Villard, Minnesota, United States
With many years of Sales, Management, Business Operations, and Training experience. I am customer oriented and profit focused, with a vast portfolio of different industry experience. This experience gives me the ability to provide optimization in any endeavor.
Account Manager Sales/Training Hirshfield’s Paints/Coatings 2022 to Present * Developed and Presented Onboarding Program for new associates. * Managed Vendor training participation and scheduling. * Outside Sales Representative for NW Minnesota Territory * Initiated store locations volume growth for multiple years
Commercial Excellence Manager PPG Architectural Coatings 2019 to 2022 * Developed Onboarding Training for Home Center Channel customers. * Provided Product Sales Training to help store associates develop the best sales approach. * Product Knowledge training of PPG products to business units, including seminar broadcasts * Developed positive working relationships with Store and Department Management. * Provided CRM Training to Sales Representatives, as well as SWOT Analysis Training.
Training Specialist/Territory Manager * Provided sales skills training to PPG Territory Managers for national and regional channels. * Developed and implemented New Store Associate Training Instructions. * On-boarded New Territory Managers for home center channels. * Developed End User Sales Process Best Practices Training. * Presented Partnership Selling curriculum at PPG corporate seminars. * Assisted in development of Territory Manager sales training curriculum. * Oversaw multiple account stores within greater Minnesota. Awarded Top 5 Rep in 2015, # 1 Rep 2019. Sales success with Contractors, Pros, and Retail Customers. * Provided Product Sales Training to help store associates develop best sales approach. * Product Knowledge training of PPG products to store team, including seminars. * Developed positive working relationships with Store and Department Management. * Participated in special events, store openings, competitive analysis, and sales contests.
* Facilitated new programs at retail level to Store and Dept. Managers. * Serviced and sold to customers in existing retail departments. * Developed relationships with store personnel to increase sales. * Reset departments, monitored inventory and tracked sales to increase supplier distribution. * Managed multi-state territory for service to Lowe’s Home Improvement Group.