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Minority Owner/Event Manager/Chef

I am currently a liaison between company and client interaction. I've gained experience with processing orders, presenting new product lines, selling closeout orders, shipping/allocating, design, negotiating pricing, reporting and analysis, billing, budgeting, and advocating plans, goals and tasks. 

My current professional goal is to reach a senior professional level in sales.

I am also a minority owner for The Pizza Truck Company. I have 4 years experience with promotion and I am responsible for growing the company 400% since inception in 2010.
I helped to staff, market and plan about 200 parties per year for the company and customers.
I maintain and update social media sites with our current news and information.
I assist in catering events and parties for clients.
I've helped franchised 2 trucks to Sbarro, LLC.

- Responsible for promoting and growing the company 400% since inception in 2010.
- Helped to staff, market and plan  ~200 events per year for the company and customers. 
- Maintain and update social media sites with our current news and information.
- Assist in catering events and parties for clients.
- Franchise trucks to other companies and corporations (Sbarro, LLC).
- Catered events for: Bridgewater, Datto, Lego, BDF, Cushman Wakefield, Weeden, Viking Construction, General Electric, Ford Motor Company, Uconn Football, Miami University, Brandon Fraser (Actor), Jonathan Quick (LA Kings), Matt Moulson (Buffalo Sabres), Colin Kaepernick (San Francisco 49ers), Martin St. Louis (New York Rangers), Chris Drury (New York Rangers), Mara Family (NY Giants owner) and many others.

- Strategically analyze and sell major league sports apparel globally
- Assume leadership role internally, guiding coordinators and internal
operations
- Establish and maintain relationships with accounts
- Key strategic accounts include: Academy, Scheels, Modell’s Sporting
Goods, Champ Sports, Sports Authority, Rally House (Kansas Sampler
Corp.)
- Team shops include: Yankees, Royals, Cardinals, Rockies, Marlins,
Rays, Rangers, Chiefs, Buccaneers, Dolphins, Broncos, Jaguars
- Sales volume of $5.6M
- Travel 30% of the year
- Responsible for presenting seasonal product lines to clients
- Attend trade shows
- Proactively ensure success at all stages of the sales cycle, including
prospecting development, deal and concept ideation, closing
business and servicing accounts
- Identify and make recommendations for new business opportunities and trends
- Negotiate pricing
- Analyze and forecast weekly sales (retail math)

Account Executive

- Managed Adidas, NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA and NCAA apparel lines
- Managed roughly $5M annual volume
- Accounts include Stage Stores, Modell’s Sporting Goods, Burlington
Store, Forman Mills, Lax World and Lacrosse Unlimited
- Assisted the Outside Sales Representative with the development of merchandise assortments, sales and inventory plans
- Secured new accounts, such as Stage Stores ($500K volume)
- Presented major product lines
- Communicated with stores regarding store inventory and assortment
issues
- Tracked shipments and deliveries
- Entered purchase orders
- Communicated product knowledge to stores
- Analyzed and generated weekly selling reports
- Collaborated with internal operations such as design, product
development and logistics in order to meet customer needs - Maintained adequate, current record keeping

Account Manager

- Managed Nike, Nike SB, Jordan Brand and Converse - Accounts included Dillard’s and Stage Stores
- Experience in merchandising and presenting
- Analyzed weekly sales and managed direct reports - Experience in customer service and data entry
- High-level skills with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and order processing systems

Sales Coordinator

- Worked with Nike SB (skateboard) and Team (NCAA division 1 teams). 
- Helped with sales and design. 
- Gained Microsoft excel and client interaction experience.

Summer Internship

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