Description
Loyal and experienced director with exceptional interpersonal, communication and leadership skills.
Work Experience
COMPANY | POSITION HELD | DATES WORKED |
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(Confidential) | (Confidential) | 12/2003 - Present |
Education
SCHOOL | MAJOR | YEAR | DEGREE |
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Texas A&M University | History | 1991 | Bachelor Degree |
Accomplishments
Highlights:
USA TODAY; Dallas, Texas 12/02-Present Circulation Director • Director of Dallas regional circulation office managing sales and operations department totaling 17 employees, supervising 260+ independent contractors in the sale and distribution of USA TODAY in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. • Manage $6 million dollar operation budget. Responsibilities include strategic sales planning, budgeting, distribution, production, transportation logistics and management of two satellite offices. • Directed market team to $500,000 net profit increase on $7.8 million in revenue in 2005. The 34% margin represented the largest year over year increase among 21 USA TODAY market offices. • Senior manager in Dallas circulation office. Also, served as a team leader coordinating the 2006 consolidation of our Dallas, Houston and Memphis operations and market offices. • Negotiated distribution partnership with The Dallas Morning News. Agreement will yield $1.25 million in expense savings and will add $250,000 in top line revenue growth over term of contract. • Orchestrated exclusive agreement with D/FW Airport generating $50K annually in sales revenue. • Manage regional account relationships with national vendors including 7-Eleven, Albertsons, Safeway, Kroger, Shell, Exxon Mobil and Quik Trip. • Director of regional operations for the sale and distribution of Sports Weekly. Sales strategy contributed to $50,000 net revenue improvement in 2005. • Selected as an inaugural member of National Process Assessment team responsible for auditing circulation operations nationwide. • Chosen as a national training facilitator for circulation employee new hire orientation. • Ten time recipient of a national circulation award selected annually by executive management team. USA TODAY; Denver, Colorado 2/98-12/02 Circulation Manager • Directed sales and operations department consisting of 11 employees and $4.5 million dollar budget throughout Rocky Mountain region. • Negotiated million dollar distribution and transportation partnership with Denver Newspaper Agency. Agreement resulted in over $500,000 in expense savings and added over $500,000 in revenue growth since the inception of contract. • Accelerated circulation revenues an average of 10% or $150,000 per year during time in Denver. USA TODAY; Atlanta, Georgia 9/95-2/98 Circulation Manager • Served as a member of 1996 Olympic Games circulation and marketing management team. USA TODAY; Houston, Texas 11/92-9/95 District Sales Manager and subsequently promoted to Zone Manager (93-95) IAM/Environmental, Inc.; Tampa, Florida 12/91-11/92 Assistant Project Manager/Contract AdministratorCompanies I like:
JC Penney, , Frito Lay, , Pepsico, , Cadbury Schweppes Beverages
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Responsibilities
Director of Dallas office where I am involved in leading and managing our regional sales and operation team.