Experience

Herff Jones

• United States
• Consumer Goods
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Sales Representative

  • Dec 2012 - Present

  -Consistently #1 in sales for our top 10 nationally ranked office-Create over 120 marketing/sales presentations annually that generate over a $1M in annual sales-Lead sales presentations to large groups of students and staff to create sales and product awareness-Establish pricing structures for class jewelry, soft goods and fine paper to maximize profit margins-Maintain relationships with over 85% of the schools in our territory (75 high schools)-Responsible for leading our annual sales training seminar as well as training new employees-Review and evaluate product line designs annually to be implemented into our line of products-Establish processes to increase efficiency for order entry, logistics, and marketing-Responsible for over 80% of our total sales revenue year to year

• Senior Sales Representative

  • Dec 2012 - Present



Barnes and Noble Bookstore

• Customer / Inventory Specialist

  • Jun 2009 - Feb 2012

  -Mastered customer service techniques through the understanding of buyer needs -Improved distribution processes to help make the bookstore run more efficiently-Recorded shipping and receiving inventories-Communicated and collaborated with other branches to help streamline returns and manage inventory-Established more efficient processes to check-in inventory reducing the necessary work force-Created and coordinated employee schedules from week to week -Mastered customer service techniques through the understanding of buyer needs -Improved distribution processes to help make the bookstore run more efficiently-Recorded shipping and receiving inventories-Communicated and collaborated with other branches to help streamline returns and manage inventory-Established more efficient processes to check-in inventory reducing the necessary work force-Created and coordinated employee schedules from week to week



Kokomo High School Bookstore

• Inventory Specialist

  • May 2004 - Aug 2008

  -Assembled over 2,000 student book packages and delivered them to classrooms-Improved distribution processes to help make the bookstore run more efficiently-Maintained an average inventory of approximately 10,000 books-Processed monetary transactions between the store and customers -Assembled over 2,000 student book packages and delivered them to classrooms-Improved distribution processes to help make the bookstore run more efficiently-Maintained an average inventory of approximately 10,000 books-Processed monetary transactions between the store and customers