• Prospect and conduct rigorous B2B daily sales activities to grow Ricoh’s current customers and create new customers by leveraging Ricoh's high value technology solutions and services
• Detail and sell compelling business solutions to optimize customers' business and technology needs
• Primarily call on small- to medium-sized businesses and meet with office managers, purchasing supervisors, IT personnel and senior business management or ownership
• Present Ricoh’s value proposition to potential customers and conduct demonstrations
• Develop and present creative, innovative technology solutions
• Strive to continuously improve skill sets and acumen by leveraging Ricoh's training initiatives
The majority of my work experience (almost 30 years) was spent at Fuji Film. While I recently worked remotely (with a satellite office in Hanover Park, IL), I reported to the Valhalla, NY corporate office.
• Recruited back to Fuji to help them maintain current business with a 22% business margin
(Objectives shifted to maintain a certain profit level as opposed to sales quota since the
industry has been retracting 30% per year since 2011)
• Oversaw both the direct sales and distributor channels for professional media
• Administered bids, pricing and promotion for professional video and data products
• Referred new business to co-workers in tech departments for the new Digital Archive Solutions product
• Collaborated with accounting, marketing and distribution to ensure efficiency and quantity of sales
I was recruited by the two owners to assist in putting Discount Media Products, LLC d/b/a The Tape Company (which they founded, sold and repurchased) back to the leadership position they once held in the marketplace.
• Managed sales personnel and oversaw the operations of 4 of the 7 total nationwide offices
• Implemented a team sales approach of inside and outside sales, representing 50M in sales
• Recruited independent sales representatives to cover outlying territories
• Contributing member of the management team that established sales targets which were tied to the total operating budgets
• Responsible for 72M in sales activities in the Midwest and Southwest regions for data and video products, including territory assignments, quota assignments, targeting accounts, pricing policies and business strategies
• Established and dispersed the zone’s expense budgets
• Managed, coached and mentored for success 8 salespeople
• When Fuji changed to zone divisions, I became responsible for the sale of professional video products in both the Midwest and Southwest regions, including territory assignments, quota assignments, targeting accounts, pricing policies and business strategies
• Established and dispersed the zone’s expense budgets
• Part of the MMD team that worked to merge together the MMD and CPD divisions
• Continued role of Director of Distributor Sales, overseeing nationwide sales to the dealer network of professional video products
• In one year, I grew the distributor business by over 10% across the country
• Oversaw the sales of all Fuji professional audio and video products nationwide for the distributor network and worked with the local account representatives to service and support their efforts
• Implemented dealer/distributor sales programs and ensured understanding of special marketing programs such as GSA and FCC
• In both 1995 and 1997, the region was named Region of the Year for superior performance over targeted goals
• Out of 5 regions in the country, I brought the Midwest up from 4th to 2nd during my tenure
• Increased sales from 5M to 18M with incremental growth from ’90 – ‘99
• Responsible for all sales activities in an eight-state region, including territory assignments, targeting accounts, quota assignments, pricing policies and business strategies
• Managed 50K T&E and 250K discretionary promotional budgets
• Established region sales goals and budgets
• Managed four-person sales team, coaching and mentoring them for success
• Consistently in the 80th to 90th percentile for sales achievements
• Top 3 of 16 salespeople for achieved quotas
• Responsible for all sales and service activities for Fuji professional audio and video products in the Florida territory