Sales and Retail (fsr/dm/mgmt/acct.

rep & merchandising)

____________________SUMMARY____________________
My comprehensive and successful background makes me very uniquelly qualified for
positions in sales and retail that few can compare. My experience encompasses
being a awarded top sales professional, #1 field service representative visiting
close to 20,000 merchants for companies like American Express and Discover, ove
r 10 years merchandising all over the country for most stores, district manager
auditing/managing crews and a reatail store manager. Some attributes: Very prof
essional, highly focused, driven, self-motivated, effective organizational and p
c skills, thoroughly enjoy working extra hard to excel, great customer service s
kills, excellent as a manager/trainer, super at meeting deadlines and goals, dep
endable and great at juggling many things at once.
____________________EXPERIENCE____________________
2009 to Present - Field Service Rep/Sales
Discover (credit cards) thru Stratmar, Miami/Ft. Laud/Denver/San Diego & L
.A.
Download list of merchants, route most efficiently, make my own schedule, cold-c
all visit, do audit and submit report via web same day, complete all by due date
, meet with management, convey/sell benefits of card acceptance, collect certain
information, graphic placement.
* Consistently ranked in top 10 throughout the country for success rate, product
ion and productivity every week. Visited close to 5000 merchants so far.
2006 to 2008 - Field Service Rep/Sales
American Express thru Ogilvy, Houston and Dallas
Download list of merchants (over 13,500 visited by me in Dallas & Houston market
s), route efficiently, complete by due dates, submit report same day via web, se
ll acceptance and benefits of acceptance to merchants, collect information while
meeting with management, audit, place graphic where necessary, etc.
* #1 Rep in both markets I worked in terms of dependability, production, etc.
2005 to 2007 - Sales and merchandising
Advantage and Derema Merchandising Co's., Houston/Fort Lauderdale.
Stores merchandised: Academy Sports, Bass pro, Camping World, Gander Mtn., Osh K
osh, Rei & West Marine for Derema. Advantage: Winn Dixie, Safeway, Albertsons, V
ons and Ralphs. Duties: merchandised and sold Magellan gps units, sunglasses an
d other lines incl. doing resets, misc. assignments, POS, planogram integrity, e
tc. Downloaded assignments, submitted reports via web and completed by due date
s.
2004 to 2005 - Merchandiser
Philip Morris thru Mosaic, Las Vegas and Honolulu, Hawaii
Merchandised: Too many to list individual chains but all mass-merchandise, groce
ry, drug, liquor, independent, gas and mom/pop establishments. Duties: downloa
ded assignments, reported store visit/audit via handheld laptop, transmitted dai
ly, resets, planogram integrity, pop placement, customer relations, etc.
2003 to 2005 - Realtor
Century 21 , Las Vegas
Ruby award winner for being tops in sales (over $4,000,000 sales first full year
), I was un-teamed and worked for myself. I worked 7 days a week anytime. I ra
n web sites, advertised via newspaper, weekly publications, flyers, post cards,
etc. Expanded home sales to land outside of Las Vegas and gained clientele from
California to New York for my sales ability, word or mouth, diligent work work
which I enjoyed and excelled at.
1998 to 2003 - District Manager (Qtm) & Merchandiser (Crsmrk)
Quantum Services and Crossmark, Las Vegas/Denver
For Quantum I was the sole District Manager for Las Vegas. About 50 Terrible He
rbst, and other stores I would audit monthly. I planned the routing according t
o stores criteria, hired, trained and worked in the field daily (2 crews). I wo
uld audit the stores merchandising, customer service and inventory levels. Subm
it a report to mgmt. and home office. For Crossmark I merchandised Walmarts, Tar
get, K-marts, Sams, King Soopers, Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Ralphs, Walgreens,
Rite-aid, CVS, Sav-ON, 7-11, independents.
1993 to 1998 - Manager
Rite-Aid, Los Angeles to Simi Valley
I started as Mgmt. trnee and was in mgmt. within 6 months (one of the quickest),
all mgmt duties, planned ad, ordered, trained, deposit, scheduling, inventory,
resets, opened, closed, customer service, etc.

____________________EDUCATION____________________
Mesa/City and Denver University
Business and pre-med