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Gage McClanahan

Appleton,WI

Summary

Mature and initiative-taking leader offering multifaceted background highlight by outstanding achievement in both personal career and athletics. Highly adept at critically analyzing problems and developing solutions. Excels at consulting with key leadership figures and clients to implement strategies to achieve both individual and company goals. Extremely coachable and able to apply critical analysis to improve upon both individual and company performance.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Commercial Business Development

Ariens Company
Brillion, WI
04.2023 - Current
  • Actively engage and serve as a trusted business advisor to Ariens Company commercial end-users.
  • Drive sales and incremental growth of Ariens and Gravely brands of outdoor power equipment.
  • Manage and coordinate activities with dealers to drive growth of both existing end-users and new end-users to achieve sales targets of commercial outdoor power equipment products.
  • Leverage available resources to achieve territory penetration and market share growth based on market opportunity.
  • Manage business with existing commerical end-users through development of account specific strategies to protect and grow Ariens Company’s business.
  • Achieve territory growth through the development of new profitable business by building and maintaining sales pipeline of new prospects in the territory.
  • Provide management with regular feedback about the territory including sales forecast, market trends, competitive analysis, partner assessments, territory opportunity, etc.
  • Manage territory development through implementation of sales and marketing initiatives to drive organic growth and incremental sales and profit.

Inside Sales Representative

Ariens Company
Brillion, WI
06.2022 - 04.2023
  • Research and compile lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads along with taking action on lists supplied to them by another source.
  • Acquire and maintain knowledge of company product lines, saleable features, knowledge of ordering process.
  • Outbound calling to potential and existing customers to qualify leads and sell products and services.
  • Build and maintain relationships with customers, including but not limited to professional landscape contractors, dealers and government agencies.
  • Recommend plans to dealers to increase sales through booking orders, marketing opportunities, promotions, new product introductions and expansion to current product offering.
  • Gather and analyze competitive company data using client resources; obtain knowledge of Ariens and Gravely products line features and benefits.
  • Track, report and communicate weekly account activity and history; record execution against weekly/monthly goals via calls logs and calls rating data.

Passing Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach

St. Norbert College
De Pere, WI
01.2020 - 06.2022
  • Called plays during games, adjusted formations and personnel packages, and made in-game decisions based on situational analysis.
  • Created scouting reports detailing opposing defenses' tendencies and likely responses to various scenarios.
  • Assessed player abilities and assigned positions according to individual strengths.
  • Reviewed video footage of past performances in order to provide feedback on individual player technique or team strategy adjustments.
  • Adjusted coaching techniques to meet athlete needs and address strengths and weaknesses.
  • Recruited student-athletes of highest caliber to elevate overall team performance.
  • Instructed quarterbacks on footwork techniques, passing mechanics and decision making processes.
  • Monitored student athlete academic performance through grade checking and boosted results with study hall and techniques.
  • Guided athletes with encouragement, motivation and nutritional advice to support athletic performance and overall well-being.
  • Developed content for social media platforms to further recruiting endeavors.

INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

Augustana University, Howard Payne & St Norbert
2015 - 2019
  • Received athletic scholarship
  • 2 year starting Quarterback
  • 2018 Captain
  • Multiple conference player of the week honors
  • MWC All Conference
  • 2019 Newcomer of the Year

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

Howard Payne University
Brownwood, TX
05-2019

Skills

  • Goal-focused
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Data Management
  • Leadership
  • Organizational Skills
  • Customer Relations
  • Competitive
  • Teamwork
  • Pressure Performance
  • Organization and Time Management
  • Conflict Resolution

Timeline

Commercial Business Development

Ariens Company
04.2023 - Current

Inside Sales Representative

Ariens Company
06.2022 - 04.2023

Passing Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach

St. Norbert College
01.2020 - 06.2022

INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

Augustana University, Howard Payne & St Norbert
2015 - 2019

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

Howard Payne University
Gage McClanahan