Sales Manager

James A. Lentz • ****Gulf to Bay Blvd, Clearwater Florida 33759 352-***-****

rhscsl@r.postjobfree.com

Executive Profile

Business Development - Operations - Customer Care

Building revenue and being cost aware to add dollars to the profit margin. Listen and respond to customer needs, to build positive customer satisfaction. A track record of success and innovation, creating programs and procedures that improve customer satisfaction; expanding productivity and enhance marketing success. A seasoned leader motivated in exceeding business objectives.

Areas of Expertise

• Time Management . Customer Care

. Communication Skills . Administration Duties

. Personal Consulting Specialist . Operations Management

Experience

Wall and Associates- Regional Sales manager for the Southeast Region of the United States

(January 2008 to present). Responsibilities include: Sales performance of the region,

hiring and on going training of Sales Consultants to be place throughout the United States.

Ranked number one Salesman in 2009 and top Region in Sales. All newly trained Sales

Consultants finished in the top ten of the Sales force. Head of Business Division;

handling all business leads, both large and small throughout the United States.

Global Equity Lending- Loan Originator in Florida. (2007 to January 2008) Company

Closed do to economic down turn.

JK Harris & Company- Regional Sales Manager for the Southeast Region of the United States (April 2000 to May 2007). Responsibilities include: Sales performance of region, hiring and on going training of Sales Consultants. Ranked top Region in 2004 and 2006, and second in 2005. Had the highest paid Tax Consultants in the Company in 2005. Seven of the top ten income earners came from my region. I had the highest retention from 2004 to June of 2006. Ranked first or second in Average Case size and in Closing Percentage. I left JK Harris due to integrity reasons.

JK Harris & Company- Sales Consultant for the New York Market (April1999 to April 2000). Met with clients in established offices and Sale JK Harris as a solution to IRS Tax problem. Top Sales person for year ending 1999. Promoted to Regional Sales Manager.

Kimberly’s Family Restaurant- (June 1994 to September 1999). Owned and operated restaurant in Grove City, Pennsylvania. Created menu, ordered food, prepared meals, controlled food cost, payroll and all other daily tasks. Restaurant was very successful and was purchased.

SYSCO Foods- (May 1993 to November 1994). Food Sales Consultant in the North West region of Pennsylvania. Purchased Restaurant.

ServiceMaster of Indiana County- (March 1986 to May 1993). Owned and operated a franchise. Employed 118 employees with sales of $1.2 million per year. Sold franchise.

American Express Financial Services- known as Ameriprise. (1980 to 1986). Regional Vice President. Managed Northwest Pennsylvania and was responsible for 30 Financial Planners. Managed sales performance, hiring of new Planners, budgeting and goal setting for my region. Purchased ServiceMaster franchise.

Achievements

• Graduate of the Dale Carnegie Course, September 1999

• Profitability – award given to me by Paul Harvey, a majority stock holder of ServiceMaster Corporation.

• Field Trainer for Franklin Planner, June 1983

Received many awards with ServiceMaster, fast growth each year I was in business.

Who’s who in Small Business, 1990

• Lead a large campaign in 1992, running for the State House of Representatives in Pennsylvania.

• Top percentage Customer Satisfaction, JK Harris. (2006,2007)

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Political Science – Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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