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Chris Jenkins

South Elgin,IL

Summary

Accomplished sales professional and health enthusiast. Possesses strong communication and rapport building skills; excellent work ethic and time management skills; works independently and is results oriented; possesses team work and collaboration skills; strong technical and business expertise and strategic planning

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Territory Manager

Michelin North America Inc.
Chicago, IL
09.2017 - 11.2017
  • Discovered sales opportunities through consumer research
  • Met with clients  to address concerns and provide solutions 
  • Utilized a consultative selling approach to build strong client relationships and provided high value-adding services
  • Communicated regularly with territory, regional and strategic managers for daily support and strategic planning for accounts.
  • Cold called businesses to add more accounts to the territory to achieve additional revenue
  • Set follow up appointments with prospective clients

Sales Manager

LA Fitness
Indianapolis , IN
12.2013 - 09.2017
  • Creates and executes weekly strategic plan for sales team to meet and exceed KPIs and sales objective
  • Coordinates marketing efforts, customer targeting and brand awareness 
  • Role play with sales team for training purposes
  • Give club tours to prospective members
  • Prospects new B2B sales leads through inside/outside cold calling; turning leads into profitable sales
  • Effectively recruit new talent
  • Analyzes customer health goals and aligns with LA Fitness product benefits for successful need based selling 
  • Identifies and utilizes resources wisely to persuasively and creatively close sales 
  • Resolves customer complaints and wins customer loyalty by building a better brand experience for customers
  • Demonstrates strong presentation skills when highlighting product features, benefits and value propositions
  • Accomplished largest sales bonus in Indiana history for exceeding sales objective – Ask me how!

Sales Counselor

LA Fitness
Indianapolis, IN
07.2012 - 01.2013
  • Contributed significantly to achieving team objectives with strong product knowledge and strong sales process skills
  • Developed rapport with area businesses to identify employee health goals, partner with them and sell corporate plans
  • Demonstrated technical, functional and job-specific knowledge required for all assignments Ranked consistently at the top of the LA Fitness leader board for meeting/exceeding sales objective

Sales Representative

GNC
Greenwood, IN
08.2011 - 04.2012
  • Specialized in GNC product knowledge and provided exceptional customer service 
  • Educated customers on GNC products for optimal health benefits
  • Identified customer needs and matched needs to appropriate products to achieve individual goals
  • Developed merchandising displays for optimal visibility and sales; maintained inventory to help store achieve goals
  • Worked with local health clubs to set up regular buying schedules and kept them informed of new products 

Education

Bachelor of Science - Sports Management Marketing/ Communications/ Finance

Quincy University
Quincy Illinois
2011

Skills

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills
  • People-oriented
  • Resiliency
  • Team building
  • Collaboration
  • Strategic planning
  • Forecasting

Timeline

Territory Manager

Michelin North America Inc.
09.2017 - 11.2017

Sales Manager

LA Fitness
12.2013 - 09.2017

Sales Counselor

LA Fitness
07.2012 - 01.2013

Sales Representative

GNC
08.2011 - 04.2012

Bachelor of Science - Sports Management Marketing/ Communications/ Finance

Quincy University
Chris Jenkins