AMY TAYLOR

Dynamic National Sales Manager with a proven track record of driving revenue growth and consistently exceeding sales targets in the commercial services sector. Expertise in building and maintaining strong relationships enhances negotiation and communication skills, facilitating significant business development. Focused on leveraging strategic sales acumen and leadership capabilities to achieve organizational objectives and foster enduring partnerships.

Available upon request

• Strong history of closing net-new business and revitalizing/growing existing sales territories with responsibility for multi million dollar sales objectives and long, complex sales cycles.
• Consistently exceeded sales quota by at least 25% yearly.
• Targeted high potential and challenging accounts. Utilizing all aspects of marketing, direct sales, and social media to attract top level decision makers.
• Successfully expanded account base from 10 to more than 400 accounts, resulting in Stratus highly profiting and expanding throughout the state.
• Spearheaded a remarkable 'worst-to-first' transformation throughout nationwide sales teams.
• Consistently developed strategic plans to maximize sales opportunities while building relationships and protecting loyalty by ensuring the highest levels of customer satisfaction.
• Built and maintained strong relationships with the client base, ensuring that every client's needs were understood and constantly met, reducing the chance of losing any business to competitors.

*Active member of CREW (Commercial Real Estate for Women) for over 5 years
*Marketing chair & active member of NAWIC (National Association of Women in Construction) for over 5 years
*Affiliated with various claims associations across Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas
*Member of the Iowa Hotel & Lodging Association
*Greatly enjoys participating in company trade shows

* Proven track record in initiating new business and enhancing existing sales territories, tasked with multi-million-dollar sales goals and lengthy, intricate sales processes

* Regularly surpassed annual sales targets by a minimum of 25%

* Focused on high-value and challenging accounts, leveraging comprehensive marketing strategies, direct sales, and social media to engage top-tier decision-makers

* Effectively grew the account base from 10 to over 400 accounts, significantly boosting profits and presence across the region

* Led an impressive turnaround from the lowest to the highest-performing sales teams nationwide

* Continually crafted strategic plans to optimize sales potential while fostering relationships and securing customer loyalty through exceptional satisfaction levels, and established and sustained robust relationships with clients, ensuring a deep understanding and consistent fulfillment of their needs, thereby minimizing the risk of losing business to competitors

*Proud mother of a Johns Hopkins master's degree graduate

*President's Club winner multiple times

• Certified Business Development Expert (CBDE)
• Certified Facilities Maintenance Professional (FMP))
• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)