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Ron Brooks

Chesterfield

Summary

Dynamic leader with a proven track record at Verizon, adept in sales tactics and customer relations. Excelled in business development, achieving significant account growth and revenue generation. Skilled in strategic planning and partnership development, with a knack for fostering client relationships and leading teams to exceed sales targets by over 30%.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Account Manager

Verizon
04.2024 - Current

-Support current Verizon customers with their existing services.

-Identifying opportunity's to grow accounts with multiple products that Verizon offers.


-Deploy large equipment orders in the felid without impacting day to day business operations.


-Prospect new business acquisition opportunities by calling, emailing or visiting the business directly. It is my responsibility to come up with creative ways to get in front of the right decision makers to discuss a switch to Verizon or an expansion of their already existing Verizon partnership.


-Foster a healthy personable relationship with the decision makers on each account. Sometimes this includes casual conversation, going out for coffee,lunch,dinner or even hosting customers at public events in order to gain a better understanding of the customers business priorities and challenges.


-Maintaining a healthy 30,60 and 90 day funnel consist of a wide verity of products in order to achieve monthly sales targets.


-Being able to think critically and solve urgent problems that come up in the customers day to day business while maintaining my own sales activity.


-Expanding my personal development by networking with partners from other channels of the business. Shadow different job types in order to understand and learn whats possible in our business.


-Achieve monthly sales target. This consist of various different growth and revenue metrics.

Managing Partner

Verizon
01.2023 - 04.2023

- Lead a team of 6 Sr. Account Manager who have individual sales targets that roll up to a overall team quota.


- Creating additional sales strategies for my team that help them secure meetings, identify sales opportunities, effectively deliver proposals, navigate through account maintenance issues and resolving customer escalations.


- Host monthly funnel reviews with the team to evaluate sales opportunities up to 90 days out. I host group discussions while walking through each deal in the funnel in order to identify challenges and provide additional sales strategies to move the deal forward.


-Individual performance accountability conversations.


-Readout sales results and funnel opportunities to senior leadership.


-I was responsible for maintaining a healthy relationship with upwards of 1500 accounts.

General Manager

Verizon
02.2017 - 01.2022


-Delivering a store level sales quota each month based on growth and revenue metrics.


-Managing a team of 12 reps and 2 assistant managers.


-Scheduling employees appropriately to handle different store traffic patters throughout the year.


-OMM (Maintaining compliant marketing floor plans)


-Cash Management


-Employee Development (I created different training programs to give front line employees the ability to manage their own store level sales projects.)


-Behavioral Coaching to ensure individual rep performance was maintained.


-Accountability conversations


Solutions/Assistant Manager

Verizon
06.2015 - 02.2017

-Delivering a store level sales quota each month based on growth and revenue metrics.


-Managing a team of 12 reps


-OMM (Maintaining compliant marketing floor plans)


-Cash Management.


-Behavioral Coaching to ensure individual rep performance was maintained.


-Accountability conversations


-Handle customer escalations and resolve account issues.

Solutions Specialist/Front Line Sales Rep

Verizon
07.2013 - 06.2015

-Delivering sales results for my individual quota each month based on growth and revenue metrics.


-OMM (Maintaining compliant marketing floor plans)


-Customer experience


-Handling customer escalations and problem solving.

Kitchen General Manager

NAF(Non Appropriated Funds) Government Employee
06.2011 - 07.2013

-Scheduling staff to abominate traffic during open hours.

-Food prep

-Serve Safe (maintaining a clean approved environment for food.)

-Cash Management

-Deescalating and coaching internal conflict amongst front line employees.

Customer Service Specialist

Alorica/AT&T
07.2009 - 04.2011

-Handle customer billing escalations

-Trouble shoot devices and order or sell replacements

-Open network trouble tickets for escalated issues.

-Maintain a low average call handling time.


Grocery Bagger

Fort Riley Commissary
08.2006 - 03.2008

-Bag groceries for soldiers and their families.

-Load groceries into their car.


Cook

Pizza Hut
05.2005 - 02.2006

-Prepare and cook pizza on the food line.

-Prepare dough for the following day.

-Wash dishes.

-Take out the trash.

Education

BA of Arts And Science - Sociology- Family Relationship Studies

Kansas State University
Manhattan, Ks
12-2012

High School Diploma -

Junction City Highschool
Junction City
05-2007

Skills

  • Sales tactics
  • Business development
  • Excellent negotiation skills
  • Partnership development
  • Customer relations
  • Territory management
  • Goals and performance
  • Operations
  • Revenue generation
  • Strategic planning
  • Sales expertise
  • Business strategies
  • Account growth
  • Leadership management trained
  • Client relationship management
  • Contract negotiation
  • Client acquisition
  • Goal oriented
  • Account management
  • Customer relationships
  • CRM systems
  • Networking skills
  • Documentation and reporting
  • Cold calling skills
  • Employee mentoring
  • Sales forecasting
  • Client meetings
  • Sales meetings and orientations
  • Customer satisfaction
  • Relationship building
  • Issue resolution
  • Sales techniques
  • Upselling
  • Lead generation
  • Order processing
  • Performance tracking
  • Sales analysis
  • Outbound telephone marketing
  • Sales reporting
  • Persuasive negotiations

Timeline

Sr. Account Manager

Verizon
04.2024 - Current

Managing Partner

Verizon
01.2023 - 04.2023

General Manager

Verizon
02.2017 - 01.2022

Solutions/Assistant Manager

Verizon
06.2015 - 02.2017

Solutions Specialist/Front Line Sales Rep

Verizon
07.2013 - 06.2015

Kitchen General Manager

NAF(Non Appropriated Funds) Government Employee
06.2011 - 07.2013

Customer Service Specialist

Alorica/AT&T
07.2009 - 04.2011

Grocery Bagger

Fort Riley Commissary
08.2006 - 03.2008

Cook

Pizza Hut
05.2005 - 02.2006

BA of Arts And Science - Sociology- Family Relationship Studies

Kansas State University

High School Diploma -

Junction City Highschool
Ron Brooks