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Business Development Manager

Professionally a Business Development Manager with a demonstrated history of working in consumer goods and higher education. Possessing a strong business acumen, skilled in understanding analytics and the need to foster solid working relationships.

Personally an avid ultra-marathon runner with a passion for conservation and the outdoors

• Implements headquarter calls and penetrates key positions at customers in the southeast region
• Meeting and/or exceeding Clients' goals for sales, distribution, pricing, shelving, and promotional volume
• Manage/maximize manufacturer marketing/promotional funds to achieve sales goals while staying within financial guideline

• Managed business for ~45 HBC/GM brands
• Responsible for presenting new innovation from clients to increase sales and distribution
• Used interpersonal skills to strengthen relationships between category managers and the brands
• Understood and explained IRI and Nielsen data to help show strengths and opportunities in new item and promotional strategies allowing us to effectively grow business of customer and client
• Maximized manufacturer marketing/promotional funds to achieve sales goals for large and small clients

Customer Development Manager

• Helped design presentations for new products and displays which were successfully presented at the Harris Teeter Corporate office
• Managed promotional and financial planning/ CRM tools for clients
• Entrusted to quickly learn product space management at Harris Teeter corporate when a position temporarily needed to be filled on short notice

Business Development Specialist

• Assisted a business development manager with client planning
• Learned through a series of sales, marketing, and leadership trainings
• Effectively managed the role of a retail sales merchandiser with high quality efforts in merchandising, customer   rapport building and creation of spotlights for clients

Leadership Development Associate

• Proven leader on the admissions team by creating a positive and optimistic work environment	while maintaining professionalism
• Worked effectively with students and parents to establish rapport and represent all areas of study at Pfeiffer to ensure a good fit
• Traveled significantly along the east coast to college fairs and high schools recruiting students while maintaining a social media admissions presence and effectively managing workload remotely

Admissions Counselor

Charles L. Sommers National High Adventure Bases
• Led and recruited for a program which has continuity solely through volunteerism
• Increased employee performance through training while developing resources to conduct successful program and trail building
• Worked in conjunction with the US Forest Service to provide quality conservation efforts in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

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Grady L. Gaston: Business Development Manager in Monroe, NC

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