Eric Audas
( / Mobile: 805-***-**** * *************@*****.*** - 2116 Denny St. Simi Valley, CA 93065
Actively seeking a key role with an organization in need of a qualified individual with excellent sales and communication skills, accompanied with initiatives, multi-tasking abilities and drive to accomplish goals and objectives
Dynamic, success-driven and self-motivated professional with significant years of experience in providing an exceptional performance in sales, management and client relations. Proven performance increasing revenue production. Successful negotiator with strong business acumen and work ethic. Articulate, advanced communicator, listener and cultivator of key relationships with all levels of personnel, clients, businesses and executive managers. Exceptionally high energy individual skilled with superior interpersonal skills necessary to develop, maintain and retain the luxury segment of the market. Able to work independently with a very little supervision and maintain a high level of performance. Recognized for professionalism, positive mental attitude and commitment to excellence.
CORE COMPETENCIES
§ SALES - Knowledgeable of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services including marketing strategy, product demonstration, promotions, and sales techniques increasing revenue.
§ EXCELLENT STRATEGIST - Provide solutions that boost productivity and efficiency across the organization. Quickly identify problem areas and implement effective solutions to meet goals.
§ EXCEPTIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS - Ability to prioritize tasks to accomplish maximum results, timely completion of projects, and ability to address organizational problems with innovative solutions.
§ STRONG SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY - Solid professional standards; excellent track record of dependability. Maintain focus on achieving results while implementing solutions to meet a diversity of needs.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TECHNICAL SALES
§ Perform servicing customers with technical issues and building up clientele to $800,000 in annual sales in Horizon Printing Ink, $1,500,000 in Sun Chemical and $700,000 in Superior Printing Ink
§ Manage sales for Southern California
§ Introduce, demonstrate and promote all current and new products
§ Maximize market penetration in assigned segments
§ Sets sales objectives for distributors and their sales force
§ Develop and maintain long-term relationships with customers
§ Manage and interpret customer requirements - speaking with clients to understand, anticipate and meet their needs
§ Calculate client quotations
§ Negotiate and close sales by agreeing terms and conditions
§ Analyze costs and sales
§ Effectively resolve client problems
CAREER OVERVIEW
Technical Sales: Horizon Printing Ink Ontario, CA Jan-2010-Present
Account Manager: Sun Chemical Santa Fe Springs, CA Jan-Dec 2009
Technical Sales: Superior Printing Ink Commerce, CA 2005-2009
Inplant Manager: Ink Systems Inc. Commerce, CA 2000-2005
Lab Manager/ Inplant Manager: INX International Los Angeles, CA 1987-2000
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
9 credits short of a degree in Psychology: Moorpark College Moorpark, CA
Various Sales training Seminars, Trained in Microsoft Word and Excel documents and Spreadsheets