David Lage
Arlington,VA
Summary
Passion for sales. Results-driven sales leader, a record breaker, constant student, and an expert in rapid sales growth. Committed father and husband, an athlete, musician, and former business owner.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Sales and Design Consultant
Pella Mid-Atlantic
08.2019 - Current
- Enhanced client satisfaction by providing tailored design solutions for residential projects.
- Increased referral rates through exceptional customer service and communication skills.
- Established strong relationships with clients by maintaining open lines of communication throughout entire design process.
- Awarded "Rookie of the year" for accomplishing over 2 million dollars in sales my very first year selling windows and doors.
- Recognized for 3.5 million dollars in sales (installed) for 2023
- Held consistent records of exemplary performance review. This review covered non-sales related skills (paperwork, follow-up, job cleanliness, internal and external customer relationships, etc.)
- Recognized as top sales rep at Pella Mid Atlantic in 2021, 2022, and 2023
Retail Sales Consultant
AT&T
06.2015
- Top performing sales person 18 months consecutively (out of 15 team members) -Top 5 performing district-wide sales person consistently for 3 years (out of 180 team members) -Rated Top performers in area on 12 occasions (out of 180 team members)
- Created three step module for teaching, inspiring and mentoring new retail sales consultants.
- Developed new recognition platform to drive sales performance area-wide.
- Collaborated with management team to initiate and sustain store's marketing and merchandising.
- Lead weekly huddles for policy and promotion awareness in order to delegate tasks, educate and maintain synergism in team.
Owner
Casebass Drum Co
05.2017 - 03.2019
- Started company from ground-up with novel product
- Designed new product in music merchants industry with no investors, loans or debt of any kind
- Sold business as fully viable brand within two years of launching
- Besides continuing to perfect product designs, I've built this brand using both broad and specific marketing campaigns, while handling finances, sales, market research, inventory, legal, customer service, research and development, creating new relationships with suppliers, cross promotion, artist endorsements and more
- Increased sales consistently over every quarter, while expanding this product line and notoriety/credibility.
Assistant Manager
Vf Corp
02.2015 - 05.2015
- Wrote and implemented sales training program called "The Seven Sales Strategies” which utilized combination of setting expected behaviors to increase sales and to keep staff accountable to perform those behaviors
- This program supercharged sales and increased overall attainment to 20% over previous year-to-date statistics.
- Maintained loss prevention, inventory, policy accountability, recognition and merchandising for store.
- Inspired and motivated sales team to focus on key initiatives in order to maximize on specific key performance indicators that were areas of opportunity for store/district
Education
60 transferable credit hours in general education while perusing a career in music -
University of Kansas/ Palm Beach State / Tallahassee Community College
Lawrence, KS05.2011
Skills
- Project Design
- Competitive Sales
- Creator of custom solutions
- Retail software
- Presentation software
- Internal and external customer relations
- Creative problem solving
personal information
Title: Sales / Sales Management
Timeline
Sales and Design Consultant
Pella Mid-Atlantic
08.2019 - Current
Owner
Casebass Drum Co
05.2017 - 03.2019
Retail Sales Consultant
AT&T
06.2015
Assistant Manager
Vf Corp
02.2015 - 05.2015
60 transferable credit hours in general education while perusing a career in music -
University of Kansas/ Palm Beach State / Tallahassee Community College
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