Vice President Of Sales Resume
SUMMARY:
Accomplished staffing sales and recruiting professional who excels at leading high performing teams to significantly increase market share and profitability. Proven bottom - line P&L responsibility with successful track record integrating acquisitions and growing mature operations. Extensive experience driving sales and recruiting through effective strategies and targeted market expansion. Hands-on, Results-driven leader with outstanding ability to build, mentor, and motivate teams to meet and exceed sales goals. Leverages excellent communication skills to enhance all levels of client management.
EXPERTISE AREA:
- Strategic Planning
- Sales Plans
- New Business Development
- Pipeline Development
- Contract Review
- Sales Forecasts & Budgeting
- Supplier vetting and management
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Strategic Partnerships
- Territory Expansion
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Talent Development
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential
Vice President of Sales
Responsibilities:
- Recruited to establish new Chicago office and developed a comprehensive sales and marketing plan.
- Spearheaded efforts to promote GDI’s staffing services.
- Analyzed current consulting mix to identify opportunities for new niches to market to clients.
- Developed Chicago sales plan and forecast.
- Strategized and implemented lead generation campaign utilizing email, phone, and social media.
- Maximized results by effectively leveraging talents of inside marketing team.
- Coached offshore recruiting team on how to build a strong talent network and pipeline.
- Advised salespeople on selecting professional organizations to join for networking and al purposes.
Confidential
Client Solutions Executive
Responsibilities:
- Built and cultivated new and existing accounts in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Dallas.
- Effectively communicated benefits of services to grow presence within long term accounts.
- Trained and mentored junior recruiter and sales executive.
- Developed sales strategy and territory plans for Chicago and Milwaukee by identifying untapped opportunities.
- Closed two new accounts and successfully resurrected dormant account with big potential.
- Reviewed and restructured contract from a bundle staffing deal to Managed Services project with SLA’s.
Confidential
Vice President of Business Development
Responsibilities:
- Opened and developed new and existing clients and markets.
- Hired new delivery team members in both Chicago and Minneapolis.
- Coached sales team on account plan development and developed individual goals for delivery team members.
- Built and managed strong strategic partnerships with clients and vendors.
- Personally generated $1.6 million in new business in 2014.
Confidential
Managing Director
Responsibilities:
- Managed IT, Engineering, Scientific and Professional Services lines, including 20-25 direct reports and nearly $60 million in staffing and solutions revenue.
- Developed yearly business plans for market and managed expectations to plan.
- Mentored sales staff territory plans.
- Coached team to remain productive throughout year of organizational and process changes.
- In 2011, achieved highest year-over-year growth of any market while meeting budget expectations.
- Excelled as top office 4 of the last 5 months of 2012 and exceeded budget goals in 2013.
Confidential
Director
Responsibilities:
- Spearheaded ramp up of sales and recruiting teams in both offices.
- Performed yearly business planning and quarterly forecasts.
- Wrote proposals for delivery-based services.
- Increased revenues from $1.6 million in Q1 2010 to $3.4 million in Q4 2010 by implementing new sales strategy and restructuring sales territories.
- Interviewed, selected, and hired 7 new delivery team members.
- Recognized as Presidents Club winner in 2010.
Confidential
Vice President
Responsibilities:
- Established Chicago office, including initiating new business development and marketing.
- Managed sales and recruiting, including hiring new talent.
- Oversaw territory management, yearly business plan, and budget.
- Generated sales through cold calling and networking into large and mid-sized companies.
- Opened and developed largest account to achieve annualized run rate of $1.7 million.
Confidential
Vice President Responsibilities:
- Managed sales, recruiting, and office support staff. Performed new account development, both staffing and solution sales.
- Negotiated and reviewed contracts.
- Recruited, hired, and trained delivery team members.
- Established and maintained Confidential quality system for both offices.
- Sold multi-year, multi-million-dollar infrastructure support project to Fortune 500 company.
- Achieved 300% increase in active revenue producing accounts through innovative strategy and direction.
- Reviewed and negotiated all staffing and services contracts with clients and vendors.
- Vetted and reviewed the performance of all local Confidential vendor partners.
- Re-branded office from 100 percent staffing in percent solutions-oriented business in 2008.