procedures, year-to-year P&L, daily reporting and payroll. Managed a $1,000,000 per year store that showed a substantial sales gain from all previous management. Responsible for ordering, merchandising, stock transfers, periodic inventory and store P&L. Achievements included: membership in the $250,000 personal sales club and award winner for achieving a 12% year to year sales gain in 1999. Attended management training and received a certificate of completion.

EDUCATION

Interboro Institute, New York, NY

John Jay College Of Business, New York, NY

News America Marketing Manager Training Program, Norwalk, CT

Radio Shack Corporation Management Training, Ft. Worth, TX

SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Windows

STRENGTHS

Strong communications skills

Well organized and detail oriented

Work well with people in a team environment

High level of self-motivation

Quick learner

Fluent in Spanish

AVAILABLE TO WORK ANYWHERE IN THE TRI-STATE AREA

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