Andrew Sanchez
Bellflower,CA
Summary
Customer-oriented sales professional with twelve years of experience building relationships, cultivating partnerships and growing profit channels. Strategic-thinking leader with expertise in expanding network connections, persuasively introducing products, territory development and revealing customer needs to deliver solutions.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Sales Representative
United Plant Growers Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
06.2021 - Current
- Developed and maintained relationships with existing clients to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Generated new sales leads through obtaining more real-estate in current accounts.
- Conducted market research to identify potential customers and their needs.
- Organized client visits, presentations, product demonstrations and trade shows.
- Maintained accurate records of all sales and prospecting activities.
- Researched competitors' products, prices, and sales techniques.
- Created detailed reports on daily, weekly, and monthly sales activity.
- Collaborated with other departments such as marketing, finance, logistics.
- Maintained records related to sales for store management.
- Placed special orders or called other stores to find desired items.
- Performed floor moves, merchandising, display maintenance and housekeeping to keep sales areas well-stocked, organized and current.
- Encouraged team members to exceed sales goals.
- Conducted regular meetings with the team to review performance metrics and set objectives.
- Responsible for daily calls, emails and processing orders over company phone and website.
Sales Representative
Altman Specialty Plants
Long Beach, CA
01.2015 - 06.2021
- Planned and followed through with inventory management while accomplishing ordering, shipping, stocking, and rotating displays.
- Create key displays to promote sales and growth of the product line.
- Lead merchandisers and drivers to provide the highest level of service.
- Proper care of live goods.
- Implement proper signage while maintaining with store personnel to ensure the highest visibility displays were in place.
- Responsible for meeting monthly inventory, sale through, and sales.
- Proper transfer of product through the online company website and dispatch control.
- Responsible for daily calls, emails and processing orders over company phone and website.
Service Merchandiser
Altman Specialty Plants
San Gabriel, CA
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Organized merchandise displays according to company standards.
- Rotated product on shelves based on expiration dates and sales goals.
- Assisted with unloading shipments from delivery trucks.
- Built relationships with store personnel to ensure successful execution of merchandising objectives.
- Maintained store clean and properly merchandised.
- Scanned data into the company server for online listing.
- Inventory management.
- Responsible for knowing seasonal live goods such as annuals and perennials to provide customers more knowledge on product.
- Responsible for submitting pictures to company after each store visit to ensure proper maintenance and signage.
Sales Associate
Goodwill Store
Long Beach, CA
01.2011 - 01.2013
- Greeted customers and provided exceptional customer service.
- Provided accurate information about products, prices and services.
- Built relationships with customers to encourage repeat business.
- Organized stockroom shelves according to size, color or style.
- Restocked shelves as needed to ensure sufficient inventory levels.
- Performed cashier duties such as accepting payments, issuing receipts and counting money back change.
- Answered incoming telephone calls to provide store, products and services information.
Education
High School Diploma -
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo High
Long Beach06-2011
Skills
- Customer Needs Assessment
- Process Improvement
- Sales closing
- Sales Forecasting
- Customer Service
- Account Management
- Order processing
- ADP, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- Schedules
- Safety Management
- Shipping/ Receiving
- Relationship Building
- Personnel Training
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Affiliations
- Biking
- Strength training
- Running
- Listening to Podcasts
Accomplishments
- Certificate Of Sales Excellence, 2023
- Sales Goal Exceeded for the Year, 2020
- Sales Representative of the Year, 2016, 2018
References
- Michelle Lujan, Regional Sales Manager, Altman Specialty Plants. Lowe's Division, (310) 930-0225, Mlujan@altmanplants.com
- Richard Lujan, District Sales Manager, Altman Specialty Plants. Home Depot, (760) 532-2654, Rlujan@altmanplants.com
- Arthur Sanchez, District Sales Manager, Altman Specialty Plants. Home Depot, (951) 385-633, Asanchez25389@yahoo.com
Timeline
Sales Representative
United Plant Growers Inc.
06.2021 - Current
Sales Representative
Altman Specialty Plants
01.2015 - 06.2021
Service Merchandiser
Altman Specialty Plants
01.2013 - 01.2015
Sales Associate
Goodwill Store
01.2011 - 01.2013
High School Diploma -
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo High
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