Colin Fitzgerald
General Manager at Gunderson Family Companies- Claim this Profile
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Matthew Springborn
Colin exemplifies the skills and attributes that make a winning salesman. He is a quick study, has ambition, and the guy can close! He also maintains a healthy work/life balance and is fun to be around.
Matthew Springborn
Colin exemplifies the skills and attributes that make a winning salesman. He is a quick study, has ambition, and the guy can close! He also maintains a healthy work/life balance and is fun to be around.
Matthew Springborn
Colin exemplifies the skills and attributes that make a winning salesman. He is a quick study, has ambition, and the guy can close! He also maintains a healthy work/life balance and is fun to be around.
Matthew Springborn
Colin exemplifies the skills and attributes that make a winning salesman. He is a quick study, has ambition, and the guy can close! He also maintains a healthy work/life balance and is fun to be around.
Experience
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Gunderson Uniform & Linen Rental
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United States
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Textile Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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General Manager
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Sep 2014 - Present
• Overall P&L responsibility, managed key functional managers, created alignment to strategic imperatives and plans for organic growth, and ensured flawless execution of the daily business operations. • Grew business-unit revenue, reduced fuel, and labor costs. • Develop strategic alliances with key stakeholders and critical vendors/suppliers, create and nurture customers relationships to achieve revenue growth. • Increase profitability through reducing production hours, implementing other efficiency initiatives, as well as billing process improvements. • Improve bottom line performance by reducing service team size and reducing production labor costs. • Promote a collaborative environment, cultivating growth and development to improve individual and team performance. Show less
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UniFirst Corporation
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United States
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Textile Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Outside Sales Representative
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Sep 2013 - Sep 2014
• Grew market share, managed large accounts and successfully increased existing client annual spend in assigned sales territory. • Integrated and maximized new business opportunities using effective channel partnership strategies. • Sold the largest weekly volume account of any sales team member in the state during my employment with the company. • Grew market share, managed large accounts and successfully increased existing client annual spend in assigned sales territory. • Integrated and maximized new business opportunities using effective channel partnership strategies. • Sold the largest weekly volume account of any sales team member in the state during my employment with the company.
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Northeast Photocopy (NEP)
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Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
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Account Manager
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Apr 2012 - Oct 2013
• Responsible for communicating differentiated value proposition and driving sales growth with existing customer base and prospecting new clients to deliver solutions to meet the customer’s needs and minimize operational risks. • Improved company’s market share, and provided recommendations/strategies on how to penetrate target client accounts and grow revenue. • Consistently met and exceeded monthly sales quotas, and achieved 170% to plan in first month. • Responsible for communicating differentiated value proposition and driving sales growth with existing customer base and prospecting new clients to deliver solutions to meet the customer’s needs and minimize operational risks. • Improved company’s market share, and provided recommendations/strategies on how to penetrate target client accounts and grow revenue. • Consistently met and exceeded monthly sales quotas, and achieved 170% to plan in first month.
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MetLife
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United States
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Insurance
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700 & Above Employee
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Property and casualty specailist
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Apr 2010 - Apr 2012
• Established customer and key stakeholder relationships, built credibility, assessed customer’s requirements, and recommended differentiated home, auto and life insurance products to meet those needs. • Performed product analyses and review multiple data sources to determine customer trends and communicated results to senior management. • Held highest closing percent and retention rate and ranked top 3 producers in state and exceeded company sales quota all eight quarters. • Established customer and key stakeholder relationships, built credibility, assessed customer’s requirements, and recommended differentiated home, auto and life insurance products to meet those needs. • Performed product analyses and review multiple data sources to determine customer trends and communicated results to senior management. • Held highest closing percent and retention rate and ranked top 3 producers in state and exceeded company sales quota all eight quarters.
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The Golfer's Outlet
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Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States
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Store Manager
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Aug 2002 - Oct 2009
• Responsible for day-to-day store operations and ensured that customers had an exceptional customer experience. • Doubled store sales through effective sales and marketing strategies from 2003 through 2007. • Exceeded monthly and annual sales every year from 2002 through 2009. • Responsible for day-to-day store operations and ensured that customers had an exceptional customer experience. • Doubled store sales through effective sales and marketing strategies from 2003 through 2007. • Exceeded monthly and annual sales every year from 2002 through 2009.
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Education
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University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
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Neenah High School