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BRIAN T. CERNIGLIA

BRIAN T. CERNIGLIA

Arlington Heights,IL

Summary

Accomplished Marketing professional who has designed and executed Customer Experience programs, marketing campaigns, sales promotions, advertising, and sponsorship programs to support and grow business-to-business sales. Coordinated ongoing customer appreciation & hospitality events, sales campaigns, and integrated marketing programs. Lead analytical teams and processes to measure effectiveness and results to inform and derive annual sales and marketing plans. Developed strategy, managed tactical execution and accountable for overall ROI and profit & loss.

MBA graduate with proven success creating and deploying strategic sales and marketing solutions including:

Customer Experience (CX):

  • Lead a change management, customer focused team and philosophy to measure and influence the result of every interaction a customer has
  • Project management of process improvement plans for UPS customers' holistic perception of their experience with our business and brand
  • Analyze key performance indicators to identify gaps and trends across all customer survey and voice-of-customer listening data and feedback to derive process improvement opportunities
  • Design, build, deploy and manage customer experience “listening” through survey and Net Promoter System model across all customer access channels and service connection points (operations, sales/marketing, digital/on-line, customer service, pricing/billing)

Sales Operations and Strategy Implementation:

  • Set strategy and metrics-based focus for salesforce through customer data and competitive analytics, ROI and profitability growth analysis
  • Derive and lead sales plan and integrated marketing campaigns
  • Responsible for driving sales and marketing team results through communication, motivation, and accountability

Sales and Customer Solutions:

  • Proven track record as a results-oriented salesperson, who successfully formulated and implemented complex sales strategies
  • Motivated and successful sales manager, winning multiple large competitive acquisitions
  • Consistently maintained quality service levels for customers, retaining and incrementally growing revenue
  • Skilled deriving and implementing comprehensive pricing solutions with repeated success with complex negotiations

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Customer Experience Strategy Manager

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS)
02.2019 - Current
  • Designing, testing, evaluating, and implementing customer experience initiatives and strategy across all UPS domestic products and services
  • Build connections and trust with senior leadership throughout UPS operations, sales, engineering, information technology, marketing, customer service, and other key functions
  • Developed, implemented, and deployed over 22 successful customer experience programs and improvement processes on-time and on budget

Sales Support Coordinator

UPS
07.2017 - 02.2019
  • Oversaw day-to-day operations of a team of support staff performing sales support for direct customer needs
  • Monitored and reported Business Plan performance and sales contribution reports for senior leadership review and action
  • Accountable for budget and ROI coordinating all customer appreciation events and promotional marketing programs.

Senior Account Manager

UPS
12.2013 - 07.2017
  • Consultative sales professional implementing process improvements and providing strategic supply chain solutions to senior level management
  • Increased annual revenue by $3.5M on a sales territory with annual business plan of $24.5M in revenues
  • Improved revenue goal performance from 80% to 143% within 1st six months
  • UPS “World of Champions” winner: 2014, 2016.

Sales Investment Manager

W.W. GRAINGER, INC
05.2010 - 12.2013
  • Designed, developed, and successfully executed the ‘Sales Force Expansion Program’, a $2.5M business initiative to grow and expand the US sales team by more than double in three years
  • Responsible for project management, reporting, and creating & meeting timelines
  • Created and deployed >600 new/additional sales resources and territories
  • Coordinated resources, team support and cross-functional leadership and communication.

Sales Operations Supervisor

UPS
08.2008 - 05.2010
  • Governed established Business Development guidelines to ensure consistent sales processes across six-state geographic region
  • Managed and tracked business development cost & sales plan to ensure positive growth and ROI
  • Led team of Analysts and Specialists accountable for measurement, tracking and reporting performance results for senior management
  • Maintained communication between Corporate and District Sales Operations functions to ensure consistency, direction and continuity across a multi-state, geographic region

Account Executive

UPS
06.2006 - 08.2008
  • I excelled in this business-to-business sales role, establishing relationships and developing complex sales solutions and pricing strategies
  • Partnered with key decision makers at mid-sized companies to increase their use of UPS services and value-added UPS technology and transportation solutions
  • Proven track record building relationships and successfully negotiating with key decision makers within a multitude of industries and organization types of varying sizes
  • Exceeded annual business plan of $6.8M in revenues on account base of 100 customers (businesses)

Marketing Analyst

UPS
01.2001 - 06.2006
  • Developed strategy & created integrated marketing programs to increase market share
  • Supervised team of Marketing Representatives in coordination of regional customer appreciation and hospitality events, sales promotions, and trade shows
  • Designed, developed, and deployed annual sales/marketing customer promotions which resulted in $15:$1 ROI, producing $4.3M in new revenue annually
  • Coordinated customer appreciation and hospitality suites at Soldier Field for all home Chicago Bears game and at The United Center for all home Chicago Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks games
  • Organized annual customer hospitality events at U.S
  • Open Golf Tournament & local NASCAR races
  • Managed sponsorship and promotional activities of the UPS Pacing Team at the Chicago Marathon, and UPS Olympic Sports Legacy outreach program

Promotional Marketing Specialist

UPS
12.1998 - 01.2001
  • Designed and executed sales and marketing campaigns, advertising, direct mail, promotional marketing and sponsorship programs
  • Trained and supervised a team of Marketing Specialists to analyze market trends and performance to identify growth opportunities in view of market share, ROI, competitive trends, and industry segmentation
  • Directed agencies with an annual budget of $250K in the coordination of sales & marketing campaigns
  • Managed advertising, media and customer hospitality campaigns through ESPN for corporate sponsorship of Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox
  • Coordinated creative team at WLIT and WBBM radio to create local media and advertising promotions

Education

Masters of Business Administration (MBA) -

National-Louis University
Wheaton

Bachelor of Science - Marketing

University of Illinois
Chicago, IL

Skills

  • Net Promoter System (NPS)
  • Marketing Project Leadership
  • Strategic Planning
  • Leadership
  • Consultative Customer Solutions
  • Data Management and Analysis
  • Customer Feedback Management (CFM)
  • Customer Information Management (CIM)
  • Forecasting and Budgeting
  • Return on investment calculation
  • Profit and loss reporting and forecasting
  • Business Planning
  • Market research
  • Competitive analysis
  • Advanced in Microsoft suite: Access, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, PowerPoint, Project, Teams, Word
  • Data management tools: IBM SPSS, Oracle – Siebel, Qualtrics, TerrAlign
  • Layout and design: Adobe suite, Photoshop, Publisher, QuarkXPress, Tableau
  • Cross-Functional Agile Team Leadership

Community

  

COMMUNITY

President - Vice-President: Arlington Heights School District 25 Board of Education  2015 - 2023 

Youth Program Leader: 1st Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights  2015 - 2023 

Youth Soccer Coach: Arlington Heights Park District   2011 - 2019 

Timeline

Customer Experience Strategy Manager

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS)
02.2019 - Current

Sales Support Coordinator

UPS
07.2017 - 02.2019

Senior Account Manager

UPS
12.2013 - 07.2017

Sales Investment Manager

W.W. GRAINGER, INC
05.2010 - 12.2013

Sales Operations Supervisor

UPS
08.2008 - 05.2010

Account Executive

UPS
06.2006 - 08.2008

Marketing Analyst

UPS
01.2001 - 06.2006

Promotional Marketing Specialist

UPS
12.1998 - 01.2001

Masters of Business Administration (MBA) -

National-Louis University

Bachelor of Science - Marketing

University of Illinois
BRIAN T. CERNIGLIA