Sales Representative

OBJECTIVE: To attain a sales position with a health and wellness company that is progressive, socially responsible and mindful of the importance of proper health care, nutrition and fitness to society.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

The Bootcamp Express

Chicago, IL

5/10 – Present

Co-Owner/ Instructor

• Creator and program designer for the unique fitness concept with revenues at operational break even within the fourth month.

• Develop sales and marketing strategies with a great emphasis in social media and “free” advertisement methods.

• Design and manage the build out including budget, construction of physical store front and hiring/coordination of vendors.

• Hiring, scheduling and management of staff of 20 personal trainers.

Lifetime Fitness

Burr Ridge, IL

December 2008-May 2010

Personal Trainer

• Sell and manage an average of $10,000 per month in personal training and ancillary products.

• Manage group training in the form of bootcamp and weight loss specific classes, all were run and advertised as additional fee, revenue generating group classes in 12 week segments

ITW Stretch Packaging Systems

Arlington Heights, Illinois

3/06 – 3/08

North Central Regional Sales Representative

• Created 6% growth in 2008 while managing 2.7 million dollars in existing business over a 7 state territory (IA, IL, MI, MN, ND, SD, WI) selling both direct and through distributor/OEM relationships.

Globe Ticket & Label

Elk Grove Village, Illinois 10/05 – 3/06

Great Lakes Account Manager

• Developed new relationships and profitable accounts with one professional and two minor league sports team accounts in the Chicago metro area.

• Responsible for maintaining one million dollars of existing accounts; territory included IL, MN, IA, OH, MI, KY, WS.

CM Associates / Cypress Multigraphics, Inc.

Tinley Park, Illinois

3/05 – 10/05

Senior Sales Representative

• Cultivated original business including one new distributor account and one national end user account totally $250M in new immediate new business.

U. S. Tape & Label

St. Louis, Missouri 10/03 – 3/05

Regional Sales Representative

• Developed a zero base territory to include two new distributor accounts and end user accounts with P&G and Energizer.

• Responsible for starting the untouched Chicago sales territory.

• Territory included the greater St. Louis area, Southern Missouri and I was solely esponsible for starting an untouched Chicago sales territory.

GLADYS MANION REAL ESTATE

Clayton, Missouri

2/03 – 3/05

Real Estate Agent

• Residential home sales as a part time, independent contractor averaged over one million dollars annually.

CHASE PARK PLAZA CATERING

St. Louis, Missouri

1/00 – 11/02

Catering Sales Manager

• Sold 1.2 million dollars in food and beverage sales executed in 2001.

• Served as a team leader in the sales division, training new sales associates.

EDUCATION:

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY, Springfield, Missouri

B.A. 1992

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